Amber Heard has announced she will donate her $7 million divorce settlement from Johnny Depp to two charities that work with abused women and ill children.
The actress will give half to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to prevent violence against women, and half to the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles.
Amber Heard said she hoped to “help those less able to defend themselves”.
She earlier accused Johnny Depp of striking her and throwing a mobile phone during a fight. He denied the allegations.
Johnny Depp’s lawyer claimed Amber Heard had made the accusations in order to obtain a more favorable settlement.
Announcing their divorce settlement on August 16, Amber Heard and Johnny Depp said their relationship was “intensely passionate and at times volatile, but always bound by love”.
In a statement, Amber Heard, 30, said: “Money played no role for me personally and never has, except to the extent that I could donate it to charity and, in doing so, hopefully help those less able to defend themselves.
“As reported in the media, the amount received in the divorce was $7 million and $7 million is being donated. This is over and above any funds that I have given away in the past and will continue to give away in the future.”
She said the money donated to the ACLU would have a “particular focus to stop violence against women”.
The actress added: “I know these organizations will put the funds to good use and look forward to continuing to support them in the future. Hopefully, this experience results in a positive change in the lives of people who need it the most.”
Amber Heard married Johnny Depp, 53, in February 2015 and they announced their split in May 2016.
She then took out a temporary restraining order against Johnny Depp obliging him not to get in contact and stay 100 yards away from her.
Their settlement came a day before a court hearing into the restraining order was due to take place. The order was then withdrawn.
Amber Heard and Johnny Depp released a joint statement on August 16 saying: “Neither party has made false accusations for financial gain. There was never any intent of physical or emotional harm.”
Johnny Depp has been ordered to stay away from his estranged wife, Amber Heard, after the actress alleged he assaulted her.
Amber Heard said in court on May 27 that Johnny Depp threw her mobile phone at her during a fight on May 21.
The judge also said Johnny Depp should not try to contact Amber Heard.
On May 23, Amber Heard filed for divorce from Johnny Depp, 52, after 15 months of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences.
Amber Heard brought a photograph of herself with a bruised cheek and eye to the Los Angeles Superior Court.
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard celebrated their engagement with an intimate party in downtown Los Angeles
The actress wrote in a sworn declaration: “I live in fear that Johnny will return to (our house) unannounced to terrorize me, physically and emotionally.”
She said Johnny Depp was high and drunk when the incident occurred and that he pulled her hair, screamed at her, grabbed her face and hit her.
Amber Heard’s filing alleged a history of abuse throughout the relationship.
Her lawyer, Joseph Koenig, told reporters outside court: “The judge has reviewed the evidence that we presented.
“He issued a restraining order based on the evidence that he received and there will be a further hearing.”
Johnny Depp’s lawyer wrote in a court filing that the actor would agree to a mutual-stay order.
He is currently in Portugal with his band Hollywood Vampires.
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard met while co-starring in the 2011 film The Rum Diary. They have no children.
Rumours have been spread last night that Johnny Depp’s 14-year relationship with French singer and actress Vanessa Paradis is on the rocks.
Johnny Depp, 48, is on the brink of a split because of the couple’s constant bickering, according to a report in the US.
A source told the RadarOnline: “People around him are worried about how Johnny is doing because he and Vanessa seem so fractured right now.”
RadarOnline report appears to contradict Johnny Depp’s claims in interviews about his enduring love for Vanessa Paradis, 39, the mother of his children, Lily-Rose, 12, and Jack, 9.
The website quoted a source close to the actor as saying: “Johnny isn’t handling anything well right now.”
Rumours have been spread last night that Johnny Depp’s 14-year relationship with French singer and actress Vanessa Paradis is on the rocks
RadarOnline also suggested Johnny Depp is seeking legal advice over the alleged unravelling of the 14-year relationship.
“Johnny has started reaching out to lawyers, probably to quietly discuss how to get out of the relationship.
“They’re not married but they’ve been together for years and have kids together so it isn’t as easy as just breaking up.
“Johnny is so talented at acting, but he doesn’t seem able to hide how badly things are going right now,” the unnamed source added.
There were claims of problems in the relationship last April when a French magazine splashed a photo on its front page of Johnny Depp appearing to kiss another woman.
The woman turned out to be the actor’s publicist Robin Baum who reportedly attended the unveiling of Penelope Cruz’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with Johnny Depp while Vanessa Paradis was at home in France with their children.
At the time, Voici magazine wrote: “Are Johnny and Vanessa heading for a split?”
“Whenever Johnny and Vanessa are rumored to be having relationship problems, it’s Robin who as his press officer has to deny them.
“This woman is dangerous.”
France’s 24heuresactu website said: “Is Johnny cheating on Vanessa and splitting up one of the world’s best-known celebrity couples?”
Johnny Depp was most recently spotted on New Year’s Eve in Los Angeles with Vanessa Paradis, their two children and a woman believed to be his mother, Betty Sue.
The actor was married briefly in the early Eighties to make-up artist Lori Anne Allison before his high-profile romances with actress Winona Ryder and supermodel Kate Moss.
Johnny Depp has been with Vanessa Paradis since 1998, when they met on the set of the Roman Polanski thriller, The Ninth Gate.
Speaking about their first meeting in an interview last year, Johnny Depp said: “She was wearing a dress with an exposed back and I saw that back and that neck, and then she turned around and I saw those eyes, and – boom! – my life as a single man was done.
“You have this feeling,” Johnny Depp added. “I can’t really explain what it was, but I had it when I met her.
“I saw her across a room and thought: <<What’s happening to me?>>”
Johnny Depp said the couple hadn’t seen the need for marriage.
“I never found myself needing that piece of paper. Marriage is really from soul to soul, heart to heart.
“You don’t need somebody to say: <<OK, you’re married>>.
“She and I have been together for nearly 14 years, and, well, I can hardly believe it.
“It only seems like yesterday that we met.”
Of his own parents’ broken marriage, Johnny Depp said: “I recall hearing my parents argue and thinking: <<Come on, this is torture. Just split!>>
“They stuck it out until I was 15, but I’d seen it coming for years. When they finally did divorce, I thought: <<OK, this is the right thing>>.”
Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis split their time between their home in Meudon in the Paris suburbs, Los Angeles, Le Plan-de-la-Tour in the south of France and an island in the Bahamas.
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