Amber Heard Faces FBI-Backed Perjury Investigation. Amber Heard could be facing jail time in Australia for the smuggling of her Yorkshire Terrier dogs Pistol and Boo into the Land Down Under back in 2015 during a film shoot for ex-husband Johnny Depp.
After a statement made in London courts by Depp’s attorney claiming Heard ordered Depp and his estate manager to remain quiet about her bringing her dogs into Australia on a private jet in 2015 without declaring them or obtaining the proper paperwork, Australian officials began an FBI-backed criminal probe investigation to allow AU officials to question those close to the actress and event in the US. The claim of Heard’s order comes from Depp’s former estate manager Kevin Murphy.
Murphy went as far as to claim that Heard threatened his job should he not comply with her plans, which would indicate that Heard lied about not knowing the customs laws and had predetermined her plan to smuggle the dogs into Australia. Sharing, “When I expressed that I was extremely uncomfortable with this, Ms. Heard said to me ‘Well I want your help on this … I wouldn’t want you to have a problem with your job. It became very apparent that Ms. Heard was threatening my job stability unless I cooperated with providing a declaration that supported her false account for the Australian proceedings. Because of this, I felt extreme pressure to cooperate, despite knowing this would involve being untruthful.“
Murphy has been labeled as a key witness to the event and has since interviewed with Australian officials and is cooperating with the investigation against Heard. Should Amber Heard reenter Australia she can be arrested and tried for her crimes against the nation.
An insider close to the actress claims, ‘She could just ignore the whole thing and never go back but a huge number of movies are shot in Australia, including Aquaman, the movie for which she’s most well-known. Alternatively, Amber could go back there and face her detractors. That’s often her style. It’s pretty evident by now that she’s not one for backing down in the face of legal threats.’
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When the incident occurred in 2015, Heard faced two charges of illegal importation of an animal and a possible ten-year prison sentence, but ultimately pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of falsifying an immigration document and accepted a fine of 10,000 Australian dollars ($7,650).
A spokesperson for the Australian government has since confirmed the investigation, sharing: ‘The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (Department) is investigating allegations of perjury by Ms. Heard during court proceedings for the 2015 illegal importation of (her) two dogs into Australia. The department is seeking to obtain witness statements and once obtained, the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions will consider whether the evidence is sufficient to warrant pursuance of the matter. As the matter is ongoing, the department cannot make any further comment.’
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Featured Photo Credit: Amber Heard’s Instagram
Source: The Daily Mail
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