Australian prosecutors dropped a potential criminal case against American actor Amber Heard over allegations that she lied to a court about how her Yorkshire terriers Pistol and Boo came to be smuggled into Australia eight years ago, the government said Wednesday.
Heard and her then-husband Johnny Depp became embroiled in a high-profile biosecurity controversy in 2015 when she brought her pets to Australia’s Gold Coast, where Depp was filming the fifth movie in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” series.
The department had investigated discrepancies between what her lawyer told an Australian court in 2016 - when she admitted smuggling the dogs - and testimony given in a London court in 2020 when Depp, now 60, was suing The Sun newspaper for libel over allegations of domestic violence against his former wife.
The false documentation charge carried a maximum penalty of a year in jail and a fine of more than 10,000 Australian dollars . Magistrate Bernadette Callaghan sentenced Heard instead to a one-month good behavior bond, under which she would only have to pay a fine of AU$1,000 if she committed any offense in Australia over the next month.
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Australian prosecutors drop case against actor Amber Heard over pet Yorkshire terriersAustralian prosecutors have dropped a potential criminal case against American actor Amber Heard over allegations that she lied to a court about how her Yorkshire terriers came to be smuggled into Australia eight years ago.
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Australian prosecutors drop case against actor Amber Heard over pet Yorkshire terriersAustralian prosecutors have dropped a potential criminal case against American actor Amber Heard over allegations that she lied to a court about how her Yorkshire terriers came to be smuggled into Australia eight years ago.
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Australian prosecutors drop case against actor Amber Heard over pet Yorkshire terriersAustralian prosecutors have dropped a potential criminal case against American actor Amber Heard over allegations that she lied to a court about how her Yorkshire terriers came to be smuggled into Australia eight years ago.
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Australian prosecutors drop case against actor Amber Heard over pet Yorkshire terriersAustralian prosecutors have dropped a potential criminal case against American actor Amber Heard over allegations that she lied to a court about how her Yorkshire terriers came to be smuggled into Australia eight years ago
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Australian prosecutors drop case against Amber Heard over pet Yorkshire terriersAustralian prosecutors have dropped a potential criminal case against American actor Amber Heard over allegations that she lied to a court about how her Yorkshire terriers came to be smuggled into Australia eight years ago. Heard and her then-husband Johnny Depp became embroiled in a high-profile biosecurity controversy in 2015 when she brought her pets to Australia’s Gold Coast, where Depp was filming the fifth movie in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” series. Australia’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, a biosecurity watchdog, said Wednesday that the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions had decided against prosecuting Heard for allegedly feigning ignorance about the nation’s strict quarantine regulations.
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