Amber Heard says she’s donating Depp divorce settlement

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Amber Heard says she is donating her entire $7 million divorce settlement from Johnny Depp to a pair of charities.

Heard writes in a statement released Thursday that the money will be split between the American Civil Liberties Union and the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Heard says the money to the ACLU is being given to help its efforts to combat violence against women.

Heard and Depp settled their contentious divorce on Tuesday, one day before the actors were scheduled to begin a restraining order hearing that would center on Heard’s allegations Depp repeatedly abused her during their marriage.

Depp denied he abused Heard.

Heard writes that she knows the organizations will put the money to good use, and she plans to support them with future donations.

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