Amber Heard, the Aquaman actress, seemed unconcerned as she played with her kid on Sunday, even though she is still fighting to secure insurance to cover the $8 million in legal fees she owes her ex, Johnny Depp.
On Sunday, the troubled actress wore a black tank top and white ankle-length slacks with a basic pair of flip-flops to a playground in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Heard, 36, even let her hair down on Sunday when she rescued her 1-year-old daughter Oonagh off a slide and played with her in the Mediterranean city.
She seemed to be having a good time on the vacation, taking in the sights of the Spanish city with a small group, despite the fact that she still owes her ex-husband Johnny Depp over $10 million in legal fees from their widely publicized defamation battle.
The actress recently switched attorneys in an attempt to get two insurance companies to make up the rest of the multimillion-dollar price for her libel settlement.
In her appeal of that verdict, she is being represented by David L. Axelrod and Jay Ward Brown.
The actress has also just put Kirk Pasich on her legal team to convince numerous insurance companies to reimburse her legal fees, which may exceed $15 million.
Reports say Heard’s expenses surpassed $8 million before the Virginia trial had started. Heard’s team seemed to want that the expenditures to be covered by homeowner’s insurance.
The matter concerns Travelers Commercial Insurance Company and New York Marine General Insurance Company.
In July 2021, Travelers sued New York Marine for half of the money it spent defending a customer who turned out to be Heard.
Heard’s home policy with Travelers insured ‘libel’ up to $500,000, while New York Marine awarded her a $1 million general liability coverage.
The basis of the lawsuit was Travelers’ belief that Heard had the right to choose her own attorneys, but New York Marine disagreed, claiming the situation was ‘pretty straightforward.’ A judge agreed with New York Marine’s request to hire local, less expensive lawyers.
Travelers questioned the appointment of New York Marine lawyers Timothy McEvoy and Sean Patrick Roche, claiming they ‘piggybacked’ on the work of Heard attorneys Roberta Kaplan and Elaine Charlson Bredehoft.
New York Marine, for their side, alleged that Kaplan and Bredehoft barred their counsel from representing them.
They are now requesting a refund of $621,693 in exchange for donating to Heard’s defense fund because their attorneys were barred from participating in different judicial processes.
The insurers are presently suing Heard to prevent her from paying to the libel settlement in which the Aquaman actress is slated to pay Depp around $10.35 million, citing a California rule prohibiting insurance from covering ‘willful conduct.’
Pasich is representing Heard to handle this matter on her behalf.
If Heard’s appeal is successful, she may be held liable for the whole judgment, since Travelers will try to avoid paying it if Depp can establish she made false representations.
Depp, 59, was granted $10 million to $15 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive penalties after the defamation trial.
The damages were ultimately restricted to the state’s maximum of $350,000, leaving Depp with a total of $8.35 million.
Meanwhile, Heard won one of her three countersuit claims concerning remarks made by Depp’s lawyer implying that the actress and her pals wrecked their flat before contacting the cops.
Out of the $100 million requested by the actress, she was given $2 million in compensatory damages.
A day after Heard’s team filed an appeal, Depp’s team followed suit in an attempt to invalidate the couple million dollars owed to his ex-wife.
The Pirates of the Caribbean actor’s team stated that they filed an appeal to ensure that “all information is reviewed by the court” until the court returns to hear Heard’s appeal.
Before filing an appeal, Heard’s counsel requested that the ruling be overturned and a mistrial declared. One of the jurors on the case was claimed to be ineligible to serve since his summons was intended for his father, who shared the same name and resided at the same location.
Judge Penny Azcarate denied the plea, finding that there was no “proof of fraud or misconduct” by the juror and that the verdict should remain.