A deposition given for Amber Heard and Johnny Depp’s ongoing defamation trial has revealed the Aquaman star did not fulfil her pledge to donate $3.5 million to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
The claim came from Terence Dougherty, the chief operating officer and general counsel of the ACLU, who appeared before the court today (28 April) in a pre-recorded deposition filmed in December of last year.
Terence Dougherty, the general counsel and COO of the #ACLU, said in a prerecorded testimony that #AmberHeard did not donate $3.5 million to the organization but only $1.3 million. @LawCrimeNetwork pic.twitter.com/n0a2N2v8Yo
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Dougherty told the court Heard had been put forward as an ambassador for the ACLU as a result of her pledge to provide a donation of $3.5 million to the charity, which works to ‘protect people’s rights’ and ‘defend democracy’.
The pledge came after Heard divorced Depp in 2016, at which point she said she would divide her $7 million settlement between the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
Johnny Depp is seated in the courtroom for Day 11 of testimony.#JohnnyDepp #AmberHeard @LawCrimeNetwork pic.twitter.com/XGo1lTfd2l
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“Ms Heard spoke with such clarity and expertise on issues of gender-based violence, that [ACLU representatives] decided she would be an appropriate person to ask to become an ACLU ambassador,” Dougherty said during the deposition.
Dougherty noted, however, that the full amount pledged by Heard had not been sent at the time he gave the deposition.
The COO said that in the wake of the pledge the ACLU received $350,000 directly from Heard, $100,000 paid through Depp, $500,000 paid through a donor-advised fund and a further $350,000 also paid through a donor-advised fund, amounting to a total of $1.3 million.
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