Rikicin ya fara ne a watan Fabrairu na wannan shekara, lokacin da Depp ya kai kara kungiyar gudanarwa kan kudadensa - dan wasan kwaikwayo ya ce saboda ayyukan manajojin, ya kasance cikin zurfin fatarawa. Kungiyar gudanarwa ta shigar da ikirarin mayar da martani, tana nuna cewa gunaguni na DPP lalata hoton kamfanin, kuma shi da laifin da ya kasa cewa shi da kansa, ya kawo yanayin rashin gaskiya, ya kawo yanayinsa a gaban masifa.
A cikin hirar kwanan nan tare da Wall Street Journal Pournia Depp, ya ce: "Me ya sa ba su ƙi ni ba, kamar daga abokin ciniki, idan ni, a cikin ra'ayi? A cikin shekarun nan, na yi aiki tukuru kuma na dogara ga waɗannan mutanen da, a fili barin ni. "
Wakilan rukunin gudanarwa sun ba da tsokaci daga UA a yau, a cikin abin da suke kira depp "maƙaryaci mara misaltawa, wanda ya musanta nauyin mugayen ayyukansu." "Johnny Depp kuma 'yar uwarsa ta yi kai tsaye a cikin wani batun yanke hukunci mai mahimmanci a cikin shekaru 17 da kungiyar gudanarwa ta wakilta bukatunsa. Yanzu ya fahimci kashe kudade, amma ya zargi kungiyar gudanarwa a cikin gaskiyar cewa ba mu ki amincewa da shi ba daga abokin ciniki. "