Amber Heard Move To Settle Defamation Case With Johnny Depp

Amber Heard revealed in an Instagram post on Monday that her defamation lawsuit against her ex-husband Johnny Depp had been resolved.

The agreement was reached months after a televised trial that lasted several weeks and ended with judges ruling that Heard had slandered Depp in a 2018 op-ed for the Washington Post.

The settlement with Depp, 59, was decided upon after “a great deal of deliberation,” according to Heard, 36, who described it as “very difficult.”

On June 1, an American judge found Heard responsible for defaming Depp in her 2018 Washington Post op-ed, in which she identified herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse” without mentioning Depp.

The jury awarded Depp $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages. Although Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Penney Azcarate eventually decreased the punitive damages to $350,000, which is the state’s statutory limitation or legal limit, making his total damages $10.4 million.

Heard, who appealed the decision earlier this month, claimed in an Instagram post that the “vilification” she has seen online is an “amplified version of the ways in which women are re-victimized” when they come forward.

Read her full statement below.