Johnny Depp will donate 1 million dollar settlement from Amber Heard to charities

Amber Heard paid her ex-husband Johnny Depp $1 million in settlement after the two fought a high-profile defamation trial in June 2022. Johnny Depp will be donating this money to charities.

A source close to Depp, 60, told Entertainment Tonight that the Pirates of the Caribbean actor has decided to donate the lump sum amount of $1 million to five different charities, with each charity receiving an amount of $200,000 each.

The charities that Depp will be donating money to include:

1. Make-A-Film: Make-A-Film foundation pairs actors, directors and writers with children and teenagers who are battling serious life-threatening or serious medical conditions by helping them create short film legacies. 

2. The Painted Turtle: part of Paul Newman's legacy, this free camp helps and encourages children with serious medical conditions to enjoy and experience a fun childhood in an inclusive and safe environment.

3. Red Feather: Red Feather partners with Indigenous communities to implement and develop lasting and effective housing solutions.

4. Teitaroa Society: Marlo Brando's charity where they seek to ensure that island and coastal communities have a future, strengthening their resilience to global change, preserving their cultures and restoring ecosystems. 

5. Amazonia Fund Alliance: Amazonia Fund Alliance helps finance projects of some of the most prominent non-profit Brazilian environmental organizations such as SPVS, SOS AMAZÔNIA, ALOK Institute for preservation, reforestation, and helping indigenous tribes in the Amazon Rainforest.

Depp vs Heard: the Defamation Trial

Amber Heard, 37, and Johnny Depp, 60, got married in 2015 after dating for a few years. But there was trouble in paradise sooner than we expected.

• Heard and Depp were dating 2012 and got married in a private ceremony in 2015.  
• In 2016, Amber Heard filed for a divorce and issued a restraining order against Depp, and the divorce was finalised in 2017.
• In March 2019, Johnny Depp filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard after she wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post in 2018 talking about being a victim of domestic violence. 
• In 2021, Amber Heard countersued Depp for $100 million.
• In April 2022, the high-profile defamation trial, Depp vs Heard, kicked off in Fairfax Country, Virginia, US.
• Verdict: On June 1, 2022, the jury reached a verdict and sided with Depp. Depp was awarded the Jeanne du Barry actor $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages. However, later the punitive damages were reduced to $350,000, in accordance with the state's statutory cap. The jury also awarded Amber Heard $2 million in compensatory damages in her counterclaim.

After the trial

• After the defamation trial ended, Heard has been living with her daughter Oonagh Paige in Spain.
• According to reports, Heard will be making her first major public appearance after the defamation trial at illustrious 69th Taormina Film Festival in Taormina, Italy, for her new film In the Fire directed by Conor Allyn. 
• Johnny Depp made quite an appearance at the red carpet at the 76th Cannes Film Festival this May. 

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