I believe that most people are probably guilty of lying at some time in their life. They may tell a little white lie in order to save someone’s feelings or perhaps they might lie to save their own hide.
For the most part, lying is something that is better avoided but when you are on the stand in court, it is something you should avoid altogether. Amber Heard probably should have learned that lesson before she took the stand on May 16 and begin giving testimony.
It was during the cross-examination that she was caught in a lie. On RTL Late Night, a Dutch talk show, she appeared in 2018. During that time, she spoke about her $7 million divorce settlement, saying: “$7 million in total was donated — I split it between the ACLU and the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. I wanted nothing.”
In the 2020 liable case in the United Kingdom, she continued to claim that she had donated the entire divorce settlement to charity. She was under oath during the time.
Now that she is in Fairfax, Virginia, and on the stand once again, she admitted to something different. She never did pay the $3.5 million donation to the ACLU, even though she had claimed to do so previously. She then blamed her ex-husband, saying she couldn’t donate it because he sued her.
This is more than just an embarrassing situation, according to DailyMail, she may be facing a police probe and up to seven years in prison.
According to a law firm that spoke to the Daily Mail, she could be facing a perjury probe in the UK. When asked if the attorney thought that the police would investigate the claims, he said: “Yes, I think so. While it may not be a central issue to the case [the donations], perjury is the single biggest threat and cuts to the core of our justice system, so the police may be invited to investigate to show that any member of the public who lies to the court can be prosecuted for perjury. It is not a central issue before the court, but if Depp’s legal team are trying to paint a picture [that she is trying to keep the money], then it is.”
He went on to say: “And it is always central that people do not perjure themselves. CPS guidance says you will need to know what you said was false, which can be hard, but it should not be that difficult to know whether she had made the donations or not. I can’t see a problem there. The other confusion is that she would need to be extradited. If the CPS authorizes a charge, you then have to extradite her which is unlikely, especially as she is a U.S. resident.”
Mark Stevens is another legal expert that spoke to the paper and said the following:
It is notoriously difficult to bring and prosecute a perjury case. You have to show that someone deliberately told an untruth as opposed to them being confused or misremembering. I think it would be a very difficult thing to do.
‘Police could investigate it, but they probably would not prosecute it. The case is not about what she spent her money on, but what took place during their relationship.
‘I accept misleading a court is a big issue, but this is a line that Depp’s team ran in London. How do you prove that she knew? She may have been given advice that the donations were made.
This is not the first time that she was caught lying. The first lie was in association with a color-correcting and concealer kit that she said she used to cover bruises from the supposed physical abuse.
The lawyer for Heard showed a particular concealer and color-correcting kit to the jury but afterward, it was shown to be a lie because the product wasn’t even available until after their divorce.
Another possible lie is in regards to the bloodied lip picture that was shown by TMZ. The picture was not allowed to be shown as evidence because it was not submitted during the discovery phase. In addition, the picture was proven to have been taken in 2012 but she testified in the UK that the violence started in 2013.
