American actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard who were former co-stars and spouses have parted ways due to incompatibility and their never-ending personal and legal issues between each other.
When did Johnny Depp and Amber Heard meet
Johnny and Amber first met each other on the set of the film The Rum Diary in October 2009 as they were playing each other ‘s love interest, in the titular film. The film was an adaption of the novel written by Hunter S Thompson. The film tanked at the box office and disappointed the film critics, it surely did spark a beginning of a love affair between the co-actors.
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s dating timeline
Depp called off his relationship with his long time girlfriend and partner Vanessa Paradis. Both remained secretive about their relationship and made their first appearance officially as a couple at the 7th Annual Heaven Gala in the year 2014. A couple of days later People reported that the couple was engaged.
When did the couple tie the knot; Personal and Legal issues follow
The couple got hitched on February 5, 2015. The wedding took place on Johnny’s 44-acre private island in the Bahamas. The love between the couple was short-lived. Depp suffered a hand injury during the shooting of his film Pirates of the Caribbean Deadman Tell No Tales in Australia. He got the injury due to a heated argument he had with Amber.
He got into an argument with Amber went ahead and smashed bottles, windows, and other stuff around the residential area. Johnny ended up with a cut on one of his fingers during the incident. In May of the same year, the couple went through legal trouble in Australia after local authorities got to know that Depp and Heard illegally brought their Yorkshire Terriers to the country as they had failed to keep dogs to Australia’s 10-day quarantine.
The couple had chances of facing a sentence of up to 10 years in prison but were instead only asked to issue an apology by the legal authorities of Australia. In April 2016, Depp and Heard released the video where they were seen awkwardly apologizing for breaking the country’s bio-security code by not following the quarantine protocol of the dogs.
Divorce and court case in 2016
Amber filed for divorce from Depp on May 23, 2016. She accused him of physical abuse during their relationship and said it took place when he was intoxicated due to the influence of drugs or alcohol. The divorce finally took place in the year 2017.
Who is Amber seeing after her split with Depp?
After moving on from her Ex-husband, Amber had a relationship with Elon Mask for a year beginning in 2016 and then was dating Chapter 2 director Andy Muschietti.In January 2020, the actress was seen sharing a kiss with a mysterious woman outside of a hotel in Palm Springs, California. Amber’s girlfriend is a set decorator and cinematographer named Bianca Butti.
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