Amber Heard Abandons Trial Appeal For Settlement

Amber Heard has settled her lengthy legal battle against Johnny Depp.

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Sources told TMZ that she will only have to pay her ex-husband $1 million.

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However, that money will come from her insurance company and not her own purse.

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Heard posted a lengthy statement on Instagram announcing the decision.

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“I defended my truth and in doing so my life as I knew it was destroyed,” she wrote.

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She made it clear that the settlement “is not an act of concession.”

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She slammed the U.S. trial, which she claimed “served as entertainment and social media fodder.”

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“I will not be threatened, disheartened or dissuaded by what happened from speaking the truth,” Heard wrote.

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She added, “My voice forever remains the most valuable asset I have.”

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