Reunited: Camille Vasquez will protect Johnny Depp in new lawsuit next thirty day period

Heather Hamilton

June 16, 01:43 PM June 16, 01:43 PM

Johnny Depp will be represented by Camille Vasquez for a second time.

The shock star lawyer, who productively argued Depp’s defamation circumstance versus ex-wife Amber Listened to, will return to the courtroom with Depp for a lawsuit introduced by Gregg “Rocky” Brooks, a former colleague of the actor.

Brooks submitted a particular injury lawsuit in 2018, alleging that Depp punched him in the ribs although doing the job on the film set of City of Lies in 2017. Brooks also statements that the Pirates of the Caribbean star questioned him to return the punches with a person to his experience for a payment of $100,000, in accordance to court docket documents.

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Vasquez, who will be joined by fellow Brown Rudnick spouse Randall Smith in representing Depp, has reportedly argued that Brooks’s injuries have been owing to “self-protection/protection of other individuals,” saying the injuries had been “provoked” by Brooks himself.

The demo is set to start off on July 25 in Los Angeles, with Judge Holly Fujie presiding over the circumstance.

Brooks’s representation is detailed as Arbella Azizian from the Baker, Olson, LeCroy & Danielian legislation company.

Vasquez built a title for herself as she cross-examined Amber Listened to and issued closing arguments in the Depp v. Heard defamation trial.

On June 1, a Fairfax, Virginia, jury uncovered that Read defamed Depp, purchasing her to fork out the actor damages amounting to $15 million. In addition to awarding Depp compensatory and punitive damages, the jury also discovered that Depp defamed Heard with regards to a statement designed by his previous law firm, Adam Waldman.