Amber Heard appears to have sold a Southern California property for more than a million dollars, just as documents released from her trial with Johnny Depp indicate she may have put tens of millions on the table in their divorce.
Heard, 36, has since filed an appeal to overturn the $1 million settlement after being forced to pay her ex-husband Johnny Depp more than $8 million after losing her defamation case against the actor.
She may have started raising some of that money by selling her Yucca Valley home in the California desert for $1.05 million, a profit of about $500,000 for Heard, according to TMZ.
Heard would have bought the house in 2019 through an anonymous trust associated with the actress.
There is speculation about Heard’s ability to immediately cover the damages, including $10 million in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages. She will also receive $2 million from Depp in a counter suit, leaving her with just over $8 million to pay.
Amber Heard appears to have sold a Southern California property for over a million dollars, just as documents released from her trial with Johnny Depp show she may have left tens of millions on the table during their divorce.
She may have started raising some of that money by selling her Yucca Valley home in the California desert for $1.05 million, a profit of about $500,000.
Heard would have bought the house in 2019 through an anonymous trust linked to the actress
There is speculation about Heard’s ability to immediately cover the damages, including $10 million in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages. She will also receive $2 million from Depp in a counter suit, leaving her with just over $8 million to pay
The latter amount was reduced from $5 million because of Virginia’s cap on such prizes.
Recently unsealed court documents suggest Heard may have walked out on more than enough to pay in their divorce.
The everyday beast pointed out that Judge Penney Azcarate refused to allow Team Amber to submit a conversation she had with her lawyers during the divorce proceedings.
Lawyers for the actress begged her to chase what they said were “tens of millions of dollars” she was entitled to through Depp’s Pirates of the Caribbean winnings.
They claimed that because Depp made Pirates of the Caribbean 5 during the marriage, it was “community property” and a property that Heard was entitled to.
Heard did not allow them to go after that money, while her lawyers said via email that she was “true to your word” that it was not about cash.
Judge Azcarate denied any reference to these emails as part of the defamation trial.
Perhaps the most poignant revelation from the documents is that team Depp may have attempted to submit nude photos of Heard, as well as Amber’s short work as an exotic dancer.
Heard’s legal team argued that these were “irrelevant personal matters” that should not be allowed in the trial.
Heard, 36, appealed the judge’s decision in her defamation case against Johnny Depp on July 21 — two months after she had to pay $10 million in damages to her ex-husband.
Recently unsealed court documents suggest Heard may have run away from more than enough to pay in their divorce
Judge Penney Azcarate refused to allow Team Amber to submit a conversation she had with her lawyers during the divorce proceedings. Lawyers for the actress begged her to pursue what they believed were “tens of millions of dollars” she was entitled to through Depp’s Pirates of the Caribbean winnings
Heard was denied a mistrial petition a week earlier — arguing that one of the jurors in the case should not have been eligible to serve because his subpoena was intended for his father, who had the same name and on lived at the same address.
In June, the Aquaman star was ordered to pay her ex-husband $10.35 million at the end of an explosive six-week trial when a jury found she had defamed her ex-husband in a 2018 newspaper op-ed. was published.
Depp, 59, was awarded $15 million, including $10 million in damages and $5 million in punitive damages.
The judge later limited the damages to the state’s maximum of $350,000, giving Depp a total of $8.35 million.
Meanwhile, Heard won one of her three counterclaims that involved statements from Depp’s attorney suggesting that she and her friends vandalized their apartment before calling the police.
Heard was awarded $2 million in compensatory damages of the $100 million she asked for.
Amid news of Heard’s appeals, Depp’s representatives told DailyMail.com last week that they are confident in the verdict.
Depp and Heard have appealed to the Virginia Court of Appeals
“The jury listened to the extensive evidence presented at the trial and reached a clear and unanimous verdict that the defendant himself defamed Mr Depp on multiple occasions. We remain confident in our case and that this verdict will stand,” a Depp spokesman said.
A day after Heard’s team appealed, Depp’s team filed one after he was ordered to pay $2 million in damages after being convicted of a single defamation charge for alleging that the charges of domestic violence against him were false.
The Pirates of the Caribbean acting team said they are appealing to ensure “all information is considered by the court” as they come back to consider Heard’s appeal.
