For Johnny Depp, suing Amber Heard for defamation “has never been a question of money”.

This is what his lawyers said, implying, in fact, that their client has no real intention of claiming the 10.35 million dollars in damages obtained at the end of the procedure by decision of the jury.

However, there is one condition for him to wipe the slate clean, after his almost total victory in court.

Ben Chew was questioned in

Good Morning America

on the possibility of finding an arrangement between the two parties to avoid Amber Heard to settle this sum which she is unable to pay according to her lawyer.

He responded by reiterating that the purpose of the lawsuit was solely to "restore Mr. Depp's reputation and that's what he did."

not necessarily finished

Faced with insistence from the presenter of the show, Johnny Depp's lawyer recalled that he could not reveal the conversations he had with his client, but reiterated very clearly that the money was insignificant for the interpreter of Jack Sparrow.

"Again, we have to be careful what we say, but it was all about Mr. Depp's reputation," he repeated.

Amber Heard, for her part, has not yet filed an appeal with the court.

For the legal experts interviewed by

TIME

, it would be at his own risk, especially financial.

The procedure is long, therefore costly, and she will have to prove, upstream, that she can take it on.

The Aquaman

actress

said on the stand that she was only able to pay $1.35 million of the $3.5 million promised to the ACLU because of the defamation lawsuit she had to defend against.

During their divorce, Johnny Depp had transferred 7 million dollars to her: she had assured to pay half of it to the association for the defense of civil rights and the other to the children's hospital in Los Angeles.

The ACLU had confirmed under oath during the trial that, of the sum received so far, $350,000 came directly from Amber Heard, with the rest largely paid for by her ex-boyfriend, Elon Musk, and Johnny Depp. .

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