Johnny Depp Trouble: Actor Faces New Legal Headache Because of ACLU

Johnny Depp will deal with a new headache because of ACLU's recent filing.

Throughout the six-week-long defamation trial, the court heard testimonies and saw evidence by several witnesses from both camps.

One of them was the American Civil Liberties Union's general counsel, Terence Dougherty, who testified that Heard paid less than half of the donation she pledged.

But after providing testimonies that somehow helped the "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor, the ACLU filed a "Stipulation and Proposed Order Extending Time To Respond to Motion for Production Expenses."

The document, shared by the co-host of "Road To Fairfax" Podcast Laura Bockov, urged Depp to give them $80,000 for all the documents they prepared for Depp in the defamation trial.

"Update: Johnny Depp vs ACLU (NYC) The ACLU has filed to be reimbursed for their time and cost of Document prep to the tune of $86,253.26. There are rules that provide for these-see below. There is a hearing set, that has been reset to 6/15/22," Laura B. captioned the post.

The 2018 New York Laws CVP Article 31, R3111 states that a reasonable production of things at the examination's expenses of a non-party witness shall be settled by the party "seeking discovery."

Although ACLU's testimony was helpful, Depp's fans found the amount unreasonable, especially since it has been receiving donations for years.

With that, several people proclaimed that they would not donate to ACLU any longer.

ACLU Testimony Revisited

After the new filing emerged, the public looked back at ACLU's testimony, where it claimed that the organization decided to make the actress as an ambassador due to her promised sizeable donation.

"Ms Heard spoke with such clarity and expertise on issues of gender-based violence that [ACLU representatives] decided she would be an appropriate person to ask to become an ACLU ambassador," Dougherty testified. "We didn't receive any amounts in 2019 and on."

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Heard donated $1.3 million in four installments, but $100,000 of which came from Depp, and $500,000 was from a Vanguard account. ACLU believes that the latter was associated with Elon Musk.

Due to their connection with Depp, the group agreed to draft the 2018 Washington Post article, which is the center of the defamation trial.

Per Dougherty, their review of the drafts of the op-ed proved that Heard was referring to Depp and their marriage in the article.

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