Johnny Depp’s defamation trial has continued after a quick break, with Amber Heard at present on the stand.
His lawyer, Camille Vasquez, has been questioning the 36-year-old throughout a tense cross-examination, over her allegations that the Pirates of the Caribbean actor had been abusing her throughout their relationship.
The case started final month and is being heard on the Fairfax County Courthouse, and in addition being streamed dwell on YouTube on numerous channels.
Who's Johnny Depp’s lawyer?
Depp, who's suing his ex-wife and searching for $50million in damages, is represented by Brown Rudnick within the case.
Ms Vasquez, who works for the agency, is at present endeavor cross-examination of Heard. She went to College of Southern California in 2006 after which Southwestern Regulation Faculty in 2020.
A biography on the Brown Rudnick web site reads: ‘Camille Vasquez is an affiliate within the Agency’s Litigation & Arbitration Apply Group.
‘Her present apply focuses on plaintiff-side defamation fits, with extra expertise litigating contract disputes, business-related torts, and employment-related claims.
‘Camille is adept at formulating offensive and defensive litigation methods for personal shoppers. She additionally has in depth expertise dealing with parallel fame administration and disaster communications points arising from these engagements.
‘Previous to Brown Rudnick, Camille was an legal professional at a nationwide agency in Los Angeles.’
Who's Johnny Depp’s authorized workforce?
In addition to Ms Vasquez, Depp’s workforce additionally consists of Ben Chew, Stephanie Calnan, Andrew Crawford, Rebecca MacDowell Lecaroz, Yarelyn Mena, Jessica Meyers and Samuel Moniz.
Chew has been sitting beside Depp within the court docket room within the proceedings and has ‘efficiently prosecuted two breach of fiduciary circumstances’ for the Edward Scissorhands star in Los Angeles, in accordance with his bio on the location.
It additionally reads: ‘Ben is a multifaceted litigator, representing shoppers in advanced business litigation and arbitrations within the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and all through the USA and internationally.’
He's mentioned to deal with ‘various business disputes’, in addition to defamation and mental property.
Who's Amber Heard’s lawyer?
On Heard’s workforce is legal professional Elaine Bredehoft, who's reportedly ‘constantly acknowledged as one of many high legal professionals in Virgina, Washington and Baltimore’.
Heard has additionally employed Woods Rogers to characterize her within the case, together with Ben Rottenborn – who has ‘in depth expertise representing shoppers in advanced civil litigation issues involving points’.
A biography for Rottenborn on the Woods Rogers web site reads: ‘As a litigator, Ben practices at each the trial and appellate ranges in federal and state courts across the nation.’
Earlier than becoming a member of the agency in 2012, he was a accomplice within the Chicago workplace of worldwide legislation agency Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Depp is suing Heard for defamation after she penned a 2018 op-ed within the Washington Put up, discussing her experiences of home violence – which didn't title the Hollywood star.
His workforce have argued that it implied that he was bodily and sexually violent in the direction of her, one thing he had denied.
He beforehand took the stand when the case started final month, and insisted that he has by no means struck a lady.
The trial continues.
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