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Johnny Depp must see a shrink for “compulsive spending” on luxuries like 14 houses, 45 autos and even a sequence of personal islands within the Bahamas, his former enterprise managers claimed Monday.
Within the newest authorized salvo over Depp’s funds, The Administration Group additionally ridiculed as “laughable” a latest declare by a lawyer for the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star that he spent $30,000 a month on wine as an “funding.”
“Depp can be arduous pressed to discover a single bottle of wine that he bought throughout his tenure with TMG that he or his numerous companions haven't but consumed,” the managers comment in court docket papers.
“Wine is just not an funding in case you drink it as quickly as you purchase it.”
TMG pointed to Depp’s interview final week with the Wall Avenue Journal (paywall) — wherein he stated, “It’s my cash. If I wish to purchase 15,000 cotton balls a day it’ s my factor” — as demonstrating his “clear and epic” sense of entitlement and “his psychological points.”
“Depp’s extravagant spending has usually been marked by an absence of impulse management and sometimes elevated instantly after [TMG co-founder Joel] Mandel would confront Depp relating to his funds,” court docket papers stated.
“Looking back, it seems that Depp could undergo from a compulsive spending dysfunction, which will likely be confirmed on this motion by a psychological examination of Depp pursuant to California [court rules] and skilled testimony.”
Depp — who has made a fortune enjoying Capt. Jack Sparrow within the Disney ”Pirates” collection — and TMG have engaged in a confrontation in Los Angeles court docket since January, when the film star filed a $25 million-plus swimsuit.
He claims he misplaced “tens of tens of millions of dollars” to the agency’s alleged fraud and negligence.
TMG hit again the next month by revealing that Depp burned by greater than $2 million a month on an “ultra-extravagant life-style” that he couldn’t afford.
The drunken-sailor spending purchased Depp $75 million price of properties together with a 45-acre chateau within the South of France, a number of houses in Hollywood and LA, and a Kentucky horse farm.
He additionally spent $18 million on a 150-foot yacht, purchased greater than 200 works by famed artists, “many items of pricey world class jewellery,” 70 collectible guitars, 12 storage amenities stuffed with Hollywood memorabilia, $150,000 a month on private safety for him and his household and $300,000 a month for a employees of 40 full-time staff around the globe, TMG alleges.
Monday’s court docket submitting uncovered extra spending that features “a whole bunch of hundreds of dollars to make use of a full-time sound engineer, who Depp has used for years to feed him traces throughout movie manufacturing.”
“Depp insisted that this sound engineer be stored on yearly retainer in order that he not needed to memorize his traces,” in line with the papers.
TMG additionally stated Depp has spent as a lot as $1.2 million a yr for a “private on-call doctor,” and “tens of millions extra to make use of a military of attorneys.”
An legal professional for Depp known as the allegations from TMG “psychobabble.”
“That is how responsible individuals reply when confronted with the detailed outcomes of a 9 month authorized and forensic investigation performed by 4 companies,” the lawyer, Adam Waldman, stated in an announcement.
Depp in January finalized a divorce from actress Amber Heard, who accused him of repeatedly abusing her throughout their 15-month marriage, and TMG stated he wanted the attorneys “to bail him out of quite a few authorized crises, together with making a collection of hush cash settlements.”
“As a result of Depp is disingenuously difficult TMG’s fee of sure of those charges and bills on this litigation, the small print of those funds and settlements will likely be totally revealed throughout discovery and at trial,” the corporate warned.
Reps for Depp didn’t return a request for remark.
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