Elon Musk may be behind a nearly $1 million payment to help Amber Heard complete a hefty pledge following her divorce from Johnny Depp.
As detailed in Depp and Heard’s ongoing Virginia libel case, the “Aquaman” star said in August 2016 that she would donate her $7 million divorce settlement to charity by splitting it evenly between the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
But Depp’s attorneys have been trying to show that Heard has not followed through on her vow.
A video deposition from the ACLU’s general counsel, Terence Dougherty, was played in court late last week, in which he said that the organization has so far received $1.3 million from the actress.
However, most of it did not even come directly from Heard. The court heard that the “Drive Angry” star, 36, paid $100,000 in August 2016, and then Depp, 58, made another payment of $100,000 in his ex-wife’s name later that same month.
Musk allegedly made payments to charity in Heard’s name after they split.InstagramIt is believed that a foundation said to be controlled by Musk — a Vanguard donor-advised fund (DAF) — anonymously donated $500,000 to the ACLU in Heard’s name in June 2107.
Then, in December 2018, a Fidelity DAF anonymously contributed $350,000 on the “Pineapple Express” star’s behalf.
The last donation is not confirmed to be from Musk — the world’s richest man who recently bought Twitter for $44 billion — but he is the only known person to have anonymously donated on Heard’s behalf.
Musk, 50, has become a huge point of contention amid the exes’ legal battle, as Depp previously accused Heard of cheating on him with the tech mogul during their marriage.
Heard and Musk were linked on and off from 2016 to 2018.MEGAPage Six exclusively revealed in the summer of 2016 that Heard and Musk were spotted spending time together at the Delano hotel in Miami.
They dated until August 2017, and he later told Rolling Stone, “I was really in love, and it hurt bad. Well, she broke up with me more than I broke up with her,” adding he was in “severe emotional pain” following the split.
Heard and Musk reconciled their relationship early the following year but broke up again a few months later.
Reps for Depp didn’t comment, and spokespeople for Heard and Musk didn’t get back to us.
