At the time, the 58-year-old actor's then-wife was accused breaching Australia's strict biosecurity laws after failing to declare her two dogs – Yorkshire Terriers named Pistol and Boo – when she flew into Queensland on a private jet. She also did not abide by the country's 10-day pet quarantine policy.

Her attorney insisted that the necessary paperwork simply "slipped through the cracks" and that there was "no attempt to deceive." After issuing a public apology and blaming the mishap on both ignorance and lack of sleep, Heard managed to avoid charges.

However, the ordeal was recently dredged up due to statements made during Depp's United Kingdom libel trial with media outlet The Sun.

Last July, his former estate manager, Kevin Murphy, called Heard's explanation into question, telling the London court that she had ordered him to lie under oath about the dog-smuggling scandal.

He swore that prior to her trip, he explained to her "several times the fact that trying to take the dogs into Australia without completing the mandatory process was illegal and could result in very harsh penalties including euthanizing the dogs."

When the controversy went public, Murphy said Heard demanded that he provide a "false statement" to the Australian court, saying that she didn't know anything about the process.