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| Depp's wife's Australia dog-smuggling case adjourned | Depp's wife's Australia dog-smuggling case adjourned |
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| A case to hear dog-smuggling charges against actor Johnny Depp's wife Amber Heard has been adjourned. | |
| Ms Heard had been ordered to appear in an Australian court on Monday on charges of failing to declare her terrier dogs to Customs officials. | Ms Heard had been ordered to appear in an Australian court on Monday on charges of failing to declare her terrier dogs to Customs officials. |
| She failed to appear but the case has now been adjourned until 2 November. | She failed to appear but the case has now been adjourned until 2 November. |
| The actress faces a possible 10-year jail term or a hefty fine for illegally importing the dogs into Australia and of producing a false document. | The actress faces a possible 10-year jail term or a hefty fine for illegally importing the dogs into Australia and of producing a false document. |
| The discovery of the dogs in a Gold Coast mansion where the couple were staying earlier this year sparked a public spat with Australia's Agriculture Minister, attracted international media attention and was dubbed the #WarOnTerrier by social media. | |
| Mr Depp does not face any charges over the dogs. | Mr Depp does not face any charges over the dogs. |
| Australia has strict quarantine laws to prevent diseases being imported into the island nation. | Australia has strict quarantine laws to prevent diseases being imported into the island nation. |
| Ms Heard was spotted over the weekend supporting her husband at the Venice Film Festival. | Ms Heard was spotted over the weekend supporting her husband at the Venice Film Festival. |
| The dogs, Boo and Pistol, are understood to have arrived in Australia on board Mr Depp's private jet in April this year. | The dogs, Boo and Pistol, are understood to have arrived in Australia on board Mr Depp's private jet in April this year. |
| The star was in Australia filming the fifth movie in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise on Australia's Gold Coast. | The star was in Australia filming the fifth movie in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise on Australia's Gold Coast. |
| At the time, Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce said the dogs would be put down if they stayed. | At the time, Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce said the dogs would be put down if they stayed. |
| Mr Joyce said he didn't care if Mr Depp had been voted the "sexiest man alive", he still had to adhere to quarantine rules. | Mr Joyce said he didn't care if Mr Depp had been voted the "sexiest man alive", he still had to adhere to quarantine rules. |
| The dogs left the country unharmed a few days later. | The dogs left the country unharmed a few days later. |
| "I ate my dogs..." | "I ate my dogs..." |
| Mr Depp recently took aim at Mr Joyce at a press conference in Venice. | Mr Depp recently took aim at Mr Joyce at a press conference in Venice. |
| "I killed my dogs and ate them under direct orders from some kind of, I don't know, sweaty, big-gutted man from Australia," Mr Depp said. | "I killed my dogs and ate them under direct orders from some kind of, I don't know, sweaty, big-gutted man from Australia," Mr Depp said. |