Johnny Depp Donates The Entire $1M Amber Heard Settlement To Charity
According to sources including ET Canada and People, in an act of extraordinary generosity, the renowned actor Johnny Depp has decided to donate the entire $1 million divorce settlement he received from Amber Heard to charity.
On Monday, attorneys for Depp, 59, announced that he will donate Heard’s $1 million settlement payment to several different charities.
“We are pleased to formally close the door on this painful chapter for Mr. Depp, who made clear throughout this process that his priority was about bringing the truth to light,” Depp’s attorneys Benjamin Chew and Camille Vazquez wrote in a statement Monday.
“The jury’s unanimous decision and the resulting judgement in Mr. Depp’s favor against Ms. Heard remain fully in place,” the attorneys added in a statement. “The payment of $1M – which Mr. Depp is pledging and will (actually) donate to charities – reinforces Ms. Heard’s acknowledgement of the conclusion of the legal system’s rigorous pursuit for justice.”
The donation was made shortly after Heard announced that she and Depp had settled their lengthy defamation lawsuit.
Heard wrote in a statement posted to Instagram on Monday morning that she had made “a very difficult decision” to resolve the case, just weeks after appealing the defamation verdict demanding a reversal or new trial and claiming the outcome has a “chilling effect” on women who speak out.
“It’s important for me to say that I never chose this,” Heard wrote in her statement. “I defended my truth in doing so my life as I knew it was destroyed. The vilification I have faced on social media is an amplified version of the ways women are re-victimised when they come forward.”
“Now I finally have an opportunity to emancipate myself from something I attempted to leave over six years ago and on terms I can agree to.
“I have made no admission. This is not an act of concession. There are no restrictions or gags with respect to my voice moving forward.”
Johnny Depp’s decision to donate all $1 million of Amber Heard’s settlement money to charity exemplifies the power of altruism and the profound impact a single person can have on society. By redirecting these funds to charitable causes, Depp not only supports organisations working towards positive change, but also encourages others to evaluate their own capacity for generosity.
