Ingxabano yaqala ngoFebhuwari walo nyaka, lapho i-depp imangalela inkampani iqembu labaphathi ezimalini zakhe - umlingisi wathi ngenxa yezenzo zabaphathi, wayeseduze kokuqothuka. Iqembu labaphathi lifake isimangalo sempendulo, lisho ukuthi izikhalazo ze-DEP zichitha isithombe senkampani, futhi asole iqiniso le-DEPP ukuthi yena uqobo, ukusetshenziswa kwakhe okungabekezeleleki, kulethe isimo sakhe sezezimali ngaphambi kwenhlekelele.
Engxoxweni yakamuva neWall Street Journal DepP, uthe: "Kungani bebenganginqobi, kusukela kuklayenti, uma mina, ngokombono wabo ngokungalawuleki? Kuyo yonke le minyaka, ngasebenza kanzima futhi ngabethemba laba bantu, kusobala ukuthi bangiyeke. "
Abamele Iqembu labaphathi banikeze okusemthethweni nge-USA namuhla, lapho babiza khona i-PEPP "umqambimanga ongalungile, ophika abanye umthwalo wemfanelo ngezenzo zabo ezihlukumezayo nasezibukweni zakhe ukuba bamqambe." "I-Johnny Depp nodadewabo bathatha iqhaza ngqo ekwamukelweni kwesinqumo ngasinye sebhizinisi elibalulekile kuyo yonke iminyaka eyi-17 iqembu leqembu labaphathi lifanekisela izintshisekelo zakhe. Manje uqaphela ukusetshenziswa kwemali yakhe ngokweqile, kepha usola iqembu labaphathi ukuthi asizange simenqabe njengaseklayenti. "