Johnny Depp and Amber Heard synastry. The scandalous divorce of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard: what really led to it. Birthday threats
On May 23, popular actress Amber Heard filed for divorce from actor Johnny Depp, citing “irreconcilable differences.” A few days later, she appeared in public with a bruise on her face and, through the court, her husband approached her. However, as soon as the journalists began Once again career of the Pirates star Caribbean Sea“in connection with domestic violence, the story began to acquire new details, becoming much less clear-cut than it might seem at first glance.
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Johnny Depp and Amber Heard
How it all started
The marriage between Depp and Heard lasted only fifteen months - from February 2015, but their story together began with the filming of the film “The Rum Diary” in 2010, where they met.
The on-screen couple seemed quite convincing to the audience, but the union of Depp and Heard at the time of the film’s release seemed impossible, since the actress came out in December 2010. She admitted that despite the presence of successful relationships with men in her biography, she is currently dating a woman, artist Tasya van Ree. Depp had been living with French singer Vanessa Paradis for 12 years by that time.
"The Rum Diary" (2010)
However, in February 2015, 28-year-old Heard still married 50-year-old Depp. However, the marriage of the two actors did not look “cloudless” for very long. Already in May 2015, Heard arrived on the set of the fifth “Pirates of the Caribbean” with her husband in Australia, taking with her two Yorkshire Terriers without proper documents.
Due to the country's geographical isolation, it has strict biosecurity laws, so Heard faced up to ten years in prison for her offense.
Some of the charges were dropped due to the fact that Depp and Heard agreed to record a video message for the Australian government. The video, which many considered humiliating, turned out to be beneficial for Australian officials. He made a clear demonstration that in case of violation of local laws, even Hollywood stars will not get away unpunished.
The video message was published online on April 17 - five days before Heard's 30th birthday, to which Depp did not even appear (in court, the actress stated that this was the reason for one of the quarrels). By May 2016, their disagreement had been going on for several months.
The last straw was the death of the Alice Through the Looking Glass star's mother. 83-year-old Betty Sue Palmer died on May 20, two days later Depp and Heard separated, and on May 23 the girl filed for divorce.
A look at divorce from Heard and her friends
The court accepted Heard’s divorce application on May 23, but this information reached the media only two days later. At first, “irreconcilable contradictions” were cited as the reason for this decision, but on Friday, May 27, the actress arrived at the hearing with a bruise under her right eye.
Heard said that Depp repeatedly beat her during their marriage, and on her face you can see marks from the iPhone, which the actor threw at her “with the swing of a baseball pitcher.” The incident, the actress said, occurred on May 21 - when she tried to call her friend, American photographer Tillett Wright, during one of her husband’s drunken brawls.
According to the girl, Depp pulled her hair and grabbed her face. As evidence, she presented photographs to the court and also stated that she had a video recording of one of the “attacks.”
Throughout our relationship, Johnny was verbally and physically abusive to me. I experienced excessive emotional, verbal and physical abuse from him.
He became enraged and made humiliating, violent attacks and threats against me whenever I questioned his authority or disagreed with him.
Amber Heard, actress
The last incident (that’s when the iPhone was thrown), according to Heard, occurred on May 21 in Los Angeles - two days before the Hollywood premiere of “Alice Through the Looking Glass,” where Depp played one of the main roles.
Investigators never found evidence of Depp's attack that day, to which Heard stated that she did not want to file a police report in hot pursuit.
Nevertheless aggressive behavior The actor was confirmed by his wife’s friend. She arrived at the scene and tried to block Heard from her husband, receiving several slaps on her hands, after which Depp, in a rage, broke a bottle of wine and went to “destroy the personal belongings” of his wife.
The actress believes that Depp needs treatment for alcohol and drug addiction, and psychological help, since he "suffers from paranoia."
Following the initial hearing, the judge temporarily banned Depp from approaching his wife.
A look from Depp, his family and friends
Depp's first reaction to what happened was a formal comment from his representative.
Given the short duration of the marriage and the recent tragic loss of his mother, Johnny will not comment on salacious, false stories, gossip or misinformation about his personal life. We hope that the termination of this short marriage will happen quickly.
Johnny Depp's representative
In fact, Depp's representatives began to speak in court. In their opinion, Heard’s behavior is related to her desire to obtain maximum financial gain in the event of a divorce.
Since the actors did not make any agreement marriage contract, the wife can claim a large share of her husband's fortune, which is estimated at $400 million.
The media agree that Heard is unlikely to receive $200 million, but could expect around $75 million. To shorten financial losses, Depp hired one of the best divorce lawyers in the world - Laura Wasser. She worked with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mel Gibson, Angelina Jolie, Stevie Wonder and a number of other celebrities.
Doug Stanhope and Johnny Depp
Added fuel to the fire of the conflict between Depp and Heard close friend actor. Comedian Doug Stanhope wrote for The Wrap that his wife was blackmailing her husband.
Almost four in the morning. I can not sleep. Even take a nap. Today my friend was pilloried by the press as a domestic abuser.
The accusations were accompanied by photographs of his wife with a bruise, so he was simply torn apart on social networks.
I watched this happen without saying a single ******* [fucking] word. Although I knew that all this was complete ***** [nonsense].
Doug Stanhope, comedian
Stanhope said that Heard manipulated Depp from the very beginning, but he was hesitant to talk about it with the actor. The comedian was afraid that his friend in love would throw him out of his life because of the negativity towards his wife.
According to Stanhope, he saw Depp on May 21 - the day of that very quarrel. The actor was upset not only by the death of his mother, but also by the fact that his wife was about to leave him. Moreover, Stanhope claims that Heard blackmailed her husband, promising to lie about his behavior.
Stanhope is convinced that there was no violence on the part of Depp, and Heard’s bruises and loud statements are the very cunning plan that the girl was going to bring to life.
Lily-Rose Depp
Johnny Depp also has his 17-year-old daughter, professional model Lily-Rose Depp, who said her father has been “sweet” and “loving” throughout her life.
She didn’t remain silent either ex-wife Deppa Vanessa Paradis. She noted that for 14 years her ex-husband has never shown any tendency towards violence, and considers the behavior attributed to him to be unlike him.
What's next
The next hearing in the divorce case is scheduled for June 17. Until then, Depp is prohibited by law from approaching his wife. Considering that the actor’s $400 million fortune is at stake, the proceedings could be lengthy and messy.
However, whatever the outcome, the media does not rule out that a high-profile divorce will be another blow to Depp’s career. Failures followed the actor one after another, including the blockbusters Supremacy and The Lone Ranger, as well as the comedy Mordecai, which was crushed by critics. Even the relatively inexpensive film Black Mass performed poorly financially.
"Black Mass" (2015)
During the premiere of Alice in Wonderland, more than half of the audience said they were going to see the film for Depp, while in the case of Alice Through the Looking Glass this figure dropped to 35%. Analysts believe that the audience is tired of the actor, and he has ceased to attract the female part of the audience.
"Alice Through the Looking Glass" with its impressive 170 million budget, in contrast to the original film, in the United States, losing first place to the sequel "X-Men". Despite the fact that the first part of “Alice” collected more than a billion, the second has every chance of not paying off or making almost no profit.
Disney has made another big bet on Depp. The fifth “Pirates of the Caribbean” has already been filmed and will be released on May 25, 2017. How the film will perform at the box office if the incident of domestic violence is confirmed in court, one can only guess. But the era of regular blockbusters starring Depp may be coming to an end.
Rumors that not everything was going smoothly for the married couple had been circulating for a long time. Like, Depp became addicted to alcohol. And Amber cried that she was marrying “another Johnny.” In any case, it doesn't matter now. Heard filed for divorce citing “irreconcilable differences” as the reason. And Depp gave a divorce!
It seems in Lately Depp had a lot going on. Quarrels with Heard, mother's death and finally divorce. The actor was called to divorce three days after his death loved one... Although this was hardly a big surprise for Depp. It must be admitted that the couple’s relationship went wrong a long time ago... Johnny was not at his beloved’s anniversary, and the actor’s antics in public spoke of his not being in the best state of mind.
Depp didn’t even fight for the woman for whom he once left his family...
“I would like to hope that the dissolution of this short marriage will be resolved quickly,” he said through his representative (read more).
However, it’s unlikely to happen quickly. IN life together The couple never had children, but they significantly increased the size of their bank accounts.
Meeting and leaving the family
Johnny and Amber's romance broke out on the set of the film "The Rum Diary". Although at first few people took him seriously. After all, before Depp, the actress preferred female company.
Her lifelong friend was the artist Tasya Van Ree, and in the middle of last year, when a crisis arose in her relationship with Depp, the beauty spent a lot of time in society French model Marie de Villepin.
But, despite this, Amber then chose Depp again and returned to her beloved, which, in principle, is not at all surprising. Although Depp is not the first Hollywood handsome man, at 52 years old he can easily give odds to any macho man!
For the actor, marriage to Heard was the second. He first married at the age of 20 to the artist Laurie Ann Ellison, but the lovers lived together for two years, after which they separated.
Afterwards there was an affair with actress Sherilyn Fenn, dancer Jennifer Grey, Tim Burton's muse, Winona Ryder and, finally, Kate Moss (read more).
This was, perhaps, the craziest relationship in the life of a “pirate”: endless quarrels and reconciliations, non-stop parties, drugs, alcohol and unbridled passion.
But four years later, Depp realized that he no longer liked such a life, and broke off his relationship with the long-legged beauty.
And he met the woman of his life - the French actress Vanessa Paradis. They stayed together for almost 14 years. And Vanessa gave Depp two children.
Secret wedding and ranch in Texas
Only the lazy did not blame Depp for leaving Vanessa for new beauty. And yet the actor was adamant. And after long proceedings regarding the division of property, he left the family.
And soon he secretly signed with Amber. And in the company of friends he flew off to celebrate on his island in the Bahamas (read more).
Johnny was so in love that he surrounded his young wife with attention and care in every possible way. For Christmas, the actor gave his beloved diamond earrings, a necklace and a ring worth $50,000.
It was no less luxurious family nest couples. The actor purchased the family ranch in Tennessee for $16 million long before the wedding.
Moreover, by this time Johnny already had four mansions in Los Angeles and he could have lived with Heard in any of them. But he wanted to start family life With clean slate! And fulfill your beloved’s dream of having her own ranch.
But they rarely appeared there... The workload of both actors and constant travel took their toll.
Amber was filming The Danish Girl in London, and Johnny flew to Australia, where he did nothing but go to parties instead of filming the sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean. They immediately started talking about alcohol addiction an actor with whom the young wife could not do anything. After another scandal, the actress decided to end it all and announced her desire to break off the relationship.
Amber Heard is a sought-after American model and actress. She became famous after starring in the television series Palm Springs and the film The Rum Diary. Ex-wife of Johnny Depp.Amber Heard's childhood
Amber grew up in Austin, Texas. Her father was a leader construction company, and his mother worked in telecommunications. As the actress herself admitted, her father wanted a boy, so he taught her to drive a car, ride a horse, and also be strong like a man. Amber's mother recalled that her daughter experienced from childhood how far she could go and how high she could fly. 
Amber was raised in strict Catholic traditions. Moreover, she studied at the Catholic Academy. Her upbringing did not stop the girl from testing her artistic abilities in the school theater. The spotlight and everyone's attention beckoned her, and from the age of 13, Amber worked as a lifeguard on the beach and as a cleaner at a local modeling agency in order to save up money to shoot her own portfolio.
When Amber turned 16, she died in a car accident best friend. The tragedy radically changed the girl's life - she became disillusioned with religion and declared herself an atheist. A year later, the girl went to New York because she could no longer stay in Texas and was simply trying to escape boredom.
The beginning of Amber Heard's career
In New York, Amber immediately fell into model business. It seemed that a childhood dream had come true, but the joy was short-lived. She wanted something more exotic and unpredictable, so the girl went to conquer the film industry in Los Angeles. 
Luck was on the side of the ambitious girl - she was easily able to penetrate the world of cinema. Like most Hollywood stars, she started with episodic roles in TV series: “Oh. S. – Lonely Hearts”, “Jack and Bobby”, “Mountain”. Then she was noticed by feature film directors, after which larger roles followed.
In 2004, the girl starred in the sports drama “In the Rays of Glory”, in 2005 - in the low-budget horror film “Ghoul’s Drug”, the comedy “Deadly Sexuality” and “ North country", a drama about female miners with the incomparable Charlize Theron.
Then came the first the main role in Amber Heard's career, it was the horror film All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, which, however, did not receive high marks from critics. Many noted that the plot of the film was too reminiscent of “Jennifer’s Body” and that in this case, Amber Heard should learn sexuality from Megan Fox.
A significant challenge for Amber was filming the series “Palm Springs,” which premiered in 2007. She was approved for the role of Greta Matthews, a girl who lost my own mother and a loved one. The already slender actress had to lose 11 kilograms for this role. Alas, out of 12 episodes of the series, viewers saw only 8 - the project was taken off the air due to low ratings.
This was followed by an episode in the landmark TV series Californication with David Duchovny. The young actress had less than a minute of screen time, but the very fact of participating in such a popular project was worth a lot.
Amber Heard and first popularity
In 2008, Amber Heard appeared in two films that turned out to be very successful from a commercial point of view: the drama Never Back Down, where she appeared before the audience as the lover of the main character, forced to go from an outcast to a martial arts star. The second film was the comedy Pineapple Express with Seth Rogen and James Franco, which tells about the adventures of two pot-smoking friends. 
These roles became a turning point in Amber’s career - she impressed the directors with her fearlessness, the fusion of the wisdom of an adult woman and a real savage, complete spontaneity and an irrepressible thirst for life. Perhaps thanks to these qualities, she was accepted into the cast of the post-apocalyptic black comedy "Welcome to Zombieland", where she played the neighbor of Jesse Eisenberg's character, a Columbus student.
A significant event for the actress was the filming of the film “The Rum Diary” - according to the script, she became the partner of the character played by Johnny Depp himself. Amber Heard was delighted with his performance and proudly declared that he was a great actor and incredible person, who helped her reveal herself to the fullest on the set. Amber even won an award at the Hollywood Film Festival for her role as Chenault.
"The Rum Diary": Amber Heard and Johnny Depp
After this, Amber's career skyrocketed: she was lucky enough to work with Harrison Ford, Liam Hemsworth, Demi Moore; the young actress was very proud of her role as a CIA agent in Luc Besson's film Three Days to Kill.
Personal life of Amber Heard
Since 2005, the girl was a member of serious relationship with actor Christin Glover, but already in 2008 she surprised fans by announcing a relationship with Tasya Van Ree, a female photographer. This novel for a long time was a secret, and only at the GLAAD party (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) the actress decided to open up: “I am who I am. In my opinion, if you deny or hide something, you unwittingly admit that it is wrong. But I don’t feel like I’m wrong.” 
But after filming The Rum Diary, the spark of passion between Amber and Tasya went out, and the fault was none other than Johnny Depp. For the sake of the 24-year-old actress, he broke up with his wife, Vanessa Paradis, with whom he lived for 14 happy years.
Their relationship developed rapidly, however, like all Johnny Depp's novels - with showdowns and constant disagreements. So, in 2013, Heard left Depp and had fun with model Marie de Villepin. Depp decided to return the girl and prepared a surprise for her: he built the same bar on his personal island in the Bahamas as in “The Rum Diary” and gave the actress a whole beach, after which harmony reigned in the couple again.
On February 3, 2015, Heard and Depp registered their barque. The wedding took place in the Bahamas, in a narrow circle of family and friends. Among the guests were Depp's children - Lily-Rose Melody and Jack Christopher, who reacted very favorably to their stepmother. In turn, Amber has repeatedly mentioned that being a foster mother for Depp’s children is an honor and a real gift of fate.
In May 2016, dramatic changes occurred in Amber Heard's personal life. She admitted that she decided to break off her relationship with Johnny Depp and filed for divorce on May 22, 2016, a few days after the death of Depp's mother. The actress indicated the presence of insoluble contradictions between the spouses as the reason. She later told the press that Depp beat her. Many artists came to the actor’s defense, as well as his ex-wife
// Photo: Jen Lowery / Splash News
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard officially divorced in January 2017, but the details of their personal life together still worry fans. The fact is that during the trials, the actor’s ex-girlfriend accused him of domestic violence, aggression and alcoholism. The man himself preferred not to comment on what was happening.
Only now has Depp decided to break the silence. The man gave frank interview, in which he revealed truly shocking details of the divorce. Thus, the actor noted that he had brought himself to an extreme degree of nervous exhaustion. As a result, he found himself on the verge of life and death.
“I fell so low that I didn’t expect it myself. The next step was to arrive somewhere with your eyes open, and leave from there differently, with your eyes closed. I could no longer endure this pain every day,” said the actor.
According to the star, Heard’s betrayal came as a complete surprise to him. He tried for a long time to understand what had happened, and as a result began to abuse alcohol. Johnny does not deny that his every day began with a bottle of vodka and ended with tears over a broken heart.
“In the morning I poured myself some vodka and started writing my biography. I worked until tears filled my eyes so much that I could no longer see the page. I tried to understand what I had done to deserve this. I always tried to be kind to everyone, help everyone, be honest with everyone. The truth has always come first for me. But what happened happened,” the man shared his experiences.
According to journalists, during the conversation Depp could not hold back his tears. Apparently he is still having a hard time with the divorce. Previously, the actor had repeatedly admitted that Amber was the woman of his dreams, and it was with her that he wanted to spend the rest of his life.
Johnny's fans are sure that the accusations of domestic violence were a well-thought-out move by Heard, aimed at suing the man for decent monetary compensation. For quite a long time, the girl fought for the division of all the property that Depp had. However, Amber never managed to get her ex-lover's multi-million dollar fortune.
By the way, the actor also cleared up rumors about his bankruptcy. According to Depp, his financial position not at the moment the best level, but the man is not in poverty. “My son heard from kids at school that his old man had lost all his money. This is wrong,” Johnny said.
Speaking to Rolling Stone magazine, the man said that he wanted to quickly forget about the difficult period in his life. Behind Last year Johnny not only had to go through a divorce, but also had to bury his mother, who died a few days before the scandal with Amber Heard began. Fans hope that Depp will soon return to his previous creative form and continue to delight them with his bright roles.
0 May 26, 2016, 4:37 pmThe main topic for discussion in Western media today - and Amber Heard. According to tabloid reports, after 15 months of marriage, the wife of the 52-year-old actor filed a divorce petition in court, citing the standard wording of “irreconcilable differences” as the reason.
The statement of divorce dated May 23 also states that the actors have already separated, and the spouses did not sign a prenuptial agreement before the wedding. In light of these events, we can't help but succumb to nostalgia and remember how it all began.
The couple met in 2011 on the set of the film “The Rum Diary”, after which the actors could no longer think about anything or anyone but each other. Johnny later recalled it this way:
I thought about her all the time and so I began to follow her and her schedule. It turned out that the same thing happened to her. She also constantly thought about me and watched what I was doing. We met on the first day of the film's press tour and, surprisingly, got married on the same day, only a few years later.
Johnny even, without hesitation, admitted to reporters that when he met Amber, he was most admired by the actress’s musical erudition.
We have a lot in common, but one of the first things that stuck out to me was that she was a passionate blues fan. I played some old blues song and she recognized it!
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard in the movie "The Rum Diary"
By that time, Johnny Depp had already been in a relationship with actress Vanessa Paradis for 14 years, with whom he had two children together - daughter Lily-Rose and son Jack, but for the sake of Amber, the actor broke up with common-law wife. In June 2012, the actor's representative made a statement in which he said that Johnny Depp and his common-law wife Vanessa Paradis, who bore him two children, separated after 14 years of marriage.
In January 2014, Depp made new lover marriage proposal, and on February 3, 2015 they got married. The marriage was registered in their home in Los Angeles, and the celebration took place in the Bahamas - on the island of Little Holes Pond Cay, owned by the actor.
The wedding, however, did not reduce Amber's jealousy towards ex-wife Johnny to Vanessa Paradis: the actor’s young wife even refused to board his 47-meter yacht, named after Vanessa and her and Johnny’s common children. To please Amber, Johnny first renamed the ship and then sold it altogether.
Otherwise, everything was cloudless. In one of her interviews after the wedding, Amber said that, in general, after official registration She doesn’t observe any changes in the relationship:
In fact, no changes have occurred. We were together for a long time, so the marriage itself and subsequent life were quite organic.
At the same time, Heard noted that every day her feelings for Depp are becoming stronger and stronger:
I fall in love with him again and again.
Despite this, the press predicted a short life for the marriage of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. As the reason for this, journalists cited the actor’s problems with alcohol and even found an excuse for him: first, the film “Mordecai” failed at the box office, not recouping even half of the invested budget, then Johnny did not appear on the set of the fifth “Pirates of the Caribbean”, and then broke his arm:
After the wedding ceremony, Amber went to London to film The Danish Girl, and Johnny flew to Australia, where he did nothing but go to parties instead of filming the sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean.
Depp ignores his wife’s calls and messages; at times, Amber doesn’t even know where he is or what’s happening to him. They hardly talk to each other.
To spite the public, who claimed that they were “on the verge of divorce,” the lovers posed on one red carpet after another, holding hands and looking quite happy. IN last time they appeared together at the Art of Elysium charity event in California in January, and yesterday the media again started talking about their divorce. This time it's official.