Johnny Depp, Amber Heard finalise bitter divorce

Los Angeles: A judge ended Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s marriage on Friday after months of bickering over the final terms of their breakup.

The judgment keeps in place many of the key terms the actors agreed to in August, when they announced a settlement in their divorce a day before a restraining order hearing that would have focused on Heard’s allegations that he was physically abusive toward her.

Their agreement called for Depp to pay Heard $7 million, which she has pledged to a pair of charities. Attorneys for the actors have squabbled over whether Depp can make the payments directly to the charities and other details of the final judgment.

“We are all pleased to put this unpleasant chapter in Mr Depp and his family’s lives behind them,” his attorney Laura Wasser wrote in a statement. She added: “Having his request for entry of the dissolution judgment granted today made it a particularly lucky Friday the 13th.” The couple has no children together, but Heard will keep their dogs, Pistol and Boo and a horse named Arrow.

The judgment splits up several other assets, including cars and property. Neither actor will receive spousal support and a confidentiality provision calls for them to refrain from discussing their relationship in interviews or on social media. The judgment ends a marriage that lasted less than two years. The pair got married in February 2015, but separated in May 2016.