City of Lies actor, Johnny Depp just settled a lawsuit stemming from an alleged assault involving a crew member on the set of the 2018 crime thriller. According to court documents reviewed by PEOPLE, Johnny and Gregg “Rocky” Brooks, who was the location manager reached a settlement weeks before the duo were supposed to go to a civil trial in Los Angeles on July 25.
Since the City of Lies.duo settled the suit Monday, Judge Holly J. Fujie put off the trial until January 5, 2023. Although the document did not publicly share the things the actor who recently won a case against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, must do in order to fulfill his end of the agreement, if he fulfills them, the case will be dismissed.
Actor, Johnny Depp Settles Assualt Lawsuit With City of Lies Crew Member
The issue allegedly occurred on April 13, 2017. On July 18, PEOPLE obtained court documents that showed Brooks claimed Johnny Depp became angry when he told him they only had one more shot while filming a scene in the movie, and he turned to an LAPD officer for protection. The location manager said that Johnny followed him and allegedly punched him two times in the ribs after screaming, “Who the f— are you? You have no right to tell me what to do.”
The accuser went on to say that Johnny said he’d pay him “$100,000 to punch me in the face right now” after he didn’t punch him back. He said that the bodyguards had to remove Johnny from the sets.
This is coming nearly two months after the famous actor’s high-profile defamation trial with his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard over her 2018 op-ed about coming forward with domestic abuse allegations. Johnny was awarded with $15 million in damages, while the Aquaman actress will only have to pay $10.35 million due to Virginia’s cap on punitive damages (the judge reduced the amount). Regarding Amber’s countersuit brought against him, the actor was found to have defamed his ex-wife on one of three claims, and she was awarded $2 million in damages.
