Johnny Depp has come to an agreement with two former bodyguards who sued him last year claiming they were underpaid and overworked and exposed to 'unsafe conditions'.
The case has now been closed with future hearings canceled, The Blast reports.
Court documents dated January 4 show the bodyguards have 'reached a conditional settlement which settles and resolves the entire matter as to each Defendant and each Plaintiff.'
Case closed: Johnny Depp has come to an agreement with two former bodyguards who sued him last year for unsafe conditions and being overworked and underpaid
No details of the settlement terms have been revealed, including whether Depp paid off the duo in a cash deal.
Eugene Arreola and Miguel Sanchez claim Depp, 55, overworked and underpaid them over an 'intolerable' two year period when they say they had to act as his babysitter.
The duo filed a lawsuit against the actor in California in May 2018.
They alleged that between April 2016 and January 2018, they were not paid overtime and were deprived food and rest breaks while looking after Depp and his family.
The lawsuit contained explosive allegations including the claim that they once had to wipe drugs from Depp's face in a nightclub to stop others around him seeing the substance.
The men say that not only did they have to watch as Depp 'spiralled' into a 'financial hurricane', they also had to act as babysitters for his children.
Under wraps: No details of the settlement terms have been revealed, including whether Depp (pictured December 21) paid off the duo in a deal
Unhealthy environment: Eugene Arreola and Miguel Sanchez claim Depp, 55, overworked and underpaid them over an 'intolerable' two year period when they say they had to act as his babysitter
One claimed that one of his major responsibilities was ensuring that one of the children (he did not say which) was looked after properly because they lived in an outhouse on Depp's Los Angeles compound.
They asked for unspecified damages and compensation to make up for the money they claimed they were owed.
The lawsuit, which DailyMail.com obtained, describes how Sanchez and Arreola, a 38 year LAPD veteran, worked happily for Depp while employed by a security company which he had hired for years before the problems began.
Arreola started working for him in 2007 and became close with his mother Betty Sue Palmer, the lawsuit stated. It is not clear how long Sanchez worked for him.
'[They] witnessed Depp becoming increasingly embroiled in personal turmoil and detached from the reality around him.
The bodyguards said they were made to work round-the-clock, without food or rest breaks, at Depp's home in the Hollywood Hills (Above) and would sometimes accompany him and his children out
The bodyguards say they were told to give in to 'every whim' of Depp's children, 16-year-old John (left in 2015) and Lily-Rose, 18, (right in February)
'In early 2016, [they] began to notice a stark change in Depp and the atmosphere in his Hollywood Hills compound. Depp began making sudden and drastic changes to his staff and management team, causing a significant financial crunch for everyone surround him except for Depp himself,' the lawsuit read.
In April 2016, in the midst of his tumultuous marriage with Amber Heard, Depp fired Premier Group International, the company which employed both Sanchez and Arreola.
According to the bodyguards, he and his entourage decided they would 'cut out the middle man' and hire the security guards themselves to avoid paying an agency fee.
One of the guards became close with the actor's mother Betty Sue Palmer after protecting her for years and still visits her grave on her birthday, the lawsuit claims
They then took charge of the two guards' pay checks and were irresponsible in keeping track of them, it was alleged.
Not only did they have to start working '12 hour days, sometimes back-to-back shifts', the guards said their duties started to include safeguarding Depp and others around him who were 'engaging in illegal activity'.
'[They] found themselves in situations that required more than what a bodyguard would be expected to do.
'[They] were constantly being used as drivers, driving back and forth at Depp's or his family's beckoning....[they] were asked repeatedly to drive vehicles that contained illegal substances, open containers and minors.
'They were asked to monitor unstable individuals in Depp's life and entourage,' the lawsuit said.
Sanchez claimed he was tasked, for a while, with looking after one of Depp's two children. The lawsuit did not say which but the actor has two; 19-year-old Lily-Rose and 16-year-old John Depp III.
'Sanchez, whose primary detail was the protection of Depp's children, was more often than not the primary caretaker for Depp's minor child who lived off of Depp's compound in a separate home alone.
'Worse yet, Sanchez was told to give into every whim of Depp's children and worried he would lose his job if he did not comply with their demands,' the lawsuit read.
It also claimed that they had to act as a caretaker for Depp whose struggles with drugs and alcohol have been well documented in the past.
'Often times [they] were forced to protect Depp from himself and his vices while in public, becoming caretakers for him.
'An incident at a local nightclub involved [them] alerting Depp of illegal substances visible on his face and person while preventing onlookers from noticing his condition,' it read.
The men say they retired as a result of the 'toxic' and 'dangerous' work environment they were subjected to 'despite the fact that they enjoyed many of the people they worked with and had no ill will toward Johnny Depp.'
Depp has been pictured with other security guards since Sanchez and Arreola left their jobs.
In early 2016, when Depp was married to Amber Heard, the guards said they saw him becoming 'increasingly embroiled in turmoil and detached from reality'
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Main photo article Johnny Depp has come to an agreement with two former bodyguards who sued him last year claiming they were underpaid and overworked and exposed to ‘unsafe conditions’.
The case has now been closed with future hearings canceled, The Blast reports.
Court documents dated January 4 show...
It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.
Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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