Amber Heard announced she had made “Very difficult” decision to settle multimillion dollar defamation case brought by her former husband Johnny Depp. Heard in post on Instagram did not reveal terms of settlement, which comes after Virginia jury ordered her to pay $ 10 million to Pirates of Caribbean star.

Entertainment website TMZ citing sources with direct knowledge said settlement calls for 36-year-old Heard to pay $ 1 million to her 59-year-old former husband. Heard said she was dropping her appeal of damages awarded by jury and settling case because she “Simply cannot go through” another trial.

“I make this decision having lost faith in American legal system, where my unprotected testimony served as entertainment and social media fodder,” she said.

“I have made no admission. This is not an act of concession.” Jury found Depp and Heard liable for defamation but sided more strongly with Pirates star following an intense six-week trial riding on bitterly contested allegations of domestic abuse.

Jury awarded $ 10.35 million in damages to Depp. Heard, who had countersued was awarded $ 2 million. Depp sued Heard over an op-ed she wrote for The Washington Post in December 2018 in which she described herself as “Public figure representing domestic abuse.” Texas-born Heard did not name Depp in piece, but he sued her for implying he was domestic abuser and sought $ 50 million in damages.

Published in The Daily National Courier, December, 21 2022

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