Amber Heard Legal Team Shifts Tactics As Actress Prepares To Testify; Johnny Depp Had $22.5M ‘Pirates 6’ Deal, Manager Claims
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Amber Heard will now be the second witness for the defense as her team shifts tactics in the $50 million defamation trial with Johnny Depp.The Aquaman star had be set as the opening witness in the defense case, as Deadline exclusively revealed last week.
However, after the testimony of not board certified forensic psychologist Dr. Shannon Curry on behalf of Depp back on April 26, Heard’s Elaine Bredehoft and Ben Rottenborn-led legal team have decided to put clinical and forensic psychologist Dr.
Dawn Hughes on the stand in Fairfax County, Virginia tomorrow.Heard is now scheduled to follow Dr. Hughes’ testimony in the defense’s case this week, we heard.
Reps for Heard had no comment on the schedule change when contacted by Deadline today. Heard and Dr. Hughes’ respective testimony comes in what is now the fourth week of the five-week long trial that started on April 11.
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