After the verdict in the highly publicized court battle with ex-wife Amber Heard was announced in his favour, Johnny Depp moved to Europe
Johnny Depp has moved on in his life leaving behind the brutal defamation trial with his ex-wife Amber Heard last year.
According to People Magazine, sources reveal that the two exes are optimistic now that their six-week court battle which threatened to end their careers is far behind them.
A source close to the Pirates of the Caribbean alum, 60, told
the outlet that Depp has “closed the chapter” on the legal battle in the
months after the verdict.
“He feels incredibly lucky to do what
he loves,” the source said.
Similarly, Heard is also looking
ahead as she gears up for her Hollywood comeback with movie, In the Fire.
After losing the verdict in court, Heard went under the radar for a few
months as she moved to Spain.
Before the trial, Depp was accused of domestic violence when
Heard wrote a 2018 Washington Post op-ed alleging she was a “public figure
representing domestic abuse.”
While Depp was not named in the
op-ed, he received a great severe backlash which also led to him losing out
his famous role of Jack Sparrow in Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean
franchise.
Depp challenged the op-ed as it ‘defamed’ him and the
verdict came out in his favour. After that, he headed to Europe to play
shows with guitarist Jeff Beck (who died in January), and film the French
historical drama Jeanne du Barry which debuted to great fanfare at the
Cannes Film Festival in May.
At the time of the verdict, Depp
said that he got his “life back”.
During a press conference at
Cannes, the actor was asked whether or not he feels boycotted by Hollywood
after his highly publicized legal battles.
“Do I feel boycotted
now? No, not at all,” said Depp. “But I don’t feel boycotted by Hollywood
because I don't think about it. I don’t think about Hollywood. I don’t have
much further need for Hollywood myself.”
