Amber Heard Legal Trouble NOT Done As New Case Is Ongoing In Another Country
Amber Heard has previously lost a defamation lawsuit filed by her ex-husband, Johnny Depp.
However, her legal problems may not be over.
She is apparently facing another court struggle in addition to being unable to pay the "Edward Scissorhands" actor for damages.
Heard was ordered to pay Depp $10.35 million after a Virginia court determined she defamed the 59-year-old actor in an op-ed piece for the Washington Post by presenting herself as a domestic violence victim.
In addition, the judge ordered Depp to pay Heard $2 million.
The "Aquaman" actress is being investigated for lying in connection with court proceedings in Virginia, coming from her controversial travel to Queensland, Australia, with Depp in 2015.
Heard and Depp, who were in Australia filming "Pirates of the Caribbean 5," violated Australia's rigorous quarantine and biosecurity regulations by neglecting to disclose their Yorkshire terriers Pistol and Boo after flying in from the United States.
The 36-year-old actress was charged with two charges of unlawfully importing animals in July of last year, but the matter was dismissed after she pleaded guilty to forging travel documents in an Australian court in April 2016.
According to ET Canada, the Australian Department of Agriculture, Water, and Environment said last week that it was "investigating claims of perjury by Ms. Heard during court hearings for 2015 unlawful importation of the two canines into Australia."
A spokesman for the business acknowledged that the matter was still active.
Heard and her then-husband filmed a video apologizing for her behavior at her guilty plea in 2016.
The video was extensively mocked online, with viewers claiming that Depp and Heard appeared to have been abducted and kept for ransom.
New Developments in the Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard Defamation Case
The court stated during Friday's hearing that if Amber Heard appeals, she must post a bail of $10.35 million while the appeal is ongoing.
According to the order, both awards are subject to 6% yearly interest.
After a stunning six-week trial in which both celebrities disclosed frightening information about their brief marriage, the June 1 decision primarily sided with Depp. Amber Heard had since faced constant ridicule and mockery. Many wondered whether the trial should have been public, when both personalities' reputations are at stake.
In 2019, Depp filed a lawsuit against Heard, his ex-wife from 2015 to 2017.
