• Johnny Depp escapes a retrial in his bodily assault claim.
• As the actor’s legal team purportedly tries to settle his assault complaint.
• Johnny Depp appears to be attempting to avoid returning to court after winning a defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard.

Location manager Gregg ‘Rocky’ Brooks accused Depp of “maliciously and forcefully” punching him twice in his ribs amid the filming of City of Lies.

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Brooks further claimed that in April 2017, Depp offered the site manager $100,000 to “hit [him] in the face.”

The assault complaint is set to be heard in court next month.

According to RadarOnline.com, the Pirates of the Caribbean star’s legal team has been “deep in discussions.”

However, the deal could not be completed.

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Meanwhile, Depp was earlier urged to terminate the actors after they accused him of “fearing for his safety” while claiming that the assault was in self-defense and defence of others.

According to Brooks’ court docs, Depp’s actions “were intentional and malicious, and done for the purpose of causing plaintiff to suffer humiliation.”

And he claimed Depp’s “intoxication and temper created a hostile, abusive and unsafe work environment,”

which eventually resulted in him being assaulted by Depp during the filming of the crime thriller when he tried to enforce a permit restriction during a late night of filming.