Amber Heard can't file for bankruptcy to wipe $15 million she now owes Johnny Depp

By declaring bankruptcy, Amber Heard cannot avoid paying her ex-husband Johnny Depp.

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"I am disappointed I lost this case, but I am more disappointed that I have lost a right I believed I had as an American - to speak freely and openly," she said.

In his lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard, Johnny Depp won a Virginia jury's verdict on Wednesday...",

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