Amber Heard, the wife of Johnny Depp, has been charged with illegally bringing her Yorkshire Terriers, Pikachu and Buu, to Australia in May. The dogs were flown back to the US before a 72-hour deadline, and the Australian Department of Agriculture will receive more deteriorants of value from the video than any conviction. Heard pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of falsifying a travel document to sneak the dogs into Australia.
She faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison or a fine of 75,000. The dogs were flown back to the US before a 72-hour deadline, and the seriousness of the offense is not about the dogs’ potential harm, but the risk to biosecurity
Amber Heard, an actress, was granted a one-month good behavior bond in Australia in April 2016, just before filing for divorce from Johnny Depp. However, on October 30th, 2021, the Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment confirmed that they are still investigating allegations of perjury by Heard during court proceedings for the illegal importation of her two dogs into Australia in 2015. Her attorney criticized the investigation, stating that the Australian government and the FBI would not pursue and victimize someone who has already been adjudicated to be the victim of domestic violence. The same claims were made unsuccessfully in the UK High Court during Johnny Depp’s libel case against Sun Tabloid. The FBI has not confirmed the report, but Australian investigators have already interviewed him and provided a lengthy witness statement and a trove of emails allegedly implicating Heard. The actress could be weeks away from facing charges of perjury or subordination of perjury, which involves inducing someone to provide false testimony and could face a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison. Fans are excited about Amber’s potential jail time and hope for a win for Johnny Depp in his libel suit in 2022.