Depp’s camp said the deal includes a $US1 million payment from her to him to settle all financial claims.
Depp’s lawyers said he will donate that money to charity.
“We are pleased to formally close the door on this painful chapter for Mr. Depp,who made clear throughout this process that his priority was about bringing the truth to light. The jury’s unanimous decision and the resulting judgement in Mr Depp’s favour against Ms Heard remain fully in place,” Depp’s lawyers,Benjamin Chew and Camille Vazquez,said.
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Both sides argued to a jury in Fairfax County Circuit Court that the other had defamed them. Depp said he was libelled by Heard when she wrote a 2018 op-ed piece inThe Washington Post describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse”.
Depp’s lawyers said he was defamed by the article even though it never mentioned his name because,they argued,it clearly referenced abuse allegations Heard had made against Depp during divorce proceedings.
Heard,on the other hand,said she was defamed by Depp when one of his lawyers called her abuse allegations a “hoax.”