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Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are currently in the throes of a legal battle; Heard is up against a $50 million defamation case filed by Depp and has countersued for $100 million.

We’ve been playing witness to the turbulence that occurred during their 15-month marriage, often in excruciating detail, as they pit accusations against each other in the courtroom.

Besides things being pretty wretched between the former Hollywood pair, there are moments from their marriage where it seemed to be going alright.

These mostly concern the lavish gifts that Depp showered Heard with over the course of their time together, starting with the five-carat diamond engagement ring worth $100 000:

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After three years of dating, the couple locked it in at Depp’s Los Angeles home in 2015. There was also an intimate ceremony at his private Bahamian island, Little Hall’s Pond Cay.

The wedding gift from him to her? A name change of his $33 yacht, per South China Morning Post:

Originally called Vajoliroja (a combination of his former girlfriend Vanessa Paradis, his own name, and the names of their children Lily-Rose and Jack), Depp changed the name of his beloved 47.5-metre (156-foot) yacht to Amphitrite, a sea goddess and Poseidon’s wife in Greek mythology.

Fun fact: this yacht that Depp used to wipe “the slate clean” of his relationship with Paradis was later purchased by JK Rowling for around $30 million.

Moving on to one of his more over the top gestures of, um, love. He made Heard think that her precious 1968 Ford Mustang was stolen, only to have it secretly customised for a darling $150 000:

In 2015, Depp tricked Heard into thinking the car had been stolen. In fact, he had reached out to the experts of Overhaulin’, requesting that they not only repair the classic car, but restore it with a cherry red paint job. That gave the car its vintage look back and turned it from a drab to a head-turner.

She loved it:

 

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How sweet.

Then came the $155 000 he spent on a limited-edition Ernest Hemingway book for Heard’s 28th birthday.

As a total bookworm who is often on film sets reading, Heard must have been completely blown away to receive In Our Time, the rare Hemingway gem that makes up his first collection of short stories published in 1925.

 

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There’s more where that came from:

According to Evening Standard, Depp also bought his then-fiancée several 18th century poetry books and a leather-bound diary for an additional US$150,000.

“Johnny’s head-over-heels in love with Amber and isn’t scared of grand gestures to show just how much he appreciates her. He went all out for her birthday, sourcing rare books that she’d had her eye on for quite some time. He then went with her to pick them up at the shop, making out that it was a complete surprise that they happened to have them in stock,” a source was quoted as saying by British media.

Depp is notorious for his out-of-control spending habits, snapping up those islands in the Bahamas and putting back a rumoured $30 000 a month on wine at some stage.

Yikes.

Next up in their court battle, Kate Moss will grace the stand, called by Depp’s legal team as a witness after Heard stoked that fire.

[source:scmp]