Johnny Depp Ordered to Pay ACLU $38k Related to Amber Heard Case
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 11: (EDITOR'S NOTE: This image has been converted to black and white) Amber Heard and Johnny Depp attend the "Black Mass" Virgin Atlantic Gala screening during the BFI London Film Festival, at Odeon Leicester Square on October 11, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by John Phillips/Getty Images for BFI)
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 04, 2015 US actor Johnny Depp and his wife US actress Amber Heard arrive for screening of the movie “Black Mass” presented out of competition at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival at Venice Lido. – A US jury on June 1, 2022found Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamed each other, but sided far more strongly with the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star following an intense libel trial involving bitterly contested allegations of sexual violence and domestic abuse. (Photo by TIZIANA FABI / AFP)
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 21, 2015 Actors Johnny Depp (L) and Amber Heard attend the Los Angeles Premiere of “The Danish Girl”, in Westwood, California. – A US jury on June 1, 2022found Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamed each other, but sided far more strongly with the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star following an intense libel trial involving bitterly contested allegations of sexual violence and domestic abuse. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP)
VENICE, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 08: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been converted to black and white.) Amber Heard and Johnny Depp attend a premiere for ‘Black Mass’ during the 72nd Venice Film Festival on September 8, 2015 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Dominique Charriau/WireImage)
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So, this is ironic … Amber Heard lost Johnny Depp‘s defamation case in no small part because she lied about donating half her divorce settlement to the ACLU … and now a judge has awarded the ACLU $38,000 … and guess who has to pay — NOT AMBER.
Here’s the deal … Johnny’s legal team subpoenaed documents from the ACLU to prove Amber never anted up the cash. According to the ACLU, they had to produce 1900 documents and that took a lot of time. The org asked the judge to order Johnny to pay $86,000 for the time and expenses associated with the document production.
Johnny’s lawyers called BS, saying the tab was “exorbitant and unreasonable.” The judge sided with Johnny and cut the bill pretty much in half … so now Johnny has to pay $38,000.
As you know, Johnny won the case against Amber, so you might think she’d have to pay the costs that were incurred to reach a verdict … a verdict squarely against her insofar as Johnny’s defamation case is concerned. But, that’s not the law, so Johnny has to pay.
Thing is … it sounds like Johnny isn’t going to take it to the mat and make Amber pay the $8.35M net judgment. So, even though he won, he’s left holding the bag with the ACLU.
