Elon Musk certainly has plenty of money to go around, and the ACLU is claiming that some of the money that was donated in Amber Heard’s name actually came from Musk’s bank account, not from her divorce settlement.
On April 28, the ACLU’s general counsel, Terence Dougherty, said through a pre-recorded deposition that their organization has only received $1.3 million of the $3.5 million that Heard promised, per TMZ. Dougherty then claimed he believed that $500,000 of the money they received was actually from Musk himself. According to Deadline, Musk was able to do this by putting the money into a fund with the investment company Vanguard, which then donated the money to the ACLU. The ACLU representative also alleged that Musk had sent them an email in 2016 saying that Heard would pay her $3.5 million amount over 10 years, according to TMZ. This shows that Musk was involved as a middle man between Heard and the ACLU in some capacity. Regardless, the ACLU has reportedly not received money from Heard since 2019.
At the beginning of this trial, Musk was named a potential witness to be called to the stand, but, alas, he was removed from the witness list, per The Independent. The lawyers never gave a reason why he was removed, but Musk seems to be pretty preoccupied with his billion-dollar Twitter takeover right about now.
Nicki
