Amber Just Fired Her Lawyers After She Became ‘Broke’ From Their Fees Johnny’s $10M Verdict—Here’s if She’s Found a New Team Yet
stylecaster.comA fresh pair of eyes. Amber Heard fired her lawyers after her trial with Johnny Depp. The Aquaman star’s reps confirmed that a key player in Heard’s legal case is leaving while a new team joins her.
According to TMZ on August 15, 2022, David L. Axelrod and Jay Ward Brown will join Ben Rottenborn as Heard’s counsel. The lawyers recently and successfully defended the New York Times against a defamation suit recently brought by Sarah Palin. Heard’s lead lawyer in the defamation case Elaine Bredehoft stepped down.
In a press release, the lawyers said, “We’re confident the appellate court will apply the law properly without deference to popularity, reverse the judgment against Ms.
Heard and reaffirm the fundamental principles of Freedom of Speech.” A representative of Heard said, “When it comes to protecting the fundamental right of Freedom of Speech, we look at the jury’s decision — to paraphrase a famous quote — not ‘as the beginning of the end, but merely the end of the beginning.’ A different court warrants different representation, particularly as so much new evidence is now coming to light.” Heard wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post about her experience with domestic abuse in 2018.
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