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The long Depp vs Heard saga is finally over with Amber Heard announcing her decision to settle the case with ex-husband Johnny Depp. And with her agreement to settle, the appeal she filed in July will not move forward.

On Monday, the Aquaman star said she made a "very difficult" decision to settle after her loss in the two-month defamation lawsuit launched by Depp.

Amber Heard,36, posted on Instagram that she would settle with Depp in the midst of appeals in a Fairfax Virginia courtroom.

The Pirates of the Caribbean star won the case. And the seven-member jury found Heard guilty of three counts of defamation for the 2018 article she penned for The Washington Post.

Depp was awarded $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million dollars in punitive damages. The punitive damages were reduced by law to $350,000. Depp’s total award is $10,350,000.

Although both parties had varying degrees of liability, Heard was awarded only $2 million in compensatory damages for her countersuit. 

Heard did not disclose the financial arrangement. But Johnny Depp has said repeatedly that financial gain was not his motive for the court battle. And it is being reported that Depp will only receive $1 million from Heard's insurance. 

Amber Heard announces settlement via Instagram

"It's important for me to say that I never chose this," Heard claimed.

"I defended my truth in doing so my life as I knew it was destroyed. The vilification I have faced on social media is an amplified version of the ways women are re-victimised when they come forward."

"Now I finally have an opportunity to emancipate myself from something I attempted to leave over six years ago and on terms, I can agree to. 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," she added.

Amber Heard says she now just wants to move on following the court battles in England and the U.S.

Heard pointed out that in the UK libel trial she believed her testimony was "vindicated by a robust, impartial and fair system." And that in the US-based case she felt “popularity and power mattered more than reason and due process."

"In the interim, I was exposed to a type of humiliation that I simply cannot re-live. I cannot afford to risk an impossible bill - one that is not just financial, but also psychological, physical, and emotional," the actress claimed.

She concluded saying "choosing the freedom to dedicate my time to the work that helped me heal after my divorce."

Heard has been living in London with her daughter since the first case.