Why Amber Heard changed name and left USA to live very different life in new country following Johnny Depp trial
Amber Heard has reportedly changed her name and has moved to a new country following the brutal trial with her ex-husband, Johnny Depp.
Depp's 2022 defamation trial against Heard was one of the most talked-about court cases of all time.
After first meeting in 2009, the pair seemingly hit it off and later got married in 2015, only to divorce two years later.
In 2018, Heard posted an online article in the Washington Post titled: “I spoke up against sexual violence – and faced our culture’s wrath.
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"That has to change.”
Despite not mentioning Depp by name, his lawyers claimed that it falsely implied that he physically and sexually abused Heard while they were together.
When the Aquaman star was sued for defamation in 2022, it was the start of a highly-publicised court case - which then led to Heard countersuing and accusing her ex-husband of fronting a 'smear campaign' against her.
In 2023, Channel 4 released Depp v. Heard and recently, Netflix has recently put it back on the platform.
And it's currently number one in their 'Top 10 TV programmes in the UK Today'.
Take a look at the trailer below:
After almost three weeks of trial in Virginia, US, the Pirates of the Caribbean actor's legal team convinced a jury that Heard's 2018 article was defamatory.
Depp was awarded $15 million (£12 million), later capped at $10.35 million (£8.27 million) by Judge Penny Azcarate.
In a separate verdict regarding her counterclaim, Heard also received $2 million (£1.6 million) in damages.
Now two years later, the 38-year-old, has seemingly moved on from the ordeal by leaving the US shortly after the trial.
Heard has reportedly moved to Mallorca, Spain, to start a new life with her daughter.
She'll be hard to look up though, after El Diario de Mallorca reported that she's even changed her name.
The Hollywood star is said to go by Martha Jane Cannary, the real name of old-West American sharpshooter Calamity Jane, according to reports.
"The choice of this identity, which appears at the entrance of her new Mallorcan home, draws much attention," El Diario de Mallorca wrote.
"Especially as Johnny Depp always maintained that his family trace their roots to ancient Native American tribes and that his great-great-grandmother was Cherokee."
Heard also happens to be fluent in Spanish, telling reporters in 2023 that she loves her new location.
"I love Spain so much." she said, and when asked if she planned on staying in the country, she replied: "Yes, I hope so."
Heard added: "Yes, I love living here."
"She is focused on raising her daughter," a source told PEOPLE in 2022. "She spends every day with her girl. They stroll around, visit parks and enjoy family time. Amber is a great mom."
Meanwhile, Depp, 61, is also reportedly in a 'good place'.
“Johnny is in a good place,” a source told US Weekly. “He really feels at home in London. He’s happy and busy. There’s been a weight lifted.”
LADbible Group has contacted Amber Heard's representatives for comment.
Topics: Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Celebrity
Anish Vij