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FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA - MAY 27: Actor Johnny Depp takes a break during his trial at a Fairfax County Courthouse on May 27, 2022 in Fairfax, Virginia. Closing arguments in the Depp v. Heard defamation trial, brought by Johnny Depp against his ex-wife Amber Heard, begins today. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images); FAIRFAX, VA - APRIL 21:(NY & NJ NEWSPAPERS OUT) Amber Heard departs following the recess for the day outside court during the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard civil trial at Fairfax County Circuit Court on April 21, 2022 in Fairfax, Virginia. Depp is seeking $50 million in alleged damages to his career over an op-ed Heard wrote in the Washington Post in 2018.(Photo by Ron Sachs/Consolidated News Pictures/Getty Images)

One year after the verdict inJohnny Depp’s defamation trial againstAmber Heard, the exes appear to be moving on with their lives.

On June 1, 2022, a seven-person jury consisting of five men and two womenreached a verdict in the Virginia trial, which wastelevised live and saw testimony fromboth Depp and Heard, as well as their family, friends, experts and Hollywood industry figures.

Heard won one of her three defamation counterclaims and was awarded $2 million in damages.

Depp, now 59, was not present for the verdict reveal, instead watching from the U.K., where he’d been performing rock concerts with Jeff Beck (who laterdied in January at age 78). Heard, now 37, showed up in person for the verdict.

In herstatement that day, Heard saidthe “disappointment I feel today is beyond words” and she was “heartbroken that the mountain of evidence still was not enough to stand up to the disproportionate power, influence and sway of my ex-husband.”

Amber Heard in the Virginia courtroom on June 1, 2022, for the verdict.EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty

US actress Amber Heard waits before the jury announced a split verdict in favor of both Johnny Depp and Amber Heard on their claim and counter-claim in the Depp v. Heard civil defamation trial at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, on June 1, 2022. - A US jury on Wednesday found Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamed each other, but sided far more strongly with the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star following an intense libel trial involving bitterly contested allegations of sexual violence and domestic abuse.

Depp, meanwhile, said the jury “gave me my life back.” He added at the time: “From the very beginning, the goal of bringing this case was to reveal the truth, regardless of the outcome. Speaking the truth was something that I owed to my children and to all those who have remained steadfast in their support of me. I feel at peace knowing I have finally accomplished that.”

After the verdict, theWashington Postamended the online version ofHeard’s op-ed with a new editor’s note.

Heard sat down for an NBC Newsinterview with Savannah Guthrielater in June, where she discussed the trial and said shedoesn’t “blame” the jury:  “I don’t blame them, I actually understand. He’s a beloved character and people feel they know him. He’s a fantastic actor.”

By November, more than 140 top organizations and individuals focused on women’s rights and domestic violencesigned an open letter in support of Heardagainst “vilification,” “ongoing online harassment” and “unprecedented” vitriol. They said the June 1 verdict could have “damaging consequences” for other survivors coming forward.

“In our opinion, the Depp v. Heard verdict and continued discourse around it indicate a fundamental misunderstanding of intimate partner and sexual violence and how survivors respond to it,” they wrote at the time. “The damaging consequences of the spread of this misinformation are incalculable. We have grave concerns about the rising misuse of defamation suits to threaten and silence survivors.”

Johnny Depp on May 27, 2022.STEVE HELBER/POOL/AFP via Getty

Actor Johnny Depp gestures to spectators in court after closing arguments at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, on May 27, 2022. - Actor Johnny Depp is suing ex-wife Amber Heard for libel after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a public figure representing domestic abuse

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In December, the actress revealed that she and her ex-husband reached a settlement and they both dropped their appeals.

Shesaid of that “very difficult” decision: “I finally have an opportunity to emancipate myself from something I attempted to leave over six years ago and on terms I can agree to.”

“I have made no admission. This is not an act of concession. There are no restrictions or gags with respect to my voice moving forward,” added Heard, who, as part of the settlement, would pay Depp $1 million, which his teamsaid he’d donate to charity.

Today,Heard lives in Madrid, Spain, with her 2-year-old daughter Oonagh Paige, and she’ll appear in the upcoming sequelAquaman and the Lost Kingdom, in theaters December.

Depp made anappearance at the Cannes Film Festivallast month, where his French-language filmJeanne Du Barryopened the festival. During a press conference for the film, he addressedwhether this will start his Hollywood comeback.

Johnny Depp at the Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2023.Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty

Johnny Depp attends the “Jeanne du Barry” Screening & opening ceremony red carpet at the 76th annual Cannes film festival at Palais des Festivals on May 16, 2023

Depp added at the festival in France, “I keep wondering about the word comeback because I didn’t go anywhere. As a matter of fact, I live about 45 minutes away. So yeah, maybe people stopped calling out of whatever their fear was at the time. But no, I didn’t go nowhere. I’ve been sitting around.”

source: people.com