Perhaps Amber Heard will be able to pay her ex-husband Johnny Depp after all. A new report via Radar Online claims that the “Aquaman” star has entered negotiations with book publishers who are willing to pay as much as $15 million for what is rumored to be an explosive tell-all about Amber’s relationship with her former flame. Given the hefty sum she currently owes Johnny, she would technically still walk away with a profit even after she’s paid the $10.35 million in punitive and compensatory damages.
What’s interesting about Amber’s offers reaching up to $15 million is that Britney Spears, who Page Six claimed had signed her own book deal in February, earned the same amount as she plans to dive deep into her brutal 13-year conservatorship ordeal. The publication said that Britney’s offer from publishing house Simon & Schuster was one of the biggest deals since the Obamas. So, it would seem as if Amber won’t hold back when she begins penning the memoir, as the book would have to include explosive details for her to be in talks for a deal worth that seven figures.
Johnny Depp has donated more for Charity than Amber Heard has pledged to do.
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News of the Texas native’s tell-all entering a bidding war comes just weeks after sources asserted Amber had “nothing to lose” following her loss in the defamation trial against Johnny in June. “Amber considers her career in Hollywood over. She’s already in talks and is excited about it,” an insider said. “At this point, she has nothing to lose and wants to tell all,” adding that she was not in a position “to turn down money.”
As fans will undoubtedly recall, Judge Penny Azcarate ordered Amber to pay the damages after being handed down the verdict by the jury. Her legal team has since requested that a new trial should be considered because they believe there were several errors made in the recent trial that ultimately affected their client’s chances of a fair chance at presenting her evidence to the court.
Her attorneys argued that Johnny’s career was “ruined” long before Amber had written her 2018 Washington Post op-ed, where she said she had been the victim of domestic abuse, though she never actually mentioned Johnny by name. “There is no evidence of damage to Mr. Depp’s reputation caused by Mrs. Heard’s Op-Ed,” court documents filed by Amber’s team read.
“Mr. Depp testified that the damage to his reputation was when Ms. Heard obtained the DVTRO [domestic violence temporary restraining order] on May 27, 2016 — for which he cannot be compensated.”