The divorce settlement between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard has fallen apart, leaving the deal hanging by a thread, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.
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The $6.8million settlement was close to being finalized in the last few days but Depp refused to pay the money at the 11th hour.
Now, according to bombshell legal documents seen by DailyMail.com, it appears the actor is stalling because he’s furious over public comments his former wife has made about domestic violence in recent weeks.
Depp, who paid an initial $100,000 to two charities, is holding back on paying Heard the millions of dollars she has publicly vowed to donate to good causes.
Heard has promised to give the American Civil Liberties Union money for their work to stop violence against women, and the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles will also receive a share.
But Depp’s stonewalling leaves both organizations wanting – effectively penalizing the people they help.
The legal paperwork, obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com, reveals that because of the halt Heard’s legal team is hitting back with a formal ‘Request for Order’ to the judge in the case in the hope that it will force Depp’s hand once and for all.
In the documents filed with Los Angeles Superior Court, Heard’s lawyers have asked the judge to act against Depp, 53, and enforce the terms of the settlement – known in the legal world as ‘Deal Point Memorandum’.
Heard caused a stir when she penned a letter for the December issue of the fashion magazine Porter writing about the subject of domestic violence and female empowerment, alluding to personal experience in the essay.
While she never mentions Depp by name, it’s clear who she is referring to.
‘You are not alone,’ she writes. ‘You may have suffered alone behind closed doors, but you are not alone. You need to know that.
‘I want to remind you of your strength, a strength that has been multiplied by the number of women who stand silently behind you – a truth that allowed me to break down the doors I once found myself behind.’
She added: ‘I never felt anyone would or could rescue me, so naturally I resented the label of victim.’
Heard also last month sat down for a Public Service Announcement (PSA) on domestic abuse.