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Tonight perhaps the final chapter in the blockbuster legal saga between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp.
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Depp's attorneys telling NBC News Heard will pay 1 million dollars in a settlement with her ex.
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The actress posting about the decision on Instagram stating "I defended my truth, and in doing so my life as I knew it was destroyed."
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"The vilification I have faced on social media is an amplified version of the ways in which women are re-victimized when they come forward." Adding "I have made no admission, this is not an act of concession."
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The actress also blaming social media for the trial's outcome, last speaking publicly in an exclusive interview on NBC News following the verdict.
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"I think vast majority of this trial was played out on social media. I think that this trial is an example of that gone, haywire gone amok, and the jury is not immune to that."
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The jury awarded debt more than 10 million dollars in compensatory and punitive damages, Heard was awarded two million dollars in her countersuit.
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Depp brought the 50 million defamation case against Heard, after she wrote a 2018 Washington Post op-ed where she described herself as a public figure representing domestic abuse.
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Though the op-ed never directly mentioned Depp's name, the actor says he never abused Heard and argued to derail his career.
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The bombshell trial earlier this year playing out through testimony, text messages and recordings.
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Outside the courthouse crowds lined the streets daily during the trial, Deep waving from a passing car to his audience of supporters.
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"I'm looking at in his eyes, I don't see him even more, it wasn't him, it was black, I've never been so scared of my life."
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"It could begin with a slap, it could begin with a shove, it could begin with you know throwing a TV remote at my head."
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"In civil cases, it's not unusual for a defendant to file an appeal, and then keep discussions open about settlement, especially when you're dealing with a large verdict."
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While Heard has kept a low profile since the verdict, Depp has been more active on social media posting about projects including a recent collaboration with Rihanna.
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Depp's team releasing a statement saying quote "We are pleased to formally close the door on this painful chapter for Mr Depp, who made clear throughout this process that his priority was about bringing the truth to light."
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And Valerie Castro joins us now from New York, Valerie, that statement from Depp's team had a little bit of a dig in there, didn't it?
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You may remember Depp's lawyer Camille Vasquez grilling her during the trial, Heard received seven million dollars in her divorce settlement with Depp.
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She said she would be donating all of it to charity, but at the time of the trial that hadn't happened yet, hence that comment from Depp's team.
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For her part Heard also saying in that Instagram post that the quote "Best outcome would have been a retrial."
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But she felt she couldn't go through that again, and as she said, she lost faith in the American legal system.