A Full Timeline of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s Ongoing Authorized Battle

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It has been three years since Amber Heard filed for divorce from Johnny Depp. Since then, the 2 have made headlines over Heard’s allegations of abuse in opposition to Depp, which he has denied, and their very public authorized battle.

Most just lately, Depp’s authorized group said their intent to subpoena James Franco over surveillance footage of the Pineapple Specific star getting into an elevator with the actress after she reportedly had a battle with Depp. In accordance with The Blast, Depp plans to subpoena Franco to have him sit for a deposition within the defamation lawsuit Depp filed in opposition to Heard.

“We’re fascinated with James Franco and Elon Musk as truth witnesses as a result of now we have proof they’re males who noticed Amber Heard’s face within the days and nights between when she claimed Mr. Depp smashed her within the face on Might 21 and when she went to court docket with painted on ‘bruises’ to acquire a Non permanent Restraining Order on Might 27,” Depp’s legal professional Adam Waldman informed the outlet.

Nevertheless, Heard’s legal professional Eric M. George informed E! Information the video of Franco and Heard is “irrelevant.”

“Amber Heard and James Franco as soon as lived in the identical condo complicated and have been merely taking an elevator on the identical time. Interval,” he said. “Johnny Depp and his group have been making an attempt—and failing—to put a salacious story based mostly on this irrelevant footage for weeks. It is pathetic.” 

Depp and Heard’s authorized battle has been happening for years. For a historical past on the matter, learn on beneath.

February 2015: Heard and Depp marry on the ages of 28 and 51, respectively.

Might 2016: The actress recordsdata for divorce from the Pirates of the Caribbean star after 15 months of marriage, citing “irreconcilable variations.” Lower than per week later, she recordsdata a home violence restraining order in opposition to Depp, which is granted.

“Throughout the entirety of our relationship, Johnny has been verbally and bodily abusive to me,” she writes in court docket paperwork obtained by E! Information. “I endured extreme emotional, verbal and bodily abuse from Johnny, which has included offended hostile, humiliating and threatening assaults to me each time I questioned his authority or disagreed with him.”

Images of her with bruises on her face additionally unfold.

In a court docket submitting, Depp’s legal professional wrote, “Amber is trying to safe a untimely monetary decision by alleging abuse.”

August 2016:

TMZ shares a video during which it claims Depp might be seen throwing a wine bottle and a glass in a kitchen with Heard additionally within the room. The Aquaman star denies leaking the footage. 

Later that month, Heard and her ex attain a $7 million divorce settlement. Heard donates all the quantity to the American Civil Liberties Union, with a specific focus to assist cease violence in opposition to girls, and to the Kids’s Hospital of Los Angeles. 

December 2016: Depp requests $100,000 in court docket sanctions from Heard. In court docket paperwork obtained by E! Information, his authorized group writes Heard “continues to needlessly litigate a case which has been settled, all whereas parading in entrance of the media in a determined try to increase her 15 minutes of fame.” 

He additionally asks to deduct the identical from his subsequent equalization fee ought to she fail to contribute the quantity to his legal professional’s charges and prices as sanctions. 

Heard’s legal professional calls the transfer “simply one other lame try by Mr. Depp and his group to not pay my consumer the cash she is owed.”

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January 2017: Heard responds to Depp’s request for $100,000 in court docket sanctions and assures the court docket she is dedicated to a fast decision of their divorce.

“Johnny has delayed the resolutions of this matter,” she states in paperwork obtained by E! Information. “I need my life again. I need to be divorced from Johnny now.” 

A choose later guidelines the actress doesn’t must pay the actor’s legal professional charges, and their divorce is finalized that month.

October 2018: Depp references Heard’s allegations in opposition to him in an interview with British GQ.

“The factor that damage me is being introduced as one thing that you just’re actually as distant from as you possibly can probably get, you realize?” he informed the journal. 

After the story is revealed, Heard’s group slams the publication and Depp.

“Mr. Depp is shamefully persevering with his psychological abuse of Ms. Heard, who has tried to place a really painful a part of her life firmly in her previous,” a spokesperson informed Web page Six. “One want solely have a look at the bodily proof to attract the right conclusion.”

December 2018: Heard writes an op-ed for The Washington Submit about her expertise with abuse and her resolution to talk out. She by no means mentions Depp’s identify.

January 2019: Depp’s legal professional tells E! Information they’ve “filed a partial record of proof that we are going to use to disprove the fraudulent underlying allegations in opposition to Mr. Depp.” Included within the submitting are references to dozens of video safety tapes,” in addition to “eyewitness statements, newly found sworn affidavits and deposition transcripts from 2016, and textual content messages between the Solar and their #metoo supply.”

The proof is alleged for use in Depp’s libel case in opposition to The Solar, which ran an article during which he was known as a “wife-beater.”

March 2019: Depp recordsdata a $50 million defamation lawsuit in opposition to Heard over the op-ed. In court docket paperwork, Depp alleges his ex’s allegations have been a part of an “elaborate hoax” to “advance her profession.” He additionally claims her allegations negatively impacted his profession and that Heard “violently abused” him. As well as, he accuses Heard of “spending time in a brand new relationship” together with her former boyfriend, Elon Musk, throughout their marriage. 

Heard’s legal professional refers back to the lawsuit as a “frivolous motion” and the “newest of Johnny Depp’s repeated efforts to silence Amber Heard.” 

April 2019: Heard recordsdata a movement to dismiss the lawsuit and particulars the abuse she allegedly skilled from Depp. She claims the actor hit her, choked her and shoved her. She additionally claims Depp “would develop into a very totally different individual” whom she referred to as “Johnny ‘the Monster.'”

“The one approach for Amber Heard to maintain her hoax is to shift to new lies,” Depp’s lawyer says in a part of his response.

Nonetheless, Heard’s lawyer claims Depp “bodily and verbally abused” Heard.

“Since their divorce, Mr. Depp has continued to publicly harass Ms. Heard, and tried to gaslight the world by denying his abuse,” her legal professional’s assertion reads. “It’s long gone time for Mr. Depp’s despicable conduct to finish.  In the present day, we introduced to the court docket irrefutable proof of Mr. Depp’s abuse.  It’s regrettable that it’s going to take a choose to lastly finish the persistent harassment of Ms. Heard by Mr. Depp, however Ms. Heard will take no matter motion is critical to vindicate the reality.”

Might 2019: Depp submits a prolonged declaration of assist for his defamation lawsuit in opposition to his ex. In court docket paperwork obtained by E! Information, Depp claims Heard “painted on bruises.” He additionally accuses her of inflicting him “critically bodily harm.” Heard’s legal professional denies all allegations made in opposition to Heard, stating “The proof on this case is obvious: Johnny Depp repeatedly beat Amber Heard.”

July 2019: Depp’s group states its plans to subpoena James Franco over surveillance footage of the Pineapple Specific star getting into an elevator with Heard after she reportedly had a battle with Depp.

Heard’s legal professional calls the video of Franco and Heard “irrelevant.”