--- description: Johnny Depp’s wife is expected in court on Monday for allegedly smuggling her Yorkshire terriers into Australia last April title: Johnny Depp's Wife Misses Dog-Smuggling Court Date image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ae232afb87f83c3/6988627735ba6f312cc0f0b5/ap531801711700-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Australia](/tag/australia/) ## Australia Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Johnny Depp’s Wife Misses Court Hearing for Smuggling Her Pet Dogs Into Australia by [Lisa Spear](/author/lisa-spear/) ## Lisa Spear Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 7, 2015 8:01 AM CUT  Actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard attend the premiere of The Danish Girl during the 72nd Venice Film Festival at Palazzo del Cinema in Venice on Sept. 5, 2015 Actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard attend the premiere of The Danish Girl during the 72nd Venice Film Festival at Palazzo del Cinema in Venice on Sept. 5, 2015Hubert Boesl—AP by [Lisa Spear](/author/lisa-spear/) ## Lisa Spear Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 7, 2015 8:01 AM CUT Johnny Depp’s wife [failed](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-34171021 "undefined") to attend a court hearing on Monday to answer charges of smuggling her pet dogs into Australia. Hollywood actress Amber Heard, 29, could face a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison plus a hefty fine for transporting the couple’s two Yorkshire terriers into the country illegally, the BBC reports. Depp does not face any charges. Although Heard, who starred alongside Billy Bob Thornton in _Friday Night Lights_, was due to appear before judges in Australia’s Gold Coast, her no-show was widely expected after she was seen attending the Venice Film Festival over the weekend. The case has been adjourned until Nov. 2. The controversy began in April when Heard failed to declare her dogs, Boo and Pistol, on an incoming customs passenger card after their arrival in Australia via Depp’s private jet. The couple were in town for the filming of the fifth _Pirates of the Caribbean_ film. When Australian Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce heard that the dogs had been brought into the country illegally, he threatened to euthanize them if they were not removed within 50 hours. This prompted an indignant response from dog lovers everywhere, including a Twitter campaign with the hashtag #WarOnTerrier. The Queensland Court subsequently issued a summons to Heard on two counts of illegal importation of an animal and one count of falsifying a document. \[[_BBC_](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-34171021 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4024149/australia-johnny-depp-amber-heard-dog-smuggling/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4024149/australia-johnny-depp-amber-heard-dog-smuggling/"},"headline":"Johnny Depp’s Wife Misses Court Hearing for Smuggling Her Pet Dogs Into Australia","datePublished":"2015-09-07T08:01:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:43:48.333Z","description":"Australia's Agriculture Minister says not even movie stars can break the law in Australia","url":"https://time.com/4024149/australia-johnny-depp-amber-heard-dog-smuggling/","keywords":["Australia","Dogs","Pets","court","smuggling","Johnny Depp","Amber Heard"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ae232afb87f83c3/6988627735ba6f312cc0f0b5/ap531801711700-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Spear","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-spear/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ae232afb87f83c3/6988627735ba6f312cc0f0b5/ap531801711700-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"72nd Venice Film Festival","caption":"72nd Venice Film Festival","creditText":"Hubert Boesl—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/australia/","name":"Australia"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4024149/australia-johnny-depp-amber-heard-dog-smuggling/","name":"Johnny Depp’s Wife Misses Court Hearing for Smuggling Her Pet Dogs Into Australia"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Johnny Depp's Dogs Could Land Him In Prison","description":"Johnny Depp illegally brought his two dogs into Australia, and now he may face up to ten years in prison.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fWQ6pqOD/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-05-26T15:32:54.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fWQ6pqOD.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4024149/australia-johnny-depp-amber-heard-dog-smuggling/","duration":"PT1M9S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4024149/australia-johnny-depp-amber-heard-dog-smuggling/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```