{"id":607395,"date":"2021-07-31T10:21:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-31T14:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=607395"},"modified":"2021-07-31T10:21:34","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T14:21:34","slug":"johnny-depp-wins-motion-to-force-aclu-to-reveal-whether-amber-heard-paid-the-millions-she-promised-after-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnny-depp-wins-motion-to-force-aclu-to-reveal-whether-amber-heard-paid-the-millions-she-promised-after-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Depp Wins Motion To Force ACLU To Reveal Whether Amber Heard Paid The Millions She Promised After Divorce"},"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\">38<\/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-wins-motion-to-force-aclu-to-reveal-whether-amber-heard-paid-the-millions-she-promised-after-divorce%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=607395&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1312934692.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Following her divorce from actor Johnny Depp in 2016, actress Amber Heard said she didn\u2019t want the money from their divorce settlement, and pledged to donate her $7 million to charity. Since then, people have wondered whether she ever followed through on her public announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Now, one of the charities she promised money to, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), will have to show whether it received any of the $3.5 million Heard promised. The ACLU had previously refused to say whether it received the money from Heard, so Depp went to court in an attempt to force them to reveal the truth.<\/p>\n<p>He just won.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Mail <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9844843\/Johnny-Depp-WINS-motion-forcing-ACLU-reveal-Amber-Heard-donated-7M-divorce-settlement.html\">exclusively reported<\/a> that Depp\u2019s attorneys had filed a petition with the New York Supreme Court to force the ACLU to prove whether Heard followed through on her pledge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow a judge has granted 23 of the 24 requests in the actor\u2019s \u2018motion to compel\u2019, meaning the organization must produce the paperwork relating to Heard\u2019s charitable contributions,\u201d the outlet reported. \u201cThe only thing Judge Arthur Engoron refused was a request for documents relating to the actress\u2019s role as a \u2018brand ambassador\u2019 for the ACLU.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Engoron ruled that Depp \u201chas satisfied the initial burden of stating the circumstances of reasons underlying the subpoena\u2026 the ACLU has failed to demonstrate that the information sought it [sic] utterly irrelevant to the action\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThus, for the reasons stated herein, the petition is granted and denied in part and respondents are ordered to comply with all subpoenas with the exception of\u2026 documents pertaining to Ms Heard\u2019s role as a brand ambassador for the ACLU,\u201d Engoron added.<\/p>\n<p>Depp and his attorneys long believed Heard never followed through on her 2016 promise. In January, the Mail reported that the Children\u2019s Hospital Los Angeles \u2013 the other charity to which Heard had promised a donation \u2013 had only received $100,000 of the promised $3.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>The reason Depp filed the petition was that Heard had claimed she had no financial incentive to falsely accuse Depp of domestic abuse because she gave the money away. Had she not actually donated the money \u2013 and kept it for herself \u2013 she <em>would<\/em> have a financial motive to lie.<\/p>\n<p>Depp had previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/johnny-depp-loses-libel-case-against-ex-wife-and-british-tabloid-judge-accepts-description-that-hes-a-wife-beater\">lost<\/a> a libel case against Heard and the British tabloid The Sun, which painted him as a domestic abuser after Heard claimed he beat her during their marriage. As The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/listen-actress-amber-heard-admits-to-hitting-johnny-depp-in-shocking-audio\">reported<\/a>, audio presented in the case showed Heard admitting to hitting the \u201cPirates of the Caribbean\u201d actor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sorry that I didn\u2019t, uh, uh, hit you across the face in a proper slap, but I was hitting you, it was not punching you. Babe, you\u2019re not punched,\u201d Heard tells Depp in the recording. \u201cI don\u2019t know what the motion of my actual hand was, but you\u2019re fine. I did not hurt you. I did not punch you. I was hitting you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the time the libel suit was tossed, Depp\u2019s attorneys called the ruling \u201cperverse\u201d and \u201cbewildering,\u201d pointing out the mountain of evidence the judge appeared to have ignored in arriving at his decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost troubling is the Judge\u2019s reliance on the testimony of Amber Heard, and corresponding disregard of the mountain of counter-evidence from police officers, medical practitioners, her own former assistant, other unchallenged witnesses and an array of documentary evidence which completely undermined the allegations, point by point. All of this was overlooked,\u201d said attorney Jenny Afia. \u201cThe judgment is so flawed that it would be ridiculous for Mr. Depp not to appeal this decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among that \u201cmountain\u201d of evidence, The Daily Wire previously&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/listen-actress-amber-heard-admits-to-hitting-johnny-depp-in-shocking-audio\">reported<\/a>, was surveillance videos, eyewitness statements, audio, photos, and more showing that Depp was the real victim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the testimonies comes from Trinity Esparza, who was the concierge at the penthouse where Heard claims Depp hit her in the face. Esparza now questions how Heard received the mark on her face she claimed was from Depp, after reviewing surveillance footage from three days later, when Heard\u2019s sister Whitney pretended to punch her in the face, according to court documents,\u201d The Daily Wire reported.<\/p>\n<p>Further, evidence suggested Heard attacked Depp while the actor was in bed and staged the attacks she claimed he committed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnaware that members of Mr. Depp\u2019s security team (including an 18-year veteran of the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department) were mere feet away, Ms. Heard falsely began yelling, \u2018Stop hitting me, Johnny,\u2019\u201d Depp alleged in court documents. \u201cThe interaction culminated with Ms. Heard making false allegations that Mr. Depp struck her with a cell phone, hit her and destroyed the penthouse. There were multiple eyewitnesses to this hoax.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Depp has been dropped from major roles following Heard\u2019s allegations, the actress \u2013 who, again, admitted to attacking Depp \u2013 has been cast in the upcoming \u201cAquaman 2\u201d and is available for paid speaking gigs.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following her divorce from actor Johnny Depp in 2016, actress Amber Heard said she didn\u2019t want the money from their divorce settlement, and pledged to donate her $7 million to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-607395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}