The Amber Heard/Johnny Depp lawsuit is in full swing and both sides are fighting each other in this $50 million defamation lawsuit. The twists and turns are legion and the soap opera must continue all this week. After his shift change last week, now the Heard camp changes strategy, just before the testimony of the actress.
a lawsuit on everyone’s lips
For several years now, Amber Heard and Johnny Depp have been engaged in legal battles. Temporary restraining order in May 2016, lawsuit against Amber Heard for $50 million in a defamation lawsuit, but also accusations that Depp abused his ex-girlfriend. Only, Shortly before Amber Heard was called to take the stand last week, we learned that her public relations firm had been fired.
A drastic change which testifies to a certain distress on the part of Amber Heard, whose trial does not seem to turn in his favor. Only, the actress must now be called to the bar, a possible turning point in this trial. A speech under oath which must occur this week. However, Deadline, in a new exclusive article, has just revealed that, according to its information, Amber Heard would have changed its strategy, shortly before the actress was called to the bar.
Initially, the star ofAquaman was to be the first defense witness, as Deadline exclusively revealed last week. However, recent events in the trial have caused the Heard camp to change course. After Dr. Shannon Curry, a forensic psychologist, testified on behalf of Depp on April 26, Heard’s legal team, led by Elaine Bredehoft and Ben Rottenborn, decided to call Dr. Dawn Hughes, a clinical and forensic psychologist, to the bar Tuesday in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Amber Heard will therefore not be called as the first defense witness this week. Nevertheless, she should officiate as a second defense witness. She should therefore be called to testify after Hughes’ testimony this week, we learned. A change of schedule which is not insignificant but which is not surprising. In this type of business, schedule changes remain frequent. It remains to be seen what will become of this high-profile trial.