Case involving the improper import of two Yorkshire terriers in 2015 has been dropped
The case stemmed from an incident where the actress brought her dogs, Pistol and Boo, to the Gold Coast, where her then-husband movie. When she arrived, Heard did not declare she was bringing her dogs in, which went against Australia’s quarantine regulations. In 2016, Heard was charged with two counts of illegally importing her dogs into the country and one count of producing a false document.
Heard pled guilty to providing a false immigration document in Australia’s Southport Magistrates Court. She was sentenced to a one-month good behavior bond. The other charges were dropped. In court, Heard claimed she didn’t intend to lie. More recently, however, Depp’s former employee Kevin Murphy stated in court in 2020, when Depp suedfor defamation, that Heard had known about Australia’s quarantine rules.
Under Australian law, this means Heard potentially committed perjury in 2016. Bu earlier this week, Australia’s biosecurity watchdog, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, confirmed they would not be charging the actress. “Prosecution action will not be taken against actress Amber Heard over allegations related to her sentencing for the illegal import of two dogs into Australia in 2015,” the department said in a statement. “The department collaborated with agencies, both in Australia and overseas, to investigate these claims against Ms Heard.
After bringing the dogs into Australia in 2015, Heard and Depp were given a 50-hour deadline by the government to return Pistol and Boo to the U.S., which they did. In April 2016, Heard filmed an apology video with Depp, saying, “I am truly sorry that Pistol and Boo were not declared.”
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