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The suit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday by
the Mandel Company, which handled Depp's affairs for 17 years
until being fired in March 2016, was a counterclaim to the
actor's $25 million lawsuit last month accusing the firm of
fraud and financial mismanagement.
The court papers detailed Depp's spending as including $75
million on buying or improving 14 residences, including a French
chateau and a chain of islands in the Bahamas. He also bought 45
luxury vehicles, amassed a 200-piece art collection with works
by Andy Warhol and Amedeo Modigliani and has 12 storage units
full of memorabilia associated with Marilyn Monroe, Marlon
Brando and other celebrities, the lawsuit said.
The actor, whose career took off after the first "Pirates of the
Caribbean" movie in 2003, also spent more than $3 million to
blast the ashes of author Hunter Thompson over Aspen, Colorado,
from a cannon, the lawsuit alleged.
Depp lawyer Adam Waldman responded to the lawsuit with a
statement saying: "How cataloguing alleged spending by Mr. Depp
of his own money could somehow absolve the defendants of a large
and multi-faceted mosaic of wrongdoing will ultimately be
determined by the court."
Last month Depp's divorce from actress Amber Heard was
finalized, ending their 15-month marriage. Depp, 53, agreed to
pay $7 million to Heard that she said will be donated to
charity.
The Mandel Company, which is seeking $560,000 in damages and
fees owed by Depp, said it had done "everything possible to
protect Depp from his own irresponsible and profligate spending"
to no avail.
"Depp, and Depp alone, is fully responsible for any financial
turmoil he finds himself in today," the lawsuit said. "He has
refused to live within his means."
Forbes magazine ranked Depp as Hollywood's highest paid actor
from June 2009 to June 2010 with earnings of $75 million. In
December, the magazine named him the most overpaid actor for a
second straight year as films such as "Alice Through the Looking
Glass" and "Mortdecai" did not fare well.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Bill Trott)
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