She also publicly claimed in 2016 that she had donated her entire divorce settlement of $7 million to charity. Half would go to the ACLU. And half to the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles.
A jury found that Heard defamed the Pirates of the Caribbean actor in the op-ed. And that she had not paid the charity pledges despite insisting she paid them.
Depp is court-ordered to pay $38,000, less than half of what the ACLU originally requested. And Heard must pay $8.35 million to Depp in defamation damages. Heard’s attorney, Elaine Bredehoft, says that Heard does not have the funds to pay Depp or to appeal the verdict.
