Candie Davidson-Goldbronn — Direct/Cross
58 linesTHE COURT: Allright. Your next witness.
MR. CHEW: Your Honor, Mr. Depp calls Candie Davidson-Goldbronn, who is the corporate designee at the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles.
THE COURT: Allright. That's by deposition; is that correct?
MR. MONIZ: Ms. Goldbronn, is it your understanding youre here today to testify on behalf of the Children's Hospital?
CANDIE DAVIDSON-GOLDBRONN: Correct. Yes.
MR. MONIZ: So as of June 2018, had any payments been made by Ms. Heard to the Children's Hospital in connection with the -- the $3.5 million pledge, aside from the original hundred-thousand-dollar check from Mr. White, August 2017?
CANDIE DAVIDSON-GOLDBRONN: Yes, there was a payment, a gift on January 9th of 2018.
MR. MONIZ: = And what amount is that gift that youre referring to? 17. = A_ $250,000.
MR. MONIZ: Okay. And was that gift made by Ms. Heard or on Ms. Heard's behalf?
CANDIE DAVIDSON-GOLDBRONN: By Ms. Heard.
MR. MONIZ: Okay. And what are you basing that statement on?
CANDIE DAVIDSON-GOLDBRONN: By the check that we received from Fidelity Charity that came to Children's Hospital.
MR. MONIZ: What is this document?
CANDIE DAVIDSON-GOLDBRONN: It's a letter to Mr. White from myself, inquiring about further installments on the pledge that had not been fulfilled.
MR. MONIZ: And why did you write this to Mr. White on June 14th, 2019?
CANDIE DAVIDSON-GOLDBRONN: I was trying to figure out if there were any other payments coming from Mr. White to fulfill the pledge because we had -- because Children's Hospital Los Angeles had not received any other correspondence from him.
MR. MONIZ: And what is this document?
CANDIE DAVIDSON-GOLDBRONN: It is the letter to Ms. Gottlieb from myself on behalf of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, inquiring about additional gifts, pledge payment installments.
MR. MONIZ: This letter appears to be directed to Ms. Amber Heard, care of Jody Gottlieb; is that correct?
CANDIE DAVIDSON-GOLDBRONN: Correct.
MR. MONIZ: Who's Jody Gottlieb?
CANDIE DAVIDSON-GOLDBRONN: In the Children's Hospital Los Angeles records, Jody Gottlieb was our contact for Ms. Amber Heard.
MR. MONIZ: Ms. Goldbronn, why did you send this letter to Ms. Heard and to Ms. Gottlieb?
CANDIE DAVIDSON-GOLDBRONN: I was trying to see if the pledge was going to be fulfilled or not.
MR. MONIZ: In your experience, is it common practice for anonymous donors, when making donations to in one paragraph, state that they wish to remain anonymous and in the very next paragraph, identify themselves?
MR. MONIZ: That is common? <A _ It is common for donors to want to remain anonymous publicly, but allow the charity to note who they are.
MR. MONIZ: Between June 2018 and the dates on which you sent the letters to Ms. Heard and Mr. White in June of 2019, were any additional funds received from Ms. Heard?
MR. MONIZ: Okay. So as of June 2018, a total of $250,000 had been received, as far as the Children's Hospital is concerned, from Ms. Heard and that was the same amount that had been donated a year later in June of 2019; is that correct?
CANDIE DAVIDSON-GOLDBRONN: Correct.
MR. MONIZ: As of the date of this deposition, March 30th, 2021, how much in total has Ms. Heard donated to the Children's Hospital?
CANDIE DAVIDSON-GOLDBRONN: For this particular gift? I mean, for this in her lifetime?
MR. MONIZ: From 2016 to present.
CANDIE DAVIDSON-GOLDBRONN: $250,000.
MR. MONIZ: Ms. Goldbronn, do you recall we were speaking about this letter a few minutes ago? 17. A Correct.
MR. MONIZ: Allright. And this is a letter you sent to Ms. Heard, correct?
CANDIE DAVIDSON-GOLDBRONN: Correct.
MR. MONIZ: Did you ever get a response to this letter?
MR. MONIZ: As of October of 2018, how much money had Ms. Heard directly donated to the Children's Hospital?
CANDIE DAVIDSON-GOLDBRONN: $250,600.
MR. MONIZ: As of March 30th --
COURT REPORTER: I'm sorry, I didn't hear the end of that.
CANDIE DAVIDSON-GOLDBRONN: Sorry, I just realized. You said October 2018?
MR. MONIZ: Correct.
CANDIE DAVIDSON-GOLDBRONN: Okay. $250,000.
MR. MONIZ: Okay. As of March 30th, 2019, how much money had Ms. Heard directly donated to Children's Hospital?
CANDIE DAVIDSON-GOLDBRONN: $250,000.
MS. BREDEHOFT: What is your understanding of the length of time over which Ms. Heard pledged the gift of 3.5 million to Children's Hospital?
CANDIE DAVIDSON-GOLDBRONN: There was no date arrangement with Ms. Heard to have this pledge paid off at a particular time.
MS. BREDEHOFT: If Ms. Heard were to pay this, the rest of the 3.5 million in two years or five years, would CH -- Children's Hospital welcome that?
CANDIE DAVIDSON-GOLDBRONN: The CHLA welcomes every and any donation that comes its way.
MS. BREDEHOFT: Has Amber Heard's pledge of the $3.5 million to Children's Hospital expired, to your knowledge?
CANDIE DAVIDSON-GOLDBRONN: Not that I'm aware of, no. It has not expired.