Johnny Depp’s camp thinks the controversial star can finally get a win in court – because his ex, Amber Heard, has reportedly failed to donate money from their divorce to charity.
When ex-wife Heard bagged $ 7 million in their divorce settlement in 2017, she pledged to donate the money to the American Civil Liberties Union and Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles.
But on Wednesday it came out in court that Heard never handed the money over to the charities.
Now sources close to Depp think the revelation could work in his favor by appealing one of his many legal battles.
The “Pirates of the Caribbean” star sued British newspaper The Sun after it labeled him a “woman addict” for allegedly assaulting Heard during their marriage. He lost the case last July.
But he is now trying to appeal the verdict.
Heard was a key witness in the original case, and a judge ruled that the allegations against Depp in the article were “essentially true.”
But sources close to Depp’s team told us this week, “The judge thought she was this great human who stood up for humanity,” because of her supposed generosity, “but she was off her ass. [about the donations]
At a hearing in London on Thursday to decide whether Depp can appeal, his lawyer called the claim about donating the money a “ calculated and manipulative lie. ”
But Sun attorneys said Heard wasn’t lying, that she had “already made some payments” and just wasn’t done handing them over.
It also came out in court that Depp had texted a friend at the time saying, “She really doesn’t give anyone a cent !!! Thank you for being gone !!! It makes me sick to think about how hard I tried to make it work … Now … Honestly, I wouldn’t touch that whore with a hazmat suit on !!! What a scum. I hate her !!! “
The representatives for Heard and Depp did not return to us.