Agent: Johnny Depp Was to Have Earned $22.5 Mn for 'Pirates' 6

Actor Johnny Depp. AP
Actor Johnny Depp. AP
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Agent: Johnny Depp Was to Have Earned $22.5 Mn for 'Pirates' 6

Actor Johnny Depp. AP
Actor Johnny Depp. AP

Johnny Depp was to have been paid $22.5 million for a sixth "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie but the project was scrapped by Disney after his ex-wife Amber Heard accused him of domestic abuse in a Washington Post op-ed, the actor's agent said Monday.

Jack Whigham, testifying on behalf of Depp at the celebrity couple's high-profile defamation trial in Virginia, said the Post op-ed was "catastrophic" for Depp's Hollywood career.

"After the op-ed it was impossible to get him a studio film," Whigham told the seven-person jury hearing the case in Fairfax County Circuit Court.

Whigham, who has been Depp's agent since 2016, said that a deal had been reached with Disney for the actor to appear as Captain Jack Sparrow in a sixth installment of the lucrative "Pirates" franchise.

"We closed the deal on $22.5 million," he said.

But Disney decided to go in a "different direction" following the December 2018 publication of the op-ed in the Post, Whigham said.

"I successfully made contact with them, but I was not successful in rescuing Pirates for Johnny," he said.

Depp filed a defamation case against Heard over the column she wrote for the Post in which she described herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse."

The 36-year-old Heard, who had a starring role in "Aquaman," never named the 58-year-old Depp but he sued her for implying he was a domestic abuser and is seeking $50 million in damages.

The Texas-born Heard countersued, asking for $100 million and claiming she suffered "rampant physical violence and abuse" at his hands.

Depp has denied ever being physically abusive towards Heard and has claimed at the trial that she was the one who was frequently violent.

Whigham, under cross-examination by Heard's lawyers, said the agreement with Disney on Depp's compensation for another "Pirates" movie was "verbal" and there was no signed contract.

"There was an understanding of what the deal was going to be," he said.



Peru Clinic that Leaked Shakira Medical Record Given Hefty Fine

Colombian singer Shakira arrives at the 24th Annual Latin Grammy Awards ceremony at the Conference and Exhibition Centre (FIBES) in Sevilla on November 16, 2023. (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP)
Colombian singer Shakira arrives at the 24th Annual Latin Grammy Awards ceremony at the Conference and Exhibition Centre (FIBES) in Sevilla on November 16, 2023. (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP)
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Peru Clinic that Leaked Shakira Medical Record Given Hefty Fine

Colombian singer Shakira arrives at the 24th Annual Latin Grammy Awards ceremony at the Conference and Exhibition Centre (FIBES) in Sevilla on November 16, 2023. (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP)
Colombian singer Shakira arrives at the 24th Annual Latin Grammy Awards ceremony at the Conference and Exhibition Centre (FIBES) in Sevilla on November 16, 2023. (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP)

The Peruvian clinic that treated Colombian mega-star Shakira for an abdominal condition in February has been fined $190,000 over the leaking of her medical record, local health authorities announced Wednesday.

The 48-year-old four-time Grammy-winning Colombian singer-songwriter was forced to scrap a blockbuster show in Lima in February after being rushed to hospital with an unspecified abdominal ailment.

Two days later, she was back on stage in the Peruvian capital.

Shortly after her brief hospitalization, her medical report appeared on social media, sparking widespread outrage among fans and an official investigation.

The Delgado Auna clinic, where she was treated, said at the time it was investigating what it called a "serious ethical breach of our code of conduct and regulations governing personal data processing."

Shakira is on her first world tour in seven years, titled "Las mujeres ya no lloran" (Women Don't Cry Anymore).