Johnny Depp burned $650 million in 3 years

A decade ago, Johnny Depp He is one of Hollywood’s best-paid actors. ‘s fortune star movie Pirates of the Caribbean At that time, it reached 650 million USD, according to statistics from Forbes.

The most incredible thing is that in just 3 years, from 2014-2017, Johnny Depp spent all the money mentioned above. May 2017, the newspaper The Hollywood Reporter there is an article titled “The star is in crisis”, about the actor drowning in debt.

A downhill career, empty finances, divorce, lawsuits with Amber Heard make Johnny Depp’s name slide more and more.

Actor with luxury pleasures

According to The Hollywood Reporter, In 2012, reporters followed Depp’s attorney and personal financial manager, Jake Bloom and Joel Mandel. When approaching one of the five houses in the actor’s name, Jake Bloom said Depp did not have enough money to make the monthly payment of $ 2 million.

Here, two close staff members revealed that the actor born in 1963 is famous for being a wasteful consumer. He often spends money on useless pleasures. Depp once bought Little Halls Pond Cay island for $3.6 million.

Depp owns a lot of real estate, buys yachts, private jets. Photo: Daily Mail/SCMP.

From an unspoiled island, he invested tens of millions of dollars to repair and build more real estate according to his own preferences. The actor spends $300,000-400,000 monthly to take care of and renovate the yacht. On the island, there are security staff, janitors to look after and take care of the landscape.

In addition, Depp spent $ 75 million to buy a castle in the South of France and luxury villas in Los Angeles (USA), $ 18 million for a luxury yacht, $ 5.35 million to buy 3. island in the Bahamas.

To “take care” of the uninhabited properties, he hires about 40 security guards and cleaners and has to pay them a salary of up to $ 3.6 million.

Star Pirates of the Caribbean collects over 70 guitars and 200 valuable works of art. More than that, he also splurged $2 million on private jets, jewelry, and organizing hit parties.

The actor once spent $ 5 million on a cannon to use in the memory of his late friend, Hunter S. Thompson. The actor shared: “I just want to see him off the way he wants. That’s also his last wish.”

In addition, since the divorce from model Vanessa Paradis, the actor has not forgotten to provide a monthly amount for his ex-wife to take care of and raise the children. According to sources of The Hollywood Reporter, This cost is not small number.

Debt piled up

When he was in a difficult situation, in debt, Depp was forced to sell his yacht for $ 10 million and many other real estate. Four years later, he fired Tracey Jacobs – his longtime manager. At the same time, the actor announced that he was suing the company The Management Group he founded for $ 25 million for fraud and poor management.

Depp admits he is not good at money management and is always dependent on others. “I’m not a lawyer. I’m not an accountant. I can’t help my son with math. I always trust the people around me.”he shared in an interview.

The lawsuit between the actor and his ex-wife has been going on for weeks. Photo: AP.

However, the company denied the allegation and claimed that the star Edward Scissorhands did not pay them a commission based on the income he received from the movie Pirates of the Caribbean.

“Depp must be held accountable for his financial squandering”Joel Mandel shared at the time.

During the trial, financial manager Mandel recounted how Depp entered a jewelry store and lingered for several hours.

Here, the store staff used flowery words to give the actor alcohol. And when he came out, in Depp’s hand was a diamond bracelet worth $400,000. However, in reality, this jewelry is not worth the money the actor spends.

Joel Mandel said he repeatedly discouraged Depp from spending lavishly to offset his accumulated debts. However, the actor ignored the ear.

In order to continue to maintain a lavish lifestyle, the actor even took on loan sharks that surrounded him with debt. After Divorce Hearthe had to pay her $7 million.

According to Celebrity Net Worth, his net worth is only about 100 million USD. After losing the court case News Group Newspaper (NGN), the parent company of The Sunsmearing him as an ex-wife beater, Depp was even more difficult when a series of producers turned their backs.

He was taken by Warner Bros. remove the name from the movie Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore. Actors only appear in low-budget movies.

At that time, the actor born in 1963 said he had fallen into a state of crisis and despair. Depp even considered suicide.

“I fell into the abyss of life in a very bad mood. I used to think of ending this pain by committing suicide because I couldn’t stand it every day.”Johnny Depp confided on Rolling Stones.

To get through the tough days, Depp practiced writing memoirs on a typewriter to balance emotions. He often bursts into tears thinking about the past while writing them down.

“I drink wine every morning and write until my tears fall, I can no longer see the pages. I wonder how I treat people very well, lovingly and honestly with them. But why are things bad? This bad thing still happens to me”recounted Johnny Depp.

According to Zing