Johnny Depp Hired The Lawyer He Seen On TV
The Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial made headlines for six weeks, and eventually a jury in a Fairfax, Virginia courtroom concluded that both parties were discredited after their bitter outcome and divorce in 2016. Depp was awarded US$15 million in damages as the jury announced. That the Hollywood star was defamed by his ex-wife in an op-ed published in The Washington Post in 2018. Many on social media, who had been supporting Depp from the beginning, seemed happy with the decision.
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Depp’s lawyer in limelight during Amber Heard trial
During the trial, Depp’s attorneys were everyone people could talk about. Camille Vasquez, who represents Depp, has become an overnight celebrity. During the trial, Vasquez fearlessly cross-examined Heard. He also asked the Aquaman actor whether the $7 million divorce settlement money promised was donated by him. Vasquez was also romantically linked to Depp.
Now, it turns out that Depp hired one of his lawyers after watching the hit Netflix series Making a Murderer.
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Depp hired a lawyer he saw on TV
One of the lawyers representing Depp has starred in the Netflix series Making a Murderer. Her name is Kathleen Zellner. She said that Depp hired her because he had seen her on the show and remembered her saying that ‘she would be the last person if anyone was guilty.’
Depp contacted Zellner and left a voicemail.
Speaking to the Law & Crime Network after the Depp v. Heard decision, Zellner said, “He (Depp) called me and left a voicemail in my office. I didn’t really believe it was Johnny Depp, but It sounded like him and he left the phone number and said he wanted to talk to me. It was a sign to me of the fact that he was innocent, because he said, ‘I looked at making a murderer, where you said Was that if you were guilty you would be the last one, if someone was guilty, because you would find out about it’.
Netizens react to this bizarre affair
As soon as the affair was revealed, netizens reacted by writing, “Now I believe it… it was not a test… it was TV series (sic),” and another said, ” Very interesting..I saw that show on Netflix (sic).”