Johnny Depp Settles "City of Lies" Assault Suit

Hollywood star Johnny Depp has reached a tentative deal to resolve a suit from a City of Lies crew claiming the actor assaulted him on set.

According to a notice of settlement filed with the court Monday, Depp settled with location manager Greg “Rocky” Brooks in a deal that requires him to follow through with unspecified terms of the settlement by the end of August.

“The settlement agreement conditions dismissal of this matter on the satisfactory completion of specified terms that are not to be performed within 45 days of the date of the settlement. A request for dismissal will be filed no later than 1/5/2023,” reads the filing.

The case will be reopened if the acclaimed actor does not complete the terms.

Brooks sued Depp in 2018 alleging that he and the actor were involved in a heated fight after he relayed a message to the actor that they were running out of time for filming.

In the court documents, Brooks claimed that the actor had physically assaulted him by punching him twice in the rib cage as well as inflicting emotional distress through verbal attacks. In addition, Depp allegedly offered the location manager $100,000 to punch him in the face.

The documents also claim that the actor’s bodyguards physically removed him from the scene and Brooks claims his breath reeked of alcohol.

For his part, Depp countered the attacks on Brooks were in self-defense/defense of others. The actor’s lawyers responded to the 2018 lawsuit claiming Depp was provoked and that Brooks made him feel unsafe.

Brooks was allegedly fired from the production after he refused to promise that he would not sue over the incident.

He also accused Depp of taking drugs on set and reeking of alcohol during the encounter.

Brooks’ suit claims he had suffered physical pain and psychological injury after the alleged incident.

After the suit was filed, the script supervisor for the movie Emma Danoff came to Depp’s defense, saying she has proof the incident never happened.

She submitted a court declaration stating that she witnessed the altercation and that Depp only confronted Brooks after the location manager berated a Black homeless woman with racial slurs.

“He immediately stood up from our shared seat on the edge of a planter bench and went over to Brooks to stand up for the woman. Mr. Depp said to Mr. Brooks, ‘You can’t talk to her like that. You think she is something less than you? Who do you think you are? How dare you?’,” Danoff said.

Danoff disputed Brooks’ claim that Depp punched him and that she had the photos to prove it.

The veteran actor was represented by Camille Vasquez, who was a part of his legal team in his defamation case against his former wife, Amber Heard.