Amber Heard sells desert home as $8M Johnny Depp debt looms
01.08.2022 - 23:25
/ nypost.com
won his bombshell defamation case against Amber Heard, the actress has quietly sold off her California desert oasis, The Post can confirm. The three-bedroom, three-bathroom Yucca Valley estate,which sits on 6 acres of land in California, sold off-market. Property records show, on July 18, the home traded hands for $1.05 million. New Jersey-based Rickard and Carol-Jeanette Jorgensen, who also own property in Nevada and are founders of Jorgensen & Company LLC, are the new owners, The Post has learned. It is unclear how the Jorgensens discovered the off-market home or if there’s a direct connection to Heard.
The Post has reached out for comment. Spanning over 2,450 square feet, the previous listing described the estate as “the chance to own a once in a lifetime property.” Boasting rocks, mountains and desert views, the compound comes with a 110-foot engineered bridge, which leads to a mountainside gazebo. Features include solid iron front doors, a kitchen with a double griddle stove and wiring for for the whole-home surround stereo system.
The primary bedroom comes with dual walk-in closets and grand stone dual sinks, plus a soaking tub. Meanwhile, the garage spans some 1,200 square feet.
Heard, 36, purchased the home for $570,000 in 2019. She is walking away with a hefty profit. But considering the $8.3 million she was ordered to pay to Depp after being found guilty of defamation by the jury, every penny helps. Overall, the “Aquaman” actress was asked to cover $10 million in compensatory damages, plus $350,000 in punitive damages. After the counter-lawsuit she filed, in which Depp was ordered to pay $2 million and Virginia’s cap on damages, Heard is left to pay $5 million in total — money she says she does not have. And
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