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defamation trial against Amber Heard. Benjamin Chew appeared on “Law & Crime Sidebar with Jesse Weber” Tuesday and weighed in on the “It Ends With Us” lawsuit — including Baldoni’s move to launch a website with an amended version of his $400 million lawsuit against Lively, 37, as well as a timeline of events relevant to the case.

Johnny Depp’s lawyers have revealed they were “concerned” that he might lose his temper during the Amber Heard trial.The high-profile legal case between the former husband and wife reached the trial stage in 2022. Depp sued Heard for defamation over a 2018 Washington Post op-ed where she described herself as a victim of domestic abuse, without naming Depp.

Two of the lawyers that Johnny Depp worked with during his legal standoff with Amber Heard revisited the lawsuit and their experience with the actor.

Amber Heard and Johnny Depp has come to an end now that the settlement money has been issued to the actor. Heard has paid $1 million to Depp, and an insider has revealed what he is planning to do with the money.People reports that the 60-year-old star will be dividing the amount between five charity organizations, including Make-A-Film Foundation, The Painted Turtle, Red Feather, Tetiaroa Society, and Amazonia Fund Alliance.

Camille Vasquez, the legal ally who stood by Johnny Depp’s side throughout his high-profile trial against Amber Heard, has cemented a bond with the actor beyond the courtroom.

Camille Vasquez, who gained notoriety as one of Johnny Depp’s lawyers in his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard, has joined NBC News as a legal analyst.

If this is a sign of things to come, this war of words will probably never end.

UPDATE, 9:20 AM: Johnny Depp is “pleased” with the end of his long defamation clash with Amber Heard and the settlement between the former Rum Diary co-stars.

just attack ex-husband Johnny Depp in her first interview about her humiliating courtroom loss — she also took direct aim at his now-celebrity attorney Camille Vasquez.Speaking to NBC News for a one-hour “Dateline” special, Heard, 36, showed clear disdain when Savannah Guthrie asked about Vasquez’s repeated argument that the actress gave “the performance of her life” and was merely acting in her explosive courtroom testimony.“Says the lawyer for the man who convinced the world he had scissors for fingers,” Heard shot back, her voice dripping with sarcasm while referring to Depp’s performances in the 1990 fantasy “Edward Scissorhands.”“I’m the performer? I had listened to weeks of testimony insinuating that — or saying quite directly — that I’m a terrible actress.“So I’m a bit confused how I could be both,” she said snapped in a teaser of the interview released Tuesday.Heard only mustered backhanded praise when Guthrie bluntly asked her if she thought she lost because her ex-husband “just had better lawyers” than her.“I will say his lawyers did certainly a better job of distracting the jury from the real issues,” the actress replied, without ever directly naming Vasquez or her colleague, Benjamin Chew.Vasquez’s winning performance during the explosive six-week trial made her an unexpected star as well as a newly promoted partner in her firm.She had both opened and closed her case by suggesting that the actress would merely be performing on the stand.“She has been living and breathing this lie for years now, and she has been preparing to give the performance of her life in this trial,” Vasquez said during opening statements in April.Then in closing arguments late last month, she told the court, “She came into this

giving an excited fist-pump during the star’s explosive defamation trial.Chew confirmed to Law&Crime that his now-viral courtroom celebration came because he knew Amber Heard’s decision to mention unfounded rumors about Depp’s treatment of another famous ex, Kate Moss, would be a turning point in unraveling her testimony.“There was an instance in which Ms. Heard actually did admit to punching Johnny, and that was what we call the ‘staircase incident,” the now-celebrity lawyer told the outlet.He recalled how Heard told the court she “had to punch Johnny” or else he would “have pushed her sister Whitney down the stairs the same way she had heard that he had pushed Kate Moss down the stairs.”“I lost my composure for a moment and did a fist-pump because I knew that was not true,” Chew, 60, said of his caught-on-camera celebration.Still, he insisted that Heard’s mention of the British supermodel “put a lot of pressure on us — we really had to come up with the goods.”“Fortunately, Ms.

Johnny Depp’s lawyer has said that claims that the jury was ‘tainted’ by social media during the defamation case between him and Amber Heard are ‘baseless’. A representative for the 59 year old actor has expressed his disappointment at the accusations that the jurors' integrity was compromised.The accusation was made by Elaine Bredehoft in an interview with the US news programme Today, shortly after verdicts were returned in the multi-million dollar defamation case in Virginia. Benjamin Chew, who was part of Pirates of the Caribbean actor Johnny’s legal team, has said that these accusations were “really disappointing” to hear.

defamation trial served as a source of entertainment for millions of people around the world — and even catapulted a relatively unknown lawyer from San Francisco to the world stage.Camille Vasquez, 37, has now admitted that her newfound fame is a “bit overwhelming” for the lawyer. “But if I can be an inspiration to young women that want to go to law school and study and work hard, then it was all worth it,” she said Wednesday while appearing with beside fellow Depp attorney Benjamin Chew on “Good Morning America.”The winning duo also stopped by the “TODAY Show” Wednesday, and Vasquez gave a nearly identical statement on the public’s fascination.

Savannah Guthrie made a startling admission in the middle of interviewing Johnny Depp's attorneys on the show -- her husband, Michael Feldman, worked as a consultant for the actor's legal team in his defamation trial.The 50-year-old co-anchor was setting up the interview during Wednesday's show and recapping the trial that saw Depp score a victory against Amber Heard in his defamation trial against her. As she introduced Depp's attorneys, Camille Vasquez and Benjamin Chew, Guthrie then offered «a quick disclosure.»«My husband has done consulting work for the Depp legal team, but not in connection with this interview,» she told viewers at home before beginning the interview portion of the segment.Feldman, who tied the knot with Guthrie in 2014, has deep ties in the Washington, D.C.

Johnny Depp’s lawyers Camille Vasquez and Benjamin Chew shut down assumptions that online support for their client swayed the jury’s ruling in his defamation lawsuit.

She was the MVP of Johnny Depp‘s legal team — which actually might make her the biggest winner of this whole trial.

After six weeks of testimony and 13 hours of deliberations, the jury in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial delivered its verdict on Wednesday, June 1, finding in favour of Depp that Heard defamed him.

After six weeks of testimony and 13 hours of deliberations, the jury in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trail delivered its verdict on Wednesday, June 1, finding in favour of Depp that Heard defamed him.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterAfter six weeks of trial, attorneys for Amber Heard and Johnny Depp made their closing arguments to a Virginia jury on Friday, with each side making the case that their client was defamed in the wake of the couple’s divorce.Each side argued that the jurors had gotten to see the “real” Johnny Depp — though they differed wildly about who that is. Depp’s attorney, Benjamin Chew, presented him as a “decent, well-liked man” whose life had been destroyed “by a vicious lie” that he had abused Heard.Heard’s lawyer, Ben Rottenborn, countered with audio and video recordings and text messages in which Depp poured out rage against Heard, including one text in which he said he hoped that “that cunt’s rotting corpse is decomposing in the fucking trunk of a Honda Civic.” “These words are a window into the heart and mind of America’s favorite pirate,” Rottenborn said.

Johnny Depp‘s legal team has made their closing argument in his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard.

Naomi Campbell will always have her friend’s back. Millions of people are watching the Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard defamation trial, and Wednesday was a big day as Kate Moss appeared live in court via video.

A blast from the past. Kate Moss will testify in Johnny Depp’s defamation trial against Amber Heard. The model was mentioned during Amber’s testimony, and Johnny’s team is expected to bring her in as a witness.