Johnny Depp & Amber Heard Reach A Deal Over Multi-Million Defamation Case; ‘Aquaman’ Star Calls Decision “Very Difficult”

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Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s long legal battle appears to be over. In a lengthy post on social media Monday morning, the Aquaman star revealed her “very difficult” decision made with “a great deal of deliberation” to settle the defamation suit with her ex-husband.

In her Instagram post (read it below), Heard also said that the agreement provided “an opportunity to emancipate myself from something I attempted to leave over six years ago and on terms I can agree to.” She went on to write:  “I have made no admission.

This is not an act of concession. There are no restrictions or gags with respect to my voice moving forward.” A post shared by Amber Heard (@amberheard) Today’s announcement comes less than a month after Heard and her new legal team launched a formal appeal of the June 1 verdict that found heavily against her in a Virginia court.

Following weeks of bitter and often lurid testimony by both parties, Depp was awarded $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages by the panel.