Amber Heard donates entire divorce settle from Depp to charity

Celebrities: Amber Heard have offered to donate her entire $US7 million divorce settlement she received from Johnny Depp to a pair of charities that will use the money to help women who have been abused. In a statement released on Thursday, Heard said that the money will be divided between the American Civil Liberties Union and the Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

Explaining the purpose why part of the settlement is going to the ACLU, Heard said the money to the ACLU is to help its efforts to combat violence against women.

The former couple settled their controversial divorce on Tuesday, reaching an agreement out of court just one day before Depp is scheduled to begin a restraining order hearing that would focus on the accusations that he regularly abused Heard during their marriage, an allegation Depp denied.

"As described in the restraining order and divorce settlement, money played no role for me personally and never has, except to the extent that I could donate it to charity and, in doing so, hopefully help those less able to defend themselves," Heard wrote.

Heard said she believes the organisations will put the money into good use as she plans to support them with future donations.

Heard had filed for divorce in May and few days later obtained a temporary restraining order, against Depp accusing him of hitting her during a fight in their Los Angeles apartment in May.