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Johnny Depp and Amber Heard settled their contentious divorce on Tuesday, with the withdrawal of her allegations that the actor had been physically abusive toward her, one day before a restraining-order hearing was to begin. “Our relationship was intensely passionate and at times volatile, but always bound by love,” a joint statement released by Heard and Depp said. “Neither party has made false accusations for financial gain. There was never any intent of physical or emotional harm.” Heard filed to divorce Depp on May 23, citing irreconcilable differences. They have no children together. It was his second marriage and her first. Days after the filing, she obtained a temporary restraining order accusing the Pirates of the Caribbean star of hitting her during a fight in their Los Angeles apartment in May. Depp, 53, denied he abused her, and police said they found no evidence of a crime. The 30-year-old Heard, who came to court with a bruise on her right cheek below the eye, accused Depp of repeatedly hitting her and throwing a cellphone during the fight, and a judge ordered Depp to not contact Heard and stay 100 yards away from her. The restraining order was issued on the day that Depp’s latest film, Alice Through
the Looking Glass, opened in theaters. It was a commercial failure, earning less than $76 million in its first six weeks in theaters. Details about the settlement were not immediately available. Heard said she would donate proceeds from the divorce to an undisclosed charity. “Amber wishes the best for Johnny in the future,” the statement said, without a corresponding message of support from Depp for the actress. Heard had accused Depp of being physically and emotionally abusive throughout their relationship, which began after they met on the set of the 2011 film The Rum Diary
that she said “included angry, hostile, humiliating and threatening assaults to me whenever I questioned his authority or disagreed with him.”
The deal is done, and the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles has a new owner.
Daren Metropoulos, who lives next door, said Tuesday that escrow has closed on his $100 million purchase of Hugh Hefner’s man cave. However, Metropoulos, the 33-year-old principal of the investment firm Metropoulos & Co., won’t necessarily be moving in anytime soon. Under terms of the deal, Playboy’s 90-year-old founder may stay there for the rest of his life. After Hefner leaves, Metropoulos plans to connect the 5-acre estate to his 2-acre digs next door. The homes, built in the 1920s, were originally one estate. Hefner bought the Playboy Mansion for $1.05 million in 1971, quickly turning it into a sexual playground. In its heyday, it was the scene of countless celebrity-filled parties and innumerable tales of sexual shenanigans.