Johnny Depp, wife apologise for Australia dog case
Johnny Depp and his wife Amber Heard have released a video apology for flouting quarantine laws by bringing two dogs into Australia aboard their private jet, in an awkward finale to a case dubbed the "war on terrier".
The case made headlines last May after Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce threatened to have the pets, Pistol and Boo, put down unless they "buggered off back to the United States".
The apology was played in court as Heard escaped conviction after pleading guilty to falsifying immigration forms when she brought the dogs into Australia, where Depp was filming "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales".
In the video, which resembled a public service announcement, the Hollywood couple stressed the importance of obeying the nation's strict biosecurity laws, with a deadpan Depp adding that Aussies were "just as unique" as their wildlife.
Two more serious charges against Heard of illegally importing the Yorkshire terriers were dropped today by the court on the Gold Coast in Queensland state.
But she admitted a third charge of providing a false document by failing to declare the animals on her arrival card.
She was placed on a Aus $1,000 one-month good behaviour bond.