By the Associated Press | August 18, 2016 | 7:30 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amber Heard said Thursday she is donating her entire $7 million divorce settlement from Johnny Depp to a pair of charities that will use the money to benefit women who have been abused and sick children.

Heard writes in a statement released Thursday that the money will be split between the American Civil Liberties Union and the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Heard says the money to the ACLU is being given to help its efforts to combat violence against women.

Heard and Depp settled their contentious divorce on Tuesday, one day before the actors were scheduled to begin a restraining order hearing that would center on Heard’s allegations

Depp repeatedly abused her during their marriage.Depp denied he abused Heard, and his attorney accused Heard of making the domestic violence allegations to obtain a more favorable settlement.

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