FBI 'assisting Australian government' on Amber Heard's perjury charges
The FBI is reportedly helping the Australian government investigate whether actress Amber Heard perjured herself in a Queensland court in 2016.
The perjury charges relate to litigation stemming from a visit to Australia with Johnny Depp in 2015, when Heard violated strict quarantine laws by failing to declare the couple’s two dogs, Pistol and Boo, as Law & Crime Network report.
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Heard smuggled two Teacup Yorkies into the country via private jet in May 2015 when her then-husband made his fifth. Pirates of the Caribbean moviepassed quarantine protocols and violated strict Australian biosecurity laws in the process.
According to the Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment, dogs or cats brought into Australia from the US must have an import permit, undergo a 10-day quarantine and undergo veterinary examination before being released.
None of these things happened before the dogs arrived at Depp and Heard’s luxury accommodation on the Gold Coast.
At the time, Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce ordered Pistol and Boo to be taken overseas or they would be euthanized.
The story made international headlines after Heard was charged with illegally importing dogs into the country.
He was fined after pleading guilty to the lesser charge of falsifying travel documents and then, along with Depp, forced to shoot an awkward apology video.
“I’m really sorry Pistol and Boo weren’t announced,” a visibly glum Depp says in the next video.
“Protecting Australia is important.
“Declare everything when you enter Australia.”
The dogs were flown back to the United States when Heard blamed jet lag and sleep deprivation for not acknowledging the dogs when they entered Australia.
But at the Depp UK 2020 defamation trial against Sun, his former plantation manager Kevin Murphy said he had repeatedly informed Heard that the dogs would not be allowed into Australia because proper paperwork had not been completed.
He also testified that Heard wanted him to hold his former assistant, Kate James, to blame for not arranging the necessary paperwork.
Heard told a British court that the Pistol and Boo story was Depp’s fault and that he had told him to “lubricate” (i.e. pay) the vet.
A spokesperson for the Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment said Law & Crime that it is “investigating allegations of perjury by Ms Heard during litigation for the illegal importation of two dogs into Australia in 2015.”
“As this matter is ongoing, the department is unable to provide further comment,” the spokesperson said.
The department did not confirm or deny FBI involvement.
But retired FBI agent and attorney Bobby Chacon told Law & Crime Network that the FBI’s involvement in the Australian investigation is not uncommon.
“The FBI has an office in Canberra and there are FBI agents permanently assigned to Australia,” he said.
“Part of their mission is liaison and assistance so if Australia needs anything from here in the US they will definitely contact the Australian FBI office and the FBI is likely to help.”
In Depp’s more recent defamation trial in Fairfax, Virginia in the US, his attorney Camille Vasquez tried to ask Heard about the Pistol and Boo story.
Heard’s attorney, Elaine Bredehoft, objected and the topic was not asked again.
But water man the actress definitely hasn’t forgotten about drama – and she certainly hasn’t forgotten the Australian government’s threat to euthanize her pets.
Late last year – six years after the incident – he announced on social media that he had a new dog named Barnaby Joyce.
It seems that Joyce doesn’t like the celebrity couple either.
After news broke that Heard had named his new dog after him, Joyce was shocked Sunrise viewers by describing Depp as a “dead ***” on live television.
Joyce said that although she thought a dog named after her was “a bit crazy,” she was “flattered”.
“I can’t handle it,” said Joyce.
“I’ve forgotten it. He’s out of my mind, but I’m on his mind.
“I was there like a bee, just buzzing around his brain.”
Joyce then went on to lash out at Depp.
‘I was right Johnny, you know him all’ ‘Johnny is beautiful, Johnny is beautiful’… Johnny is a dead man,’ he said.
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