JOHNNY DEPP’S wife has filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences after just over a year of marriage.

    Court records show that Amber Heard filed for divorce this week and is seeking spousal support from the Oscar-nominated actor. The split also comes hard on the heels of the death May 20 of Depp’s mother, Betty Sue Palmer, after a long illness.

    Depp and Heard recently hit the headlines for a bizarre spat with Australian deputy prime minister and minister for agriculture Barnaby Joyce, after Heard fell foul of biosecurity rules for unlawfully bringing the pair’s dogs into the country. Joyce threatened to have the dogs euthanized unless they “buggered off” back to the United States.

    Heard admitted making a false customs declaration, in exchange for which an Australian magistrate dropped charges against her of illegally importing animals, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment.

    As part of the case, Depp and Heard were awkward participants in an extraordinary video, in which they offered an apology of staggering insincerity, and Depp mutters that people should “declare everything when you go to Australia.”

    Bernadette Callaghan, the magistrate, said at the time that the video was “of far more benefit to this country” as a warning to others than any conviction of Heard.

    Heard listed their date of separation as Sunday. The pair have no children together.

    Depp and Heard met when they co-starred in the 2011 film “The Rum Diary,” and while Depp was still in a long relationship with the French actor, Vanessa Paradis.

    Depp’s latest film, “Alice Through the Looking Glass,” is due to be released Friday.

    Celebrity website TMZ reported that the couple do not have a prenuptial agreement.

    (SD-Agencies)