Johnny Depp Donates Nearly $800,000 To Children’s Hospital Charities Around The World
etcanada.comJohnny Depp is giving some big bucks to charity. This week, the actor donated nearly $800,000 to children’s hospital charities through the sale of NFTs from his community Never Fear Truth. READ MORE: Johnny Depp Rep Shuts Down Rumoured $300 Million Deal For ‘Pirates’ Return Donations were split between Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation, the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity, the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, and Robert Downey Jr.’s foundation Footprint Coalition.
Depp’s Never Fear Truth community allows the actor to sell digitally verified artwork with his fans. Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation confirmed that it had received a donation from Never Fear Truth, thanking the community. READ MORE: Amber Heard Formally Pursues Appeal Over Verdict In Court Battle With Johnny Depp Some have also taken the donation as a subtle dig at ex-wife Amber Heard, who had pledged to donate her $7-million divorce settlement to the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, as well as the ACLU. “The donation will be divided equally between the ACLU, with a particular focus to stop violence against women, and the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, where I have worked as a volunteer for the past 10 years,” she said at the time. “Money played no role for me personally and never has, except to the extent that I could donate it to charity and, in doing so, hopefully help those less able to defend themselves.” During the recent defamation trial involving Depp and Heard, the actress admitted that she hadn’t fulfilled the pledge to the ACLU, donating only $1.2 million of the promised $3.5 million.
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