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Personal life
Relationships
Depp married makeup artist Lori Anne Allison on December 20, 1983; they divorced in 1985.
[11] He was later engaged to actresses
Jennifer Grey[11] and
Sherilyn Fenn[11] in the late 1980s before proposing in 1990 to his
Edward Scissorhands co-star
Winona Ryder,
[11] for whom he tattooed "WINONA FOREVER" on his right arm.
[139] From 1994 until 1998, he was in a relationship with English supermodel
Kate Moss. Following his breakup from Moss, Depp began a relationship with French actress and singer
Vanessa Paradis, whom he met while filming
The Ninth Gate in France in 1998. They have two children, daughter
Lily-Rose Melody Depp (born 1999) and son John "Jack" Christopher Depp III (born 2002).
[140] Depp stated that having children has given him "real foundation, a real strong place to stand in life, in work, in everything. ... You cannot plan the kind of deep love that results in children. Fatherhood was not a conscious decision. It was part of the wonderful ride I was on. It was destiny. All the math finally worked."
[53] In 2007, Depp's daughter was hospitalized at the
Great Ormond Street Hospital in London due to a serious
E. coli infection, which resulted in temporary kidney failure.
[141] To show his gratitude for her recovery, Depp visited the hospital in November 2007, dressed in his Captain Jack Sparrow outfit, and spent four hours reading stories to the children. He also donated £1 million to the hospital the following year.
[142] Depp and Paradis announced their separation in June 2012.
[143]
Depp in April 2011
Depp subsequently began dating actress and model
Amber Heard, whom he had met on the set of
The Rum Diary in 2011.
[144] They
were married in a private civil ceremony at their home in Los Angeles in February 2015.
[145] Heard filed for divorce from Depp on May 23, 2016, and obtained a temporary
restraining order against him, stating in her court declaration that he had been "verbally and physically abusive" throughout their relationship.
[146][147][148][149] In response, Depp's lawyers alleged that she was "attempting to secure a premature financial resolution by alleging abuse."
[146][150] Heard testified about the abuse under oath at a divorce court deposition.
[149] Evidence of the alleged abuse from her court filings was also published in the media.
[150][146] A settlement was reached on August 16, 2016,
[151] and the divorce was finalized in January 2017.
[152] Heard dismissed the restraining order, and the former couple issued a joint statement saying that their "relationship was intensely passionate and at times volatile, but always bound by love. Neither party has made false accusations for financial gain. There was never any intent of physical or emotional harm."
[151] Depp paid Heard a settlement of US$7 million, which she donated to charity.
[151][153][154]
In early 2019, Depp sued Heard for US$50 million for defamation over an
op-ed she wrote for
The Washington Post in December 2018, which "depended on the central premise that Ms. Heard was a domestic abuse victim and that Mr. Depp perpetrated domestic violence against her,"
[155][156] despite it not mentioning Depp or any of the alleged incidences of violence perpetrated by him.
[149] Heard has asked a judge to dismiss the lawsuit—which Depp filed in
Virginia—so that the case could be tried in California, where some of the incidents took place and most of the witnesses reside.
[157][158] As part of the suit, Depp submitted documents claiming that Heard had in fact physically abused him during the marriage rather than the other way around, a claim which Heard denies.
[158]
In early 2020 Depp released audio recordings of conversations between himself and Heard which corroborated some of the claims Depp had previously made in his lawsuit.
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