Amber Heard might be facing more legal trouble than she bargained for this year. Rumors say the FBI is working with the Australian government in the investigation of perjury testimonies. The actress is being examined by Australia’s Department of Agriculture, Water, and Environment (DAWE) to check if she lied under oath after bringing her pet dogs into the country illegally in May 2015.
Amber Heard's Australian Smuggling Case May Receive FBI Attention
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Samantha in
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On 9th July 2022
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Amber Heard has faced enough humiliation after the disastrous defamation trial that saw her losing it against her ex-husband Johnny Depp.
Now, rumors are that Heard might be facing more legal trouble in near future as the FBI is assisting the Australian government to proceed with its investigation of perjury testimonies.
The actress is being examined by Australia’s Department of Agriculture, Water, and Environment (DAWE) to check if she lied under oath after bringing her pet dogs into the country illegally in May 2015.
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The case happened back in 2015 when Johnny Depp toured Australia in March 2015. Heard also came to Australia with their two Yorkshire terriers, Pistol and Boo, along.
During this time, the former couple got into an argument which only got uglier leading to Depp's finger getting severed and Heard's legal troubles got messier when she checked “no” on her immigration card about importing anything into the country without permission that had to be proclaimed.
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Due to Australia’s strict quarantine rules, the law says that foreign dogs must be quarantined for 10 days when first brought to the country.
Based on this, officials asked Amber Heard to have the dogs sent away or be euthanized. Johnny Depp then returned to the United States with them, while the actress was charged with illegally bringing them along to Australia in July 2015.
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Following this, the Aquaman actress was found guilty to a lesser charge of manipulating documents in 2016, a DAWE representative reported to Newsweek during their recent defamation case that the department was still looking at perjury statements against the actress.
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The FBI still hasn’t verified whether they were working for Australian authorities, on the other hand, a retired agent reported to the Law & Crime website that their share wouldn’t be unusual. Bobby Chacon reported to Law & Crime that:
“The FBI maintains an office in Canberra, and there are FBI agents permanently assigned to Australia [on a rotating basis].”
“Part of their mission is liaison and assistance, so if the Australians needed something from here in the U.S. they would certainly contact the FBI’s Australia office and the FBI would likely assist.”
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