Johnny Depp Doubles Listing Price for French Village to $55.5M

Published: July 19, 2016 | By: American Luxury Staff

Johnny Depp is still in the thick of a nasty divorce from Amber Heard. Earlier this month, American Luxury covered Depp’s sale of two Jean-Michel Basquiat artworks—to the tune of $11.6 million—to help fund the proceedings. Depp took in another $3 million for 6 more Basquiats, but he’s still not finished liquidating, and he’s going big.

Last week, Depp relisted his compound outside the French resort town of Saint-Tropez for a staggering sum of $55.5 million—more than double the $26 million asking price from his original 2015 listing. The 37-acre property, a former village with over a dozen buildings, includes several guest cottages, a restaurant with a complete industrial kitchen, a garage, a laundry building and a village square. One of the guesthouses is in a former church, complete with a confessional booth-cum wardrobe closet.

The 4,300 square foot main house includes five bedrooms, an art studio, a wine cave with a “Pirates of the Caribbean” theme, two swimming pools, a gym and a skate park for Depp’s son.

Depp originally purchased the property in 2000 and reportedly poured about $10 million into restorations and updates, spending a substantial amount of time there with former partner Vanessa Paradis and their two children.

A number of billionaires have expressed interest in the compound.

Depp’s estimated $400 million fortune is likely to take a serious hit when all is said and done with his divorce. He and Heard reportedly did not have a prenuptial agreement.

The Pirates of the Caribbean actor has retained the services of divorce-lawyer-to-the-stars Laura Wasser, a specialist in high net-worth dissolutions.

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