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Johnny Depp Releases Video As Amber Heard Sues For Defamation

The actor breaks his silence
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As his divorce continues to play out in the public arena, Johnny Depp has been overseas touring with his band the Hollywood Vampires.

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The 52-year-old actor posted a surprise video to fans over the weekend to promote the bandโ€™s upcoming show in Bucharest, Romania, and marks his first official appearance since news of his split โ€” and subsequent claims of abuseโ€“ broke.

โ€œWe hope to see you there and have some big fun,โ€ Depp says to the camera. โ€œHave fun.โ€

  

Depp has not yet commented directly about Heardโ€™s domestic violence claims, however his lawyer has stated, โ€œAmber is attempting to secure a premature financial resolution by alleging abuse.โ€

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The video comes in the wake of news Amber Heard is sueing comedian Doug Stanhope for defamation.

Stanhope, who said he was a friend of Deppโ€™s, penned a scathing guest column for The Wrap with the headline: โ€˜Johnny Depp is Being Blackmailed By Amber Heard โ€“ Hereโ€™s How I Knowโ€™.

In the article, Stanhope accuses Heard of โ€œthreatening to lie about [Depp] publicly in any and every possible duplicitous way if he didnโ€™t agree to her termsโ€ and alleges that his friend โ€œgot used, manipulated, set up and made to look like an aโ€“holeโ€.


Heard claims that Stanhopeโ€™s accusations of false claims and blackmail are โ€œcompletely falseโ€.

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โ€œHeard never undertook any action that could even remotely be described as โ€˜blackmailโ€™,โ€ reads the suit.


The 27-year-old โ€˜Rum Diariesโ€™ star is seeking the โ€œmaximum possibly jury awardโ€, which she will donate to a domestic violence charity โ€œin an effort to counter the setback made to women by the defendantsโ€™ defamatory article and related wrongful acts,โ€ says to her lawyer, Charles J Harder.

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