Amber Heard donates ALL $7 million of her divorce settlement from Johnny Depp to help battered women and sick children; 19 August 2016
Amber Heard is giving away every penny from the $7 million divorce settlement she got from Johnny Depp to charities that help battered women and sick children.
Heard, 30, revealed she is donating the money to both the American Civil Liberties Union and the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, where she says she has worked as a volunteer for 10 years.
The money will be divided equally between the two charities.
'Money played no role for me personally and never has, except to the extent that I could donate it to charity and hopefully help those less able to defend themselves,' Heard said about the bitter divorce battle with her famous ex-husband.
The couple, who wed in February 2015, settled their divorce on Tuesday, just one day before a court hearing for the temporary restraining order Heard had been granted in May.
Heard withdrew her allegations that Depp had been physically abusive toward her and the couple released a joint statement exclusively to Daily Mail Online.
The statement read: 'Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have agreed to resolve their divorce proceedings privately.'
'They are issuing this joint statement: "Our relationship was intensely passionate and at times volatile, but always bound by love."'
'Neither party has lied nor made false accusations for financial gain. There was never any intent of physical or emotional harm.
'Amber wishes the best for Johnny in the future. Amber will be donating financial proceeds from the divorce to a charity.'
Heard, who had shown up in court with bruises on her face in May, told TMZ Thursday that she hoped her decision to donate her settlement would result 'in a positive change in the lives of people who need it the most.'
The Magic Mike XXL star also revealed to the website that she will not be collecting any residuals from the films Depp made during their 15-month marriage, even though she would have been entitled to the profits because she was not made to sign a prenuptial agreement.
ACLU executive director Anthony Romero said the nonprofit organization 'could not be more thankful' for Heard's donation.
'For years, we have worked through the courts and legislatures around the country to make sure that domestic violence victims are fully protected by the law and receive the government assistance they deserve,' he said in a statement.
'Ms Heard...can be confident that this gift will help other women live safely and freely.'
Paul Viviano, president at CEO of CHLA, also thanked Heard for her 'tremendous' gift.
'Her generosity will support the lifesaving treatments and cures that Children’s Hospital Los Angeles provides for critically ill children each year,' he said.
Johnny Depp was previously awarded the 'Courage to Care' award by the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles in 2006.
The award is given 'to champions of children and child-related causes and are recognized for their outstanding humanitarian efforts', according to the hospital.
During the bitter split, Heard obtained a temporary restraining order against Depp in May after accusing the Pirates of the Caribbean star of hitting her during a fight in their Los Angeles apartment.
In her declaration of petition for a restraining order, seen by DailyMail.com, Heard said: 'Johnny has a long-held and widely acknowledged public and private history of drug and alcohol abuse. He has a short fuse.
'He is often paranoid and his temper is exceptionally scary for me as it has proven many times to be physically dangerous and/or life threatening to me.’
Heard claimed that Depp had thrown the actress' iPhone at her face while he was 'inebriated and high'.
She wrote in the petition that he 'wound up his arm like a baseball pitcher' and struck her 'cheek and eye with great force'.
'He then forcibly pulled back my hair as I attempted to stand up from the sofa,' she wrote in the court filing.
Johnny continued screaming at me, pulling my hair, striking me and violently grabbing my face.'
Depp, 53, denied he abused Heard and police said they found no evidence of a crime.
The alleged fight occurred just one day after the death of Depp's mother Betty Sue Palmer, who passed away on May 20.
Heard also alleged that Depp had been violent with her a month prior, when he showed up late to her 30th birthday party on April 21.
She said Depp had hurled a bottle of champagne at the wall before throwing 'a wine glass on me, and the floor, both which shattered.'
'Johnny then grabbed me by the shoulders and pushed me onto the bed, blocking the bedroom door. He them grabbed me by the hair and violently shoved me to the floor,' the court filing read.
Heard was ultimately granted a temporary order by the judge, which was extended for two more months in June.
Daily Mail Online revealed the former couple reached a settlement after Depp was left devastated by revelations he cut his finger and wrote offensive messages in blood and paint on to a mirror.
A source said: 'Stories about the messages in blood were the tipping point for Johnny, he was devastated.'
'The facts that have come out in the past few days have left him distraught, he just wanted it all over with.'
Sources told Daily Mail Online that the financial settlement was finalized over the weekend but the sticking point was the wording of the divorce documents.
Heard wanted a joint statement in which Depp admitted he committed domestic violence, but Depp bluntly refused.
Instead a softening of the wording was agreed upon that both Depp and Heard were happy with.
A source said: 'Amber is happy with the settlement, it was never about the money for her, she was unhappy with the way Johnny treated her but it has been painful and emotionally rendering to relive this stuff.
'She didn't want to torture Johnny any more and wanted it to be over before the court hearing on Wednesday.'
Earlier Monday it emerged in court papers that Depp sliced the tip of his finger in a fit of rage.
Daily Mail Online has learned that the incident happened last March while Depp was in Australia and was high on weed and ecstasy on top of having drunk several bottles of red wine.
He had been speaking with Heard on the phone while she was filming The Danish Girl in London when they began to fight and he threw the phone at some glass, causing the injury.
The court papers claim that Depp then took his bloody finger and dipped it in blue paint before using the mixture of the two liquids to write 'STARRING,' 'Billy Bob, ' and 'Easy Amber' on the wall.
'Billy Bob' is Billy Bob Thornton claims Heard, who had starred in the 2008 film The Informers with the actress and then London Fields, which will be released later this year.
Depp was reportedly accusing Heard, 30, of having an affair with the 61-year-old actor during the fight, which occurred in his Australian villa while he was filming the latest installment of Pirates of the Caribbean.
The photos of the injured finger and writing in the blood and paint mixture have been entered as exhibits in the case.
Heard is also claiming in court papers that Depp did not have the finger treated until almost 24 hours after he sliced off the top of the digit, and that doctors had to use a flap of skin from his hand to fashion a new tip.
In photos taken a month after the incident when the pair returned to Australia, Depp and Heard are seen getting off a private jet with his finger wrapped in a scarf.
The injury shut down production on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales for four weeks as Depp traveled back to the states to have what was described as an on-set injury treated by doctors.
Heard also states in the filing that she never had a sexual relationship with Thornton, and claims that Depp frequently accused her of sleeping with other men during their relationship.
The actress sat for seven hours giving her deposition over the weekend.
Heard reportedly detailed the abuse she suffered at the hands of Depp in the presence of her lawyer and her estranged husband's counsel.
A new settlement offer was presented the following day but both sides took Monday to hash out the final terms of the agreement.
At around the same time Heard was being deposed on Saturday, a video appeared on TMZ of Depp slamming cabinets while downing a large amount of red wine.
Heard filmed the incident, which ended with Depp lunging at her to rip away her phone when he realized she was recording him on the device.
After the damning footage was posted, Heard issued a statement denying she leaked the video.
'I am not responsible for the release of the video. It was not what I wanted and I am doing what I can to force the media to take it off the internet,' said Heard in a statement to E! News.
'I underestimated the toll that this difficult few months have taken on me, emotionally and physically, and the efforts made by the media to intimidate and discredit me.
'It is for that reason, and my desire to make the healthiest choice for myself, and hopefully for Johnny, that I am attempting to resolve this matter in the most private way possible.'
Sources close to Depp meanwhile claim the footage was 'heavily edited.'
Depp and Heard, who met on the set of The Rum Diary in 2011, were married in 2014 and she filed papers asking for a divorce in May after 15 months of marriage.
Heard had also asked a judge for spousal support and her legal fees to be covered during the divorce, but that was rejected by the court.
lol
Amber has the bruises, Amber has videos, Amber has pictures and still, she's called a lier. It's incredible how long the collective public will go to to defend an abuser. Incredible and unbelievable. 
