David Shane: Last News

The man hired by Amber Heard to spin her side of the ongoing legal battle involving Johnny Depp reportedly has two DUI arrests, various sexual harassment claims against him, and other sexual misconduct allegations swirling around. So just hiring him may not turn out to be the best look…

ongoing defamation trial against Johnny Depp, according to reports.The actress is believed to have sacked crisis management specialists Precision Strategies on Thursday (April 28) after being subject to “bad headlines” since the trial began last month.According to The New York Post, a source said Heard is “frustrated with her story not being told effectively”.It’s claimed she’s hired Shane Communications as a replacement, days before her legal team will present evidence at the trial later this week.The new PR team, led by CEO David Shane, has previously worked against Depp before. In 2017, the firm represented the actor’s former business managers The Management Group, who claimed Depp needed to hire a shrink over his “compulsive spending” habits.Depp is suing his ex-wife Heard for defamation over a 2018 op-ed in The Washington Post, where she wrote about being a survivor of domestic violence.Heard didn’t mention Depp by name in the piece, though Depp’s lawyers argue it falsely implies she was sexually and physically abused by him in their marriage.

Breaking up is hard to do. Amber Heard isn’t happy with her public image amid her and Johnny Depp’s ongoing defamation trial — and her public relations team is paying the price.

Axed. Amber Heard fired her PR team just days before delivering her testimony as part of an ongoing defamation trial with her ex-husband, Johnny Depp. According to the New York Post, the Aquaman actress gave crisis public relations firm Precision Strategies the sack after a barrage of “bad headlines” about her in the press.

Amber Heard ditched her original PR team and hired a new one just days before the actress is set to take the stand in Johnny Depp's ongoing defamation trial, Fox News Digital can confirm. Heard has hired Shane Communications after ending her contract with Precision Strategies.

A year after its launch, Shane/Nahley Communications is expanding with the appointment of talent agency communications vet Sarah Shulman as vice president.

EXCLUSIVE: Susan Nahley Fleishman, who held top corporate posts at Warner Bros and Universal Pictures, and David Shane, a former senior exec at Relativity Media, ICM and Comcast, have launched Shane/Nahley Communications.