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The $7m divorce settlement and donations to charity
We now move on to a discussion of the settlement process of the divorce.
The lawyer asks Amber Heard why she accepted the £7m divorce settlement.
Heard says: "
I didn't care about the money, I was told if I didn't agree to a number it would be overturned... so I took far less than what they were offering and what I was entitled too."
She goes on: "
I promised the entirety of [the settlement] to charity because I was never interested in Johnny's money... I wanted the truth, I wanted him to clear my name, and I wanted him to leave me alone. I've been saying that since 2016".
She explains she pledged $3.5 to a children's hospital in LA as she had worked there for 10 years as a volunteer there and the same amount to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) as she was a supporter and agreed with their aims.
She says she agreed to "pay in instalments" as she was receiving her divorce settlements in instalments, in order to to get the tax benefits of doing it like that, and because she understood that was the correct way to do it. Heard confirms paid instalments up to 2018, adding "
but then Johnny sued me in 2019". Depp sued Heard in March 2019 for $50m.
She says during that time, her boyfriend at the time, Elon Musk, made donations of $500,000 to both charities in her name.
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