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An executive for the American Civil Liberties Union testified Thursday in Amber Heard and Johnny Depp's defamation trial that he believes Tesla CEO Elon ...

“You weren’t in love with him, and you told me a thousand times you were just filling space,” Carino wrote to Heard when she expressed sadness over their split, according to Vulture. The restraining order was dropped and when their divorce was finalized the couple released a statement saying “neither party has made false accusations for financial gain.” Depp has repeatedly denied the claims of abuse, and claimed the suggestion of him having abused Heard ruined his career. When the couple split, Heard filed a temporary restraining order against the Edward Scissorhands actor, and said he had abused her throughout their relationship.

In addition to Heard's planned donation to the ACLU, she said she would donate the other half of her $7 million divorce settlement to the Children's Hospital ...

Dougherty said he had reviewed earlier drafts of Heard’s op-ed and, based upon that, “knew that they were referring to Johnny Depp [and] her marriage.” In the final edit, however, Heard’s legal team “neutered” references to her marriage and domestic violence. (Heard dated Musk after her split with Depp, though Musk was “just filling space,” according to testimony on April 27.) In addition to Heard’s planned donation to the ACLU, she said she would donate the other half of her $7 million divorce settlement to the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. It was not immediately clear how much she has paid to the hospital to date. However, there have not been any concrete signs that Heard won’t eventually follow through, according to Dougherty. “I’m not aware of any indication that Ms. Heard has decided to no longer pay additional amounts,” Dougherty said in the deposition played Thursday. Doughtery also said that $500,000 of the $1.3 million donated thus far was from a charitable account that appeared to be “associated with Elon Musk” and he thought the tech billionaire had set up this account. There was some doubt around Heard paying the rest as she did not sign a “pledge form” that would make the donations legally binding, Dougherty testified. When the ACLU reached out to Heard in 2019 about future installments, Dougherty said, “We learned that she was having financial difficulties.” “She can be confident that this gift will help other women live safely and freely.” But according to a deposition played Thursday in Depp’s defamation trial against Heard, it appears that, to this day, only $1.3 million has been donated to the civil-rights nonprofit.

After promising to donate half of her $7 million divorce settlement to the American Civil Liberties Union in 2016, Amber Heard personally gave and arranged ...

Attorneys for Heard have said that she was physically and sexually abused by Depp, often when he was drinking or using drugs, and the op-ed fell within her right to free speech. The op-ed in question came out of Heard's relationship with the ACLU, which named her an ambassador in October 2018. Dougherty said Heard donated $350,000 to the ACLU "very soon" after August 2016, when she said in a statement that she would donate half of the divorce settlement to the ACLU and the other half to Children's Hospital Los Angeles. At some point, her ex-husband Johnny Depp donated $100,000 to the ACLU on her behalf.

American Civil Liberties Union's general counsel testifies that at least $500000 came from fund connected to Elon Musk.

Heard, he testified, berated Depp as Connolly led him away from the house to his own apartment where he administered first aid, saying, “Fuck off! “I’ve seen him smoke marijuana,” Connolly said. I’ve never seen him do it.” “He was not happy. The payments, which Heard requested to come tax free, would have required Depp to make $30m, White said. “You weren’t in love with him.” I can see bone.” “It’s flapping around. Depp, he surmised, was not enjoying himself. The two celebrities appeared on Heard’s publicly available witness list at the start of the trial, but Musk’s attorney Alex Spiro has said his client will not testify. It would get more regular. The Fairfax county court in Virginia was told that Heard had “spent time” with Musk while she sought to resurrect her relationship with Depp in 2016.

The defamation trial between Mr Depp and Ms Heard began on Monday 11 April in Fairfax, Virginia following Mr Depp's lawsuit against his ex-wife in March 2019.

“Why was Mr Musk representing this on behalf of Ms Heard?” Mr Dougherty was asked. The ACLU spoke to Ms Heard when Mr Depp sent a cheque to the organisation on her behalf. Mr Musk said Ms Heard preferred that the money be spent on women’s issues. Documents shown in court revealed that Ms Heard was aware of the decade-long plan. In her 2018 op-ed, Ms Heard wrote that “like many women, I had been harassed and sexually assaulted by the time I was of college age. Start your Independent Premium subscription today.

Damning revelations from the Amber Heard v Johnny Depp defamation case continue to appear, with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) testifying that ...

“We reached out to Heard starting in 2019 for the next instalment of her giving and we learned that she was having financial difficulties,” said Dougherty. Another staffer is then alleged to have agreed that the timing of the op-ed should be published as quick as possible, “to capitalize on the tremendous campaign for Aquaman.” Gerry Johnson, another ACLU associate, can be seen discussing the opportunity to release the op-ed just before the release of Aquaman, in a bid to drum up press around Heard before the premiere.

A witness in the ongoing Depp-Heard trial claims Elon Musk covered nearly half of Amber Heard's donation to a charity for work on gender-based violence ...

Dougherty, whose deposition was taped and played to the court, claimed Heard has only paid $350,000 out of her own pocket, with the rest of the $1.3 million eventually coming from Depp, who forked over $100,000, as well as a donor Dougherty believes was Musk. In a further twist to the saga, it is believed billionaire Tesla founder, Elon Musk, 50, chipped in nearly half of the donation, with Dougherty testifying he gave $500,000 to the civil rights group as a donor on behalf of Heard after the two began dating after her divorce. Stream more entertainment news live & on demand with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. Heard, 36, announced she would split the $7 million she received in her 2016 divorce settlement from Depp, half to support the ACLU’s work “fighting violence against women”, and the other $3.5 million to the Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles. A witness in the ongoing Depp-Heard trial claims Elon Musk covered nearly half of Amber Heard’s donation to a charity for work on gender-based violence issues, despite the actress promising to pour funds from her multimillion dollar divorce settlement into the organisation.

The actress received a $7 million divorce settlement from Johnny Depp, on the condition she donate it to the Children's Hospital Los Angeles and ACLU.

He also claimed the actress told the organization not to issue a press release about her pledged donation. Dougherty testified the ACLU received $350,000 directly from Heard in 2016. However, Dougherty said the organization stopped receiving payments in 2019, when they “learned that she was having financial difficulties.”

The actor pledged to donate some of her divorce settlement to the organization, but after delivering less than half by December 2018, she stopped payments, ...

In the first place, he does not refer to her charitable donation at all in the context of his central findings.” Elaine Bredehoft, who is currently representing the actress in the U.S., said during a hearing in July, “[Heard] has always said she fully intends to continue to give the full $7 million, but she can’t do it yet. Whether or not she’s donated the full settlement has been a particular sticking point for Depp’s team in this trial, as well as during the appeal of the U.K. trial. Her failure to complete payment is offered as a blight on her credibility, and an example of her striving for good P.R., which Depp’s team argues she doesn’t deserve. But she has given a significant amount.” This is over and above any funds that I have given away in the past and will continue to give away in the future.”

The actor made the pledge as she ended her marriage to Johnny Depp, saying she would split $7 million between the ACLU and a children's hospital.