Australian court hearing over Johnny Depp's dogs adjourned

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Australian court hearing over Johnny Depp's dogs adjourned

SYDNEY (AP) — A court hearing dealing with allegations that Johnny Depp's wife, Amber Heard, illegally brought the couple's dogs to Australia was adjourned on Monday until November.

Heard was charged in July with two counts of illegally importing Pistol and Boo into Australia and one count of producing a false document. She could face heavy fines and up to 10 years in prison if convicted, though legal experts have said it's unlikely she'll face a lengthy jail term since the dogs were flown back to the U.S. before a government deadline.

Heard did not appear at the Southport Magistrates Court in Queensland state on Monday. The case was adjourned until Nov. 2.

The doggie drama began in May, after Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce accused Depp of smuggling the Yorkshire terriers aboard his private jet when he returned to Australia to resume filming of the fifth movie in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series.

"If we start letting movie stars — even though they've been the sexiest man alive twice — to come into our nation (with pets), then why don't we just break the laws for everybody?" Joyce said at the time. "It's time that Pistol and Boo buggered off back to the United States."

Australia has strict quarantine regulations to prevent diseases such as rabies from spreading to its shores. Bringing pets into the country involves applying for a permit and quarantine on arrival of at least 10 days.

Officials gave Depp and Heard 72 hours to send Pistol and Boo back to the U.S., warning that the dogs would be euthanized if they weren't. The dogs boarded a flight to the U.S. just hours before the deadline.

The prosecutor's office has declined to explain why Depp wasn't charged, citing the ongoing nature of the case.


-- (c) Associated Press 2015-09-07

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[slipperylobster]

What a bunch of twerps. Look at this...

"Pistol and Boo, were threatened with death by Australia's Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce".

This from a country full of soi dogs and dingos. Johnny took it all in stride and replied.. "I killed my dogs And ate them under direct orders from some kind of sweaty, big-gutted man from Australia"

got to love this guy. No wonder aussies don't want to go back.

Edited September 7, 2015 by slipperylobster

[Freed1948]

It's a pity Australia's Quarantine laws don't stop idiots

like Depp and his missus from entering the country.

The laws are there for a good reason and MUST not be flaunted.

[steve654]

The limits to free speech in this forum has become second to none. Yesterday I posted that it was funny that Johnny made that rack about his experience in australia as well as stating a few facts about quarantine and today I see my post was deleted. This is becoming very alarming that moderators are trying to only get "their"point of view across.

[Scott]

The limits to free speech in this forum has become second to none. Yesterday I posted that it was funny that Johnny made that rack about his experience in australia as well as stating a few facts about quarantine and today I see my post was deleted. This is becoming very alarming that moderators are trying to only get "their"point of view across.

There have been no posts removed from this topic so far.

[steve654]

The limits to free speech in this forum has become second to none. Yesterday I posted that it was funny that Johnny made that rack about his experience in australia as well as stating a few facts about quarantine and today I see my post was deleted. This is becoming very alarming that moderators are trying to only get "their"point of view across.

There have been no posts removed from this topic so far.

Thanks for replying! I remember now that I posted early in the morning my time and for some reason it couldn't get posted as there was error msg's popping up. So sorry about the short term memory loss, my sincere apologies.