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The actress cites the ongoing harassment around the Virginia case and legal costs as the reasoning behind her decision, while Depp's attorneys state, "We are pleased to formally close the door on this painful chapter."

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00:00Amber Heard has settled her defamation fight with ex-husband Johnny Depp.

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00:14The Aquaman star announced her decision on Monday on Instagram.

00:18Heard said the decision followed a great deal of deliberation

00:20and provides her with an opportunity to emancipate myself

00:23from something I attempted to leave over six years ago and on terms I can agree to.

00:28Heard denied that settling the case was an admission or an act of concession

00:32and added that there are no restrictions or gags with respect to my voice moving forward.

00:37The duo married in 2015 but divorced 15 months later in 2016.

00:42Heard wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post in 2018 titled

00:45I spoke up against sexual violence and faced our culture's wrath. That has to change.

00:50In March of 2019, Depp filed a $50 million defamation suit against Heard over the op-ed

00:56with a complaint stating that despite Depp not being explicitly named,

01:00it would be clear Heard was referring to him.

01:02In May of 2022, a jury ruled in his favor on three of his claims and against him on just one,

01:08awarding him over $10 million.

01:10It also awarded Heard $2 million for statements made by Depp's lawyer.

01:14Both sides appealed the verdict.

01:16In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter on Monday,

01:18Depp's attorneys Benjamin Chu and Camille Vasquez said in part,

01:21We are pleased to formally close the door on this painful chapter for Mr. Depp,

01:26who made clear throughout this process that his priority was about bringing the truth to life.

01:30In her Monday statement, Heard says her life as she knew it was destroyed during the process,

01:35writing,

01:36The vilification I faced on social media is an amplified version of the ways in which women

01:40are re-victimized when they come forward.

01:42Heard also said she wanted to move forward.

01:45In settling this case, I'm also choosing the freedom to dedicate my time

01:49to the work that helped me heal after my divorce, work that exists in realms in which I feel seen,

01:54heard, and believed, and in which I know I can affect change.

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