"We ask you to set the record straight that he is not the abuser she described," Attorney Camille Vasquez said of Johnny Depp on Friday.
"It was a performance," Vasquez told the jury on Friday. "She told you what she thinks you need to hear to convict this man as a domestic abuser and a rapist. Without naming Depp, the Aquaman actress claimed she was a victim of domestic and sexual violence. Clips of Vasquez in court have gone viral several times over the course of the trial, one, in particular, gained her some praise after she told Heard to stop talking to the jury. According to reporter Sierra Gillespie in a tweet, Vasquez finished the rebuttal closing argument by telling the jury, "While you deliberate, ask yourselves why Mr. Depp would put himself through this, expose every embarrassing detail of his life on national television. She wants you to believe she was abused countless times. Amber Heard defamation trial for the last time on Friday afternoon in a rebuttal closing argument before sitting down and embracing Depp.
Years of allegations about brutal domestic violence and career-destroying lies came to a head on Friday.
She said, however, that during their relationship she was subjected to systematic violence, including a “cavity search” for cocaine, and that Depp threatened to kill her. “I am here because my ex-husband is suing me for an op-ed I wrote,” Heard said on the stand earlier this month. After it was published, he said, Disney abruptly ditched Depp from Pirates, a contention made by at least one Depp witness previously, and a key claim in the larger case. Heard, however, states that Depp sexually assaulted her with a liquor bottle during a fight while Depp was on a three-day bender. He said that before the op-ed, he had wrapped up negotiations for Depp to star in the sixth installation of Pirates of the Caribbean for $22.5 million. And it’s about restoring Mr. Depp’s name and standing in the community to the fullest extent that you can.” “These things could happen very quickly,” he testified, explaining a black eye visible in a photograph of him and Heard from their honeymoon. Depp said that during that trip, Heard severed his fingertip after throwing a vodka bottle at him during a fight. The crux of Depp’s argument is that he never abused Heard, but she effectively branded him as an abuser, sabotaging his career. After seven weeks, dozens of witnesses, and hundreds of spectators lining up daily in hopes of getting a seat in the courtroom, lawyers for the divorced couple sent the case to jurors. Invoking Mr. Depp’s family, Chew said, “It’s about showing Mr. Depp’s children, Lily Rose and Jack, that the truth is worth fighting for. Rottenborn told jurors not to buy the canard of Depp victimhood.
"You may have noticed no one showed up for Ms. Heard in this courtroom other than her sister," Depp's lawyer told jurors.
Azcarate also revealed the two alternate jurors, leaving a seven-person jury to deliberate. Many of those witnesses did not testify in court, and instead, their recorded depositions were shown to the jury. "Her story doesn't hold up," Vasquez said of the actress.
Johnny Depp's lawyer Camille Vasquez opened her closing argument in the actor's defamation suit against his ex-wife Amber Heard on Friday, claiming that his ...
Closing arguments are underway in the blockbuster defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.
'Miss Heard is in fact the abuser and Mr. Depp is the abused' Rottenborn said that Depp's lawyers have criticized Heard for not speaking about the sexual abuse she suffered at his hands sooner. She said: 'We're asking you to hold him legally responsible for his actions and to fully and fairly compensate Amber for what he has done by creating this concept of a hoax. 'Miss Heard is in fact the abuser and Mr. Depp is the abused.' Let's see the monster in the flesh' That's the message Mr. Depp is asking you to send. 'Miss Heard is in fact the abuser and Mr. Depp is the abused' It is disturbing to think Miss Heard would make up the horrific tales of abuse she testified to in this courtroom.' She came into this courtroom prepared to give the performance of her life and she gave it. She told you what she thinks you need to hear to convict this man as a domestic abuser and a rapist. They included the December 2015 attack where she claims Depp headbutted her, leaving her with two black eyes, a broken nose and chunks of hair missing She said: 'The photos capture what they wanted her to see - the image of a battered woman.
Camille Vasquez a lawyer for actor Johnny Depp urged a jury to find Amber Heard guilty of defamation and give him his "life back."
“The evidence shown in this trial has shown that Miss Heard is the abuser,” she added. Heard said she did not know how the injury occurred. Judge Penney Azcarate will give the case over to the seven-person jury Friday afternoon. The Texas-born Heard, who had a starring role in “Aquaman,” did not name Depp in the piece, but he sued her for implying he was a domestic abuser and is seeking $50 million in damages. “She was violent, she was abusive and she was cruel.” “We ask you to give Mr Depp his life back, to tell the world that Mr Depp is not the abuser Miss Heard said he is and to hold Miss Heard accountable for her lies,” Vasquez said.
Camille Vasquez has become an internet Queen as Johnny Depp and ex-wife Amber Heard war is inches away from the verdict. During an intense cross-examination ...
Also Amber: "I know how many people will come out and say whatever for him. She is a beast!" and throughout the sitting kept Heard under pressure to break the actress.
Camille Vasquez slammed Amber Heard for her fake weeping and mentioned her acting coach Christina Sexton who testified that Heard has trouble crying.
Vasquez claimed the heart of the case to be nothing but a big lie that "Mr Depp is an abusive monster." To prove her point even further, Vasquez played a recording where the 'Aquaman' actress confessed that she hit Depp. Vasquez added, "What you didn't hear in a single recording you heard in this case ... is Mr Depp ever admitting to hitting, punching or kicking Ms Heard. You didn't hear it. The lawyer straight up called out Heard in the court for giving a 'performance of a lifetime'. She also pointed out that Heard was 'sobbing without tears' during the trial. She told you what she thinks you need to hear to convict this man as a domestic abuser and a rapist. She went on to say that Heard wants the jury to see Depp as an abuser and a rapist. One person who has truly emerged as a star during the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial is Depp's lawyer Camille Vasquez. She has gained an entire fanbase for brutally grilling Amber Heard during the trial.
As the high-profile legal battle between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard continues, with everyone from fellow celebrities to the general public taking sides, ...
– Vasquez, for example, remained standing during her cross-examination of Amber Heard, at times leaning into the microphone to make a key point. – She is a lawyer and entrepreneur who joined Brown Rudnick LLP in 2018 as an associate. As she cross-examined the actor on Thursday, Vasquez also told Amber Heard that her lies had been revealed to the world several times.
Johnny Depp's lawyer Camille Vasquez blamed Aquaman actress Amber Heard for the latter's bad relationship with Depp.
She accused Heard of being violent between the former couple as Heard portrayed herself as the victim of domestic abuse in 2018. She even mentioned Heard’s multiple personality disorders that Heard herself have revealed before. Vasquez pointed out that the personality disorder of Aquaman actress Amber Heard made the ex-couple’s broken relationship. She continued by saying that Heard is a “troubled” person who is conscious of being abandoned. “We made promises to you about what the evidence would show at the end of this trial. The legal lawsuit between Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard is about to be concluded while both the parties are still in full swing for blaming one another.
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“It’s presumptuous and quite frankly disturbing.” what it represents for me personally will always be relevant so.” “My admiration for her diligence and demeanor has no relation to my opinion about Amber or Johnny, or anyone else whose personal narrative I can’t speak on,” she said.
Earlier in the Depp team's closing argument, another of Depp's attorneys, Camille Vasquez, made the case that it is the actor, not Amber Heard, who was the ...
One of the photos showed Heard with redness on her face, which she said was due to Depp’s striking her with a phone. Chew said that the Washington Post op ed was clearly about Depp. and that Heard was “trading on her accusations of abuse” against him for a new role as an ACLU ambassador on domestic violence. “Are [the Corden photos] consistent with the brutal assault and serious injuries that Miss Heard testified to?” Vasquez asked the jury. But Vasquez called the scene at the courthouse “a set up,” claiming that Heard orchestrated press coverage to ensure that photographers would be there to take shots of her bruised face. Vasquez challenged Heard’s claim that they were two separate photos — the different being that a light was turned on in one — by noting that they “were taken at the exact same time and have the same filing.” She called Heard a “deeply troubled person” who craved attention. That was the night that Depp and Heard had the argument that ultimately led to the end of their marriage. But Vasquez suggested that Heard staged her injuries, and that “the world only saw what she wanted them to see.” She also showed side-by-side photos of Heard taken on May 21, 2016. They include whether the statements refer to Depp, whether they are defamatory, whether they are false, and whether they show actual malice. Vasquez argued that in her Washington Post op ed, Heard was alleging physical and sexual abuse by Depp, not mere emotional abuse. In one message to Paul Bettany, Depp wrote, “Let’s drown her before we burn her!!!
During the closing arguments of the multi-million Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard defamation trial on Friday, May 27, Depp's attorney Camille Vasquez pleaded ...
Speaking directly to all jurors collectively, Vasquez said, "You either believe all of it or none of it. "On May 27, 2016, Ms Heard walked into a courthouse in Los Angeles, California, to get a no notice ex-parte restraining order against Mr Depp and in doing so, ruined his life by falsely telling the world that she is a survivor of domestic abuse at the hands of Mr Depp," Depp's attorney added. As she got to the conclusion of her closing arguments, Vasquez pointed out the illogical points in Heard's claims about Depp physically and sexually abusing her. During the closing arguments of the multi-million Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard defamation trial on Friday, May 27, Depp's attorney Camille Vasquez pleaded with the jurors to "give him his life back" as she claimed that it was "ruined" by his ex-wife Heard's domestic abuse allegations. The photos captured what she wanted them to see -- the image of a battered woman." She added that Depp's "good name" and "life" are at stake as the verdict approaches.
Johnny Depp's lawyer Camille Vasquez became an overnight internet sensation with her arguments during the $50 million defamation trial that he has filed ...
Camille Vasquez specialises in litigation and arbitration. It is the same high-profile law firm that was contracted by Johnny Depp to represent him in his $50m defamation case suit against Amber Heard. Image: Screengrab from videos
"Ms Heard's acting coach, Kristina Sexton, testified that Ms Heard has difficulty crying when she is acting. You saw it. Ms Heard sobbing without tears while ...
Ms Heard sobbing without tears while spinning elaborate, exaggerative accounts of abuse and everything going on in her mind, almost a decade prior while enduring that abuse," said Camille. "Ms Heard's acting coach, Kristina Sexton, testified that Ms Heard has difficulty crying when she is acting. "It was a performance.