{"id":1546864,"date":"2022-07-10T09:19:28","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T13:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1546864"},"modified":"2022-07-10T09:20:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-10T13:20:21","slug":"johnny-depp-sells-nfts-of-his-art-donates-nearly-800k-to-childrens-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnny-depp-sells-nfts-of-his-art-donates-nearly-800k-to-childrens-hospitals\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Depp Sells NFTs of His Art, Donates Nearly $800K to Children\u2019s Hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjohnny-depp-sells-nfts-of-his-art-donates-nearly-800k-to-childrens-hospitals%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1546864&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Johnny Depp has donated nearly $800,000 to four children\u2019s hospitals after selling NFTs of his artwork.<\/p>\n<p>The 59-year-old \u201cPirates of the Caribbean\u201d star sold non-fungible tokens \u2013 unique digital assets traded through blockchain technology \u2013 of his art collection \u201cNever Fear Truth\u201d and donated the proceedings to the Children\u2019s Hospital of Los Angeles, Perth Children\u2019s Hospital Foundation, the Footprint Coalition and the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children\u2019s Charity, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnnyDeppNFT\/status\/1544413862417649666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to a Tuesday tweet from Depp\u2019s Never Fear Truth account<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful and very thankful to the Never Fear Truth community for this tremendous accomplishment \u2013 making this project one of the most philanthropic NFT sales to date \u2013 and we are excited to build on this success and making an even greater impact going forward,\u201d another tweet reads.<\/p>\n<p>The generous donations come after Depp endured oftentimes embarrassing testimony in his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard \u2014 with jurors seeing photos of <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/05\/court-shown-photos-of-johnny-depp-passed-out-on-the-floor\/\">the star passed out<\/a> during drinking and drug binges and hearing about his and Heard\u2019s explosive fights, including when he allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/25\/depp-testifies-that-heard-severed-finger-with-vodka-bottle\/\">lost his fingertip on a vodka bottle.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/johnny-depp-1.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>Johnny Depp donated almost $800,000 to multiple children\u2019s hospitals after the sale of his NFTs. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Redferns<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/amber-heard-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/amber-heard-2.jpg\" alt=\"Amber Heard\" class=\"wp-image-22982088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/amber-heard-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/amber-heard-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/amber-heard-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Johnny Depp was awarded $10 million in his defamation suit against his ex-wife Amber Heard. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">POOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2763\ufe0f CHARITY UPDATE \u2763\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Johnny Depp\u2019s Never Fear Truth NFT sale was always intended to benefit charities and we are pleased to be able to confirm that nearly $800,000 in total donations have been contributed to the following organizations:<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Never Fear Truth (@JohnnyDeppNFT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnnyDeppNFT\/status\/1544413862417649666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Perth Children\u2019s Hospital Foundation shared its appreciation for the donation, tweeting: \u201cThank you so much @JohnnyDeppNFT for your generosity in helping support [Perth Children\u2019s Hospital Foundation] and WA sick kids. These funds will make a significant impact in helping keep [Perth Children\u2019s Hospital] world-class for our children and families,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/johnny-depp-donates-childrens-hospitals-nfts\">Fox Business first reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In January, the \u201cEdward Scissorhands\u201d actor <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/01\/26\/johnny-depp-selling-his-art-as-nfts\/?_ga=2.106951555.1854954850.1657026430-1688334449.1641332333\">announced he was selling over 10,000 NFTs <\/a>of portraits he made of himself, friends and personal heroes including Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, Tim Burton, his daughter Lily-Rose Depp and others.<\/p>\n<p>Depp <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/06\/01\/johnny-depp-wins-defamation-trial-against-amber-heard\/?_ga=2.158710458.1854954850.1657026430-1688334449.1641332333\">was awarded a $10.35 million jury verdict<\/a> in his case against Heard. The jury also awarded the \u201cAquaman\u201d actress $2 million for one of her counter defamation claims against Depp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johnny Depp has donated nearly $800,000 to four children\u2019s hospitals after selling NFTs of his artwork. 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