In mid-April, Hollywood broke the news about Johnny Depp again, and as in the past few years, it is still a scandal.

TMZ was the first to release a report, according to the exact news from the IRS, Johnny Depp has been in arrears of taxes for 7 consecutive years, and the IRS is pursuing the taxes and formulating corresponding penalties.

Subsequently, the Los Angeles branch of the IRS held a press conference to announce Johnny Depp's tax arrears, and his taxes, late fees and penalties totaling $95.6 million will be recovered!

According to outside estimates, Depp's income from the film industry over the years will not be less than $650 million.

Under normal circumstances, it is not difficult to make up the tax.

The best thing to do with the IRS is to actively pay taxes.

After all, Hollywood stars are not big powers, and they don't have the ability and background of the CIA or FBI.

But Depp sadly found that he had no money to pay taxes!

As much as hundreds of millions of dollars, all of which were invested by the Mandelkin investment company established by the brothers Joel and Robert, all of which were made by Depp's hands and signed by Depp's authorization.

These investments kept switching back and forth, with little return, and even many investment projects lost money, but the Mandel brothers, as investment agents, got a high commission of nearly 100 million US dollars according to the agency contract signed by the two parties.

On Depp's books, the liquidity is long gone, and the most recent expense is the $5 million borrowed from Mandelkin.

As for supervision, Depp used to supervise Joel, the investment manager, is Joel's brother Robert.

Depp is definitely a super talent.

An interesting situation has emerged, the outside world and even Depp himself think that he has a net worth of more than $500 million, but it is actually an empty shell.

What's even more exaggerated is that Depp entrusted Mandelkin Investment Company to manage and manage its finances, not to mention that all the money was gone, and he also owed Mandelkin $5 million in loans and interest.

This is not uncommon in Hollywood in the United States, and it happens a lot with black stars in the NBA.

But Depp is worse than those people, because every investment of the Mandel brothers has Depp's legal authorization.

Hundreds of millions of dollars disappeared out of thin air, and Depp certainly wouldn't just count it and immediately sued Joel Mandel and Robert Mandel, accusing the Mandel brothers of financial fraud.

Depp later claimed in an interview: "Because of Joel and Robert's fraud, he lost a large amount of his property, and now he has to sell his fixed assets to pay off the tax arrears." ”

The Mandel brothers responded that every investment is recognized and legally authorized by Depp, and Depp's financial problems come from his own profligacy.

The two revealed in the media that Depp spent tens of millions of dollars to buy a small island in the Bahamas that was not suitable for living and tourism development, and spent tens of millions of dollars to buy classic cars, which require seven figures of annual maintenance.

And Depp's friends cost him eight figures a year.

Depp also spends $200,000 to $300,000 a month on red wine.

These seem plausible.

When Depp was interviewed, he was dismissive: "They say that I spend two or three hundred thousand dollars a month on red wine, which is simply insulting to me!" ”

The drunkard and the poisonous worm have a different mind: "Because I spend so much more money on wine than this." ”

The two sides attacked each other, and it was very lively for a while.

In order to gain enough advantages in the subsequent litigation or out-of-court negotiations, the Mandel brothers also exposed a series of unreliable behaviors of Depp in addition to their financial situation.

For example, Depp didn't memorize his lines a few years ago, and he relied on wearing wireless headphones to let the sideline assistant act as a humanoid teleprompter.

Other situations, such as tardiness, alcoholism, drug abuse, and absenteeism, are commonplace.

When Depp is popular and has huge commercial value, these are not problems at all.

As long as he can create enough income and on the heads of everyone in the crew, the filmmaker will not say anything.

The main problem now is not the producers and the media, but the tax office.

…………

In the penthouse of the Columbia Tower.

Johnny Depp finally didn't drink, his head was clear, and he was indignant in the face of the lawyer and agent Whigham: "The tax problem was made by the Mandel brothers, but I have to bear it?" It's not fair! ”

Whiggle said cautiously: "But the IRS tax recovery and fines are issued to you. ”

The lawyer reminded: "The problem between you and the Mandel brothers is your dispute, and the IRS will not dwell on that, and they will keep an eye on whoever the person or company is in arrears." ”

Depp was very angry: "I don't care if I step on the horse!" ”

Whigham specifically reminded: "That's the IRS!" ”

As a person who grew up in the United States, Depp certainly understands the horror of the IRS, sat on the sofa with his back to the sky, and said: "I'm about to go bankrupt, what do I pay taxes and penalties to the IRS!" ”

There was no one around to speak.

Amber Heard has been sitting in the sofa chair and silent, her husband Depp is in a very bad situation now, his cash flow is depleted, there are only some fixed assets left, and if he doesn't get it right, he may go bankrupt.

She married Depp, what did she like?

It's definitely not the so-called captain charm, and it can't be Depp's alcohol and drug addiction, or other bad things.

Of course, it's rich and famous, and everything that comes with that.

Amber looked at Depp, his eye sockets were deep, his eye bags were heavy, his expression was decadent, and he exuded the lingering smell of alcohol.

Thinking about Musk, who I met some time ago, he is really a hundred times better than Depp.

It's time for divorce, Amber made a decision in her heart, secretly thinking about finding a good enough time to divorce, because she gave her youth, and in return, she had to take something away from Depp.

Depp is not in a good situation now, she doesn't plan to embarrass Depp too much, nine figures will not be considered, eight figures are enough.

Amber looked at Depp again, it was really bad everywhere, and there was something wrong with her body.

After persuading Depp for a while, the agent Whiggham suggested: "Sell the fixed assets and pay the IRS taxes and fines first, the longer it drags on, the more disadvantageous it is." ”

The lawyer timely reminded: "Once the IRS taxes and fines are overdue, there will be late fees, which will be compounded on a daily basis, and the amount will increase suddenly. ”

He specifically gave Depp an example: "It is precisely because of this that Nicolas Cage still has not paid off the tax arrears." “

In order to pay back taxes and a series of expenses arising therefrom, Cage has taken on all bad movies in recent years, and he wants to pay them off but there is no deadline.

Depp also heard people talk about it, and said: "Okay, sort out my fixed assets, I want to look at the specific list, and sell those that can be sold as soon as possible." ”

He never thought that he would be reduced to this day: "You guys deal with it as soon as possible." ”

Whigham nodded slightly.

The lawyer also has to deal with the case of Depp against the Mandel brothers, and there is no time to waste here, so he is the first to say goodbye and leave.

Depp suddenly thought of something and asked his agent: "I remember that on the crew of "The Lone Ranger", there was still a salary of $8 million that they hadn't paid, so you quickly contacted them and asked them to pay me this money." ”

"I personally went to Annapurna Pictures to discuss this with them. ”

Depp was tired and needed to drink and take drugs, so he waved his hand casually.

Whigem leaves the Columbia Mansion of the East and heads straight to Annapurna Films.

But what he said about the "Lone Ranger" crew's proposal to pay Depp the last $8 million in advance was rejected by Meghan Ellison.

"According to the terms of our supplementary agreement, the filmmaker has the right to pay the last payment after the film is released in North America." The recent bad things that happened to Depp have made Meghan Ellison exhausted, and she doesn't even know where to start with crisis PR, Depp has too many bad facts, and Annapurner's crisis PR is useless.

She cheered up and said: "You must restrain Depp and stop making negative news!" ”

Whegem defended Depp: "This matter has little to do with Depp, he is also a victim and was deceived by the investment manager United Accountants!" Ms. Ellison, you are well-informed and should know the inside story of this kind of incident. ”

Meghan, of course, saw it clearly, skipped it and asked, "What about the attack on Martin Davis?" Is Depp crazy? ”

Whigram said: "Those are three of Depp's friends, and when they saw Martin Davis bullying Depp, they couldn't stand it, and their spontaneous actions had nothing to do with Depp." ”

Megan thought of a series of filthy encounters with the crew of "The Martian" during the filming of "The Lone Ranger", and couldn't help but shake her head slightly.

Depp, a group of idiots, launched an attack, at least to knock over Martin Davis's car, but this group of stupid trucks and people didn't hit it, and they hitched themselves in.

According to the information she received, the idiot who drove the Hummer into the Martin car, in addition to drug driving, could be prosecuted by Los Angeles prosecutors for endangering public safety and attempted murder, and going to jail to pick up soap for a few years is inevitable.

Whigem argued with Megan Ellison again, but Megan Ellison was very strong, and the final result he got was still "NO"!

Johnny Depp wants to solve the tax crisis as soon as possible, and the only way to solve it is by quickly selling off fixed assets.

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Beverly Hills, Sunset Boulevard North.

Escalade, driven by Bruce, turned into the gate of Davis Manor.

Harris Carter, the second of Carter's four siblings, looked curiously at Martin's mansion in Los Angeles through the car window.

The car came to the front of the villa.

Harris saw his sister Lily, and the familiar Martin, and the blonde woman who, like Lily, had one hand around Martin's arm.

He had read in the newspaper that Elizabeth Olsen, who knew she was a cola god saint and Martin's girlfriend in Hollywood.

The car was parked and the door was opened by Lily from the outside.

Harris smiled at his little sister, and before the smile bloomed, Lily greeted him cordially in an Atlanta accent: "Idiot, get out of the car." ”

"Uh......" Harris put away his smile, jumped out of the car, looked at Martin who was coming over, and asked, "Boss, what are you looking for me?" ”

(End of chapter)