Johnny Depp and Amber Heard agree to settlement in defamation case

Johnny Depp And Amber Heard A settlement has been reached in his defamation case.

aquaman The star will pay $1m (£820,000) to her ex-husband.

“I make this decision because of my loss of faith in the American legal system, where my unproven testimony serves as entertainment and social media fodder,” Ms Hurd said in a statement.

Ms Heard was ordered to pay Mr Depp $10m (£8.2m) in compensatory damages and $5m (£4.1m) in punitive damages after a jury ruled that she wrote in 2018 The Washington Post The article was defamatory.

The punitive damages amount was reduced to $350,000 (£287,000).

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