Johnny Depp’s attorney, Camille Vasquez, is speaking out on her client’s recent decision to appeal against Amber Heard, explaining that they only did so because his ex-wife had appealed first.
Camille sat down for a televised interview with Gayle King on CBS, which aired on Thursday, asserting that they “absolutely” have a plan to fight Amber’s motion to appeal the verdict, after the “Aquaman” star claimed the court had made errors that prevented her from having a fair trial in court and consistent with the First Amendment.
In response to Amber’s claims, Camille has now responded, saying, “Mr. Depp ended up filing his own appeal so that the court could have the full record. And she insists on continuing to litigate this matter. We have to protect our client’s interest.”
“We are just hopeful that the court will uphold the verdict, which we think was the right verdict, and allow both parties to move on.”
When Gayle quizzed the lawyer on whether she believed the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star would have moved on from the case and not file to appeal the verdict of having to pay Amber $2 million in compensatory damages, she didn’t even hesitate to tell the news anchor that it was a “very fair statement.”
As fans will recall, Johnny and Amber spent six weeks fighting it out at the Fairfax County District Court, which commenced in April and concluded in the first week of June. The jury found in favor of the father-of-two lead, who was awarded $15 million in total, which was later reduced down to $10 million.
Amber didn’t lose altogether though; the jury awarded her $2 million in compensatory damages, though she has vehemently stood by her words that the trial was unfair based on a number of reasons, including that she had to sit in a courtroom with dozens of Johnny Depp fans while giving her testimony.
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She also complained about a juror on the trial never being summoned for duty, which her legal team called a huge conflict and deserving of a retrial. They ended up filing a motion requesting that the verdict either be thrown out or that a new trial would take place, but a judge denied both requests, prompting Amber’s attorneys to appeal the verdict altogether.
“We are therefore appealing the verdict,” a spokesperson for Amber said. “While we realize today’s filing will ignite the Twitter bonfires, there are steps we need to take to ensure both fairness and justice.”