JOHNNY’S FARM
Kentucky home for sale
It has been a mixed year for Pirates of the Caribbean actor Johnny Depp. On the one hand Jack Sparrow returned for his latest cutlasses and captains caper, no doubt to the actor’s considerable profit. On the other hand, Depp has gone through a messy divorce and is involved in a legal suit with his former business managers.
He’s also been busy offloading many of his multi-milliondollar properties around the world including a fivepenthouse property in New York, a farm in France, an apartment in Venice and now this horse farm in Kentucky, which he bought for his mother in 1995.
The property was put up for sale late last year for $2.9m but failed to find a buyer.
More recently, it was put up for auction last week, but also failed to attract bids over the minimum asking price. Depp, pictured left, was born in Kentucky and grew up surrounded by horse farms and, early on in his career, bought the 41-acre farm for his mother Betty Sue Palmer.
He then sold the farm in 2001 but bought it back in 2005. It includes a six-bedroom main house, guest house, three barns, a stable for 15 horses, 10 paddocks, swimming pool and a 10-car garage.
It’s also in the heart of Kentucky’s rural bluegrass heartland and, after failing to sell, Depp’s business manager says he’s still open to offers on the property.
The best bid during the auction was from a local radio DJ of $1.4m, which was rejected.