9h 52min, aug 6, 2016 y - EMAIL Amber Heard Waiver of Interest in Johnny Depp POTC5 Backend

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From: "Samantha F. Spector"

Date: August 6, 2016 at 12:41:39 AM PDT
To: AH @icloud.com>
Cc: "Samantha F. Spector" <ss@spectorlawfirm.com>, "joseph/@ipkoeniglaw.com
<joseph/@jpkoeniglaw.com>

Subject: DEPP - Client Acknowledgment and Consent re Waiver of 1/2 Interest in Community BackEnd Deals

Amber,

As a follow up to our call tonight, the attached letter which was sent to Laura tonight (dated August 8, 2016) is worded specifically so that you are not making any specific demands, but it clearly extends your willingness to be extremely generous by waiving your 1/2 interest in the back-end of Pirates 5, etc.

Joe Sweeney, your forensic accountant, has reviewed the financial documentation provided to him thus far from Ed White. From Sweeney's analysis, he determined that Pirates 1, which was released in 2003, has resulted in profit-participation payments made to Johnny from his back-end deal for the 12 months ended March 31, 2016 of approximately $700,000 or more. Johnny's profit-participation (back-end deal) for Pirates 4, to date, has earned Johnny over $33,000,000.

Based on that fact that Johnny made Pirates 5 during marriage, Pirates 5 is a community property asset and, therefore, you are entitled to 1/2 of the income from this asset. Although one cannot predict with accuracy the amount of profit-participation that will be earned by Johnny from Pirates 5, it is important for you to note and understand that from back-end deals, Johnny has made over $21,000,000 from Pirates 1, and he has made over $33,000,000 from Pirates 4. Accordingly, by waiving your ½ interest in the back-end deal of Pirates 5 (i.e., the profit-participation), not to mention any other projects such as Boswell in which Johnny made during marriage, you would potentially be foregoing tens of millions of dollars in income to you in the future.

Simply put, given Sweeney's analysis, you are potentially leaving a lot of money (to wit, tens of millions of dollars payable to you) on the table by waiving your interest in Johnny's back-end deals for projects he worked on during marriage.

Therefore, you will need to print out, and date and sign this email below, and thereafter return the executed document to me, to signify your express confirmation that you understand what you are choosing to do.

Candidly, you are being amazingly true to your word, that this is not about the money. With tremendous respect, you are walking away from a lot of money. Yet, as your attorneys we cannot be held responsible for making that decision and we cannot recommend to you that you walk away and waive your rights to this community asset/money.

We ask that you proceed with great caution and prudence as this is a decision only you can make. Please take the time to think carefully about this decision to waive your ½ interest in all of the back-end deals of Johnny for all projects which he worked on during marriage, and should we reach a settlement today or in the near future, you will need to first sign-off on this email before doing so.

All my best,
Samantha
Samantha F. Spector, Esq. | Partner
SPECTOR LAW, A Professional Law Corporation

1, AMBER LAURA HEARD, HAVE READ, AND HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTAND THE CONTENTS OF THIS EMAIL. I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OF MY ATTORNEYS, I HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE I HAVE BEEN FULLY INFORMED OF MY COMMUNITY PROPERTY RIGHTS IN MY DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE PROCEEDING WITH JOHNNY DEPP, AND AGAINST THE EXPRESS RECOMMENDATION OF MY ATTORNEYS, I HAVE INDEPENDENTLY CHOSEN, ON MY OWN FREE WILL AND VOLITION, TO WAIVE MY ONE-HALF (⅔) INTEREST AND CLAIM IN THE COMMUNITY'S ESTATE/ASSET WITH REGARD TO JOHNNY'S PROFIT-PARTICIPATION (I.E., BACK-END DEALS) FOR ANY AND ALL PROJECTS JOHNNY COMPLETED DURING MARRIAGE (SUCH AS, PIRATES 5 AND BOSWELL, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER PROJECTS HE WORKED ON DURING MARRIAGE). | VOLUNTARILY MAKE THIS DECISION TO WAIVE MY RIGHTS AS NOTED HEREIN AND DO SO UNDER NO COERICION, UNDUE INFLUENCE OR DURESS.

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DIVORCE Court Documents:
- The LA Court Docket
- Email via media

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