An out-of-court settlement had been reached for the divorce of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.
The couple got married last year in February and has been married for 18 months. Actress Amber Heard pressed charges in May against Johnny Depp for physical abuse in May and subsequently obtained a restraining order for Depp to stay away from her. She had appeared in court with a black eye that according to her was the result of Depp hurling a cell phone at her face.
But entertainment website TMZ reported Tuesday, August 16, that Heard filed court papers to dismiss the abuse case. The application to extend a restraining order against the actor was dropped, and the two agreed that Depp would pay Heard $7 million. Moreover, Heard had dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning she can’t re-file it.
Heard’s actions happened before the pair was due to discuss the extension of Depp’s restraining order in Los Angeles Superior Court. This then ends the three months of accusation and counter-claim.
“Our relationship was intensely passionate and at times volatile, but always bound by love,” they had said in a statement to TMZ and Daily Mail Online, as quoted by Agence France-Presse. “Neither party has made false accusations for financial gains. There was never an intent of physical or emotional harm. Amber wishes the best for Johnny in the future.”
Heard would also be donating financial proceeds from the divorce to a charity.
Depp and Heard met on the set of 2011 film “The Rum Diary,” when the actor was still in a relationship with Vanessa Paradis, mother of his two kids Jack and Lily-Rose.
