Johnny Depp has spoken out on his legal battle against ex-wife Amber Heard.
The Pirates of the Caribbean star sued Heard in March 2019 over a column she wrote in 2018. The case went to trial in April 2022, streamed around the world.
Depp was awarded $US15 million (approx. $20.8 million) in damages.
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In a new interview with the Sunday Times years later, Depp said he has “no regrets”.
“Look, none of this was going be easy, but I didn’t care,” he told the outlet.
“I thought, ‘I’ll fight until the bitter f—ing end.’ And if I end up pumping gas? That’s all right. I’ve done that before.”
Depp and Heard were married from 2015 to 2017. Heard filed for divorce in 2016.
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Heard penned an op-ed in December 2018 for The Washington Post, speaking out on domestic abuse. Depp was not mentioned by name.
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Depp then sued the actress for US$50 million (approx. $70 million) for defamation.
Heard filed a US$100 million (approx. $140 million) countersuit.
She was awarded $2 million in damages over Depp’s lawyer calling her abuse claim a “hoax”.
“Look, it had gone far enough,” Depp said of why he pursued legal action in the US.
“If I don’t try to represent the truth it will be like I’ve actually committed the acts I am accused of.
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“And my kids will have to live with it. Their kids. Kids that I’ve met in hospitals.”
Depp shares daughter Lily-Rose, 26, and son Jack, 23, with ex Vanessa Paradis.
“So the night before the trial in Virginia I didn’t feel nervous. If you don’t have to memorise lines, if you’re just speaking the truth? Roll the dice,” he said.
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In the interview, Depp claimed he was a “crash test dummy for MeToo”.
“I was pre #MeToo,” he said, adding it was before Harvey Weinstein.
The MeToo movement gained momentum in 2017 after accusations against Weinstein.
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