Johnny Depp reaches $US7 million settlement with Amber Heard in acrimonious divorce battle: report

TMZ reports Heard filed court papers to dismiss her domestic violence case against the actor on Tuesday, just one day before their scheduled restraining order hearing.

The former couple, who were married for just 15 months and didn’t have a prenuptial agreement, released a statement confirming the settlement.

“Our relationship was intensely passionate and at times volatile, but always bound by love,” they told the gossip website.

“Neither party has made false accusations for financial gains. There was never an 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.”

Sources told Daily Mail Online the financial settlement was finalised over the weekend, but Depp and Heard feuded over the wording of the statement.

According to the site, Heard wanted Depp to admit he assaulted her. The father-of-two refused.

“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,” a source said.

“She didn’t want to torture Johnny any more and wanted it to be over before the court hearing on Wednesday.”

Daily Mail Online reports the settlement — which they claim was closer to $US10 million — was reached after Depp was left devastated by new revelations he cut off his fingertip and used the bloody stump to scrawl offensive messages in a Gold Coast villa in May last year.

“Stories about the messages in blood were the tipping point for Johnny, he was devastated,” a source said. “The facts that have come out in the past few days have left him distraught, he just wanted it all over with.”

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