Johnny Depp's attorneys, Ben Chew and Camille Vasquez, gave two morning show interviews on Wednesday.The lawyers spoke with 's George Stephanopoulos in one of their first interview since the actor won his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard.
Chew and Vasquez addressed the attention the case received on social media and responded to Heard's team calling the victory a step back for women's rights.Throughout the lengthy trial, there was no shortage of attention on social media, which Stephanopoulos quickly asked Chew and Vasquez about.«My view is that social media played no role whatsoever,» Chew responded. «This was a decision made by the jury on the evidence presented by both sides, and as Camille said, it was overwhelmingly in Mr.
Depp's favor.»Stephanopoulos later asked the two their thoughts on Heard's team calling their appearance on the talk show a «victory lap for setting back decades of how women can be treated in the courtroom.» Vasquez called the comments «disappointing.»«We're only speaking about what happened in this case,» she explained. «And the facts in this case were overwhelmingly positive for Johnny and the verdict speaks for itself.»Stephanopoulos went on to bring up the criticism from victims’ advocate groups’ which are that the verdict of this case will have “a chilling effect on domestic violence victims and it’s a blow to the #MeToo movement."«I think our response to that is we encourage any victim to come forward,” Vasquez replied. „Domestic violence doesn’t have a gender… We do not [think this has any negative impact to the #MeToo movement].
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