Amber Heard fights back. The actress, who at the end of July appealed after the verdict of her lawsuit for defamation against Johnny Depp, has hired new lawyers to lead this new legal battle. US media report.
A spokesman for the actress said attorney Elaine Bredehoft, who was omnipresent during the six-week trial, had withdrawn. She is replaced by David L. Axelrod and Jay Ward Brown. The duo is famous for successfully defending the New York Times when Sarah Palin sued the famous newspaper for defamation.
“A new trial involves different lawyers, especially when new evidence is discovered,” the actress’s lawyers said in a statement. Attorney Ben Rottenborn, who has worked for Amber Heard since the start of the trial, stands by her side.
Doubts about the identity of one of the jurors
After a high-profile trial, Amber Heard was ordered to pay $10 million to Johnny Depp, who accused her of defamation for an article in the Washington Post in 2018 in which he claimed to have been a victim of “domestic violence”. amber heard got that the actor pays him $2 million.
Amber Heard had first tried to have the verdict overturned to relaunch a new proceeding due to doubts about the identity of one of the jurors. A request that Judge Penney Azcarate, who presided over the proceedings in the Fairfax court, refused on July 13, believing that the actress had “been unharmed”.
Amber Heard had already announced her intention to appeal at the end of June through her lawyer, Elaine Bredehott. The day after the verdict, she had also indicated that the actress could “absolutely not” pay 10 million in damages to Johnny Depp.
Source: BFM TV
