Johnny Depp to File $50 Million Defamation Lawsuit Against Amber Heard

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Johnny Depp has filed a 50 million dollars defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife and actor Amber Heard for accusing him of domestic violence in an article.

According to The Blast, the 55-year-old actorโ€™s lawsuit is his response to Heardโ€™s Washington Post op-ed that she wrote last year, in which she claimed to be a victim of abuse.

โ€œMs. Heard is not a victim of domestic abuse, she is a perpetrator,โ€ says the suit, while calling the allegations against Depp as โ€œhoax.โ€

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Heard โ€œpurported to write from the perspective of โ€˜a public figure representing domestic abuseโ€™ and claimed that she โ€˜felt the full force of our cultureโ€™s wrath for women who speak outโ€™ when she โ€˜spoke up against sexual violence,'โ€ Deppโ€™s lawyers stated in the lawsuit.

Depp and Heardโ€™s tumultuous marriage lasted from February 2015 to May 2016. According to Peopleโ€™s timeline, Heard and Musk were first linked sometime in 2016, broke up in August 2017, and rekindled their romance for about a month starting in January 2018.

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Eric M. George, Heardโ€™s attorney, responded to the lawsuit with a statement.

โ€œThis frivolous action is just the latest of Johnny Deppโ€™s repeated efforts to silence Amber Heard,โ€ said George.

โ€œShe will not be silenced. Mr. Deppโ€™s actions prove he is unable to accept the truth of his ongoing abusive behavior. But while he appears hell-bent on achieving self destruction, we will prevail in defeating this groundless lawsuit and ending the continued vile harassment of my client by Mr. Depp and his legal team.โ€

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In May 2016, Heard filed for a domestic violence restraining order against Depp after claiming he had abused her. The โ€œPirates of the Caribbeanโ€ star denied the claim.

In August 2016, the two settled their divorce out of court, and Heard donated her $7 million settlement to charity.