Amber Heard Grilled on That $7 Million Divorce Settlement From Johnny Depp & If It Was Donated to Charity
Amber Heard was cross-examined by Johnny Depp‘s lawyer, Camille Vasquez, on Monday (May 16), where she was asked about the divorce settlement she received from her ex.
Much of the cross-examination focused on the $7 million settlement she received in the divorce. Amber pledged to donate the money to two charities: the ACLU and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
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Amber admitted she still pledged to donate that entire amount, but did not yet because she was being sued by Johnny.
We have the entire transcript of the courtroom back and forth between Amber and Johnny‘s lawyer.
Heard: “I didn’t want anything and I didn’t get anything.”
Vasquez: “You wanted Mr. Depp’s money.”
Heard: “Didn’t get it, wasn’t interested in it. I loved Johnny, that’s why I was with him.”
Vasquez: “You wanted praise for donating the money, right?”
Heard: “That’s incorrect.”
Vasquez: “You wanted good press.”
Heard: “In general, one does want good press, yes.”
Vasquez: “You wanted to seem altruistic, publicly.”
Heard: “It wasn’t my interest. My interest is in my name, clearing my name and at the time I was called a liar and my motives were being questioned. I did see it as important to clear that up. I wanted to make a statement to make sure that there was not any doubt that I couldn’t be labeled these things just because Johnny was a bigger star and had more publicity reach.”
Vasquez: “You wanted to remind everyone of your claims of domestic violence against Mr. Depp.”
Heard: “No, I wanted to move on with my life.”
Vasquez: “You wanted to make those claims seem believable.”
Heard: “They are believable.”
Vasquez: “You wanted to be seen as a noble victim of domestic violence.”
Heard: “I have never, never wanted to be seen as a victim. Nor have I ever called myself one.”
Vasquez: “You testified under oath, ‘The entirety of my divorce settlement was donated to charity.’ That statement wasn’t true.”
Heard: “It is true. I pledged the entirety to charity. When you say you buy a house, you don’t pay for the entire house at one time. You pay overtime.”
Vasquez: “That statement isn’t true today.”
Heard: “It is true. I pledged the entirety to charity.”
Vasquez: “You didn’t donate it.”
Heard: “I haven’t been able to fulfill those obligations. I made the pledge. I pledged the entirety. I haven’t been able to fulfill those pledges because I’ve been sued.”
Vasquez: “You had all of the $7 million for 13 months before Mr. Depp sued you and you chose not to pay it to the charities you pledged it to.”
Heard: “I disagree with your characterization of that.”
Vasquez: “Most of the money that was donated to the ACLU & CHLA in your name came from someone else, is that right? At least $500K that was donated to the ACLU in your name wasn’t paid by you.”
Heard: “I believe Elon made a donation in my honor one of the years.”
Vasquez: “And it didn’t come out of your $7 million divorce settlement, right?”
Heard: “No, nor did it count toward my pledge.”
Vasquez: “You got him to pay part of what you promised to the two charities, didn’t you … because you wanted to keep at least some of the $7 million for yourself, right?”
Heard: “You’re very wrong about that.”
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