For all eyes on the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial, Depp's lawyer Camille Vasquez has become an instant celebrity owing to her courtroom performance.
After Amber Heard submitted an op-ed in 2018 claiming to be a survivor of domestic abuse, Johnny Depp is suing her for $50 million in lost profits.
Who Is Camille Vasquez?
The Depp v. Heard trial resumed on Monday after a week's vacation, with Amber Heard's cross-examination beginning. Camille Vasquez garnered a lot of positive feedback on social media, with many trial watchers calling her incredible.
Many have wondered who Camille Vasquez is, given the increasing interest in Depp's legal team. Here's everything we know about the lawyer and how she became Johnny Depp's lawyer.
According to her LinkedIn page, Camille Vasquez graduated from the University of Southern California with a bachelor's degree in arts, communication, and political science in 2006. She received the honorable title of magna cum laude upon graduation.
She was able to attend Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, California, because of that degree. She enrolled at this elite school in 2007 and graduated in 2010. In California, she passed the bar.
Camille Vasquez is also a native Spanish speaker.
Vasquez was born in July 1984, according to many web sources. Her first position after graduation was as an attorney at the legal firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP in Los Angeles, where she worked from January 2017 until March 2018, according to Newsweek.
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Johnny Depp's Relationship With His Trial Lawyer
Their courtroom chemistry is so strong that many are speculating that Johnny Depp and Camille Vasquez's connection is more than just depositions and subpoenas. The rumor mill has been fueled by the film actor and his lawyer sharing warm hugs, adoring looks, and hand-touching in public during cross-examinations, which much exceeds the lawyer-client average.
The couple's most emotional displays of closeness, synced to love music, have gone viral on TikTok. It's easy to see why Johnny Depp is so enamored with the tenacious young lawyer who, many feel, has turned his fortunes around in his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard.
Vasquez's ability to dissect Heard's testimony and catch her defense team off guard has won her nicknames like "brilliant sniper," and one admirer praised her for treating her client's accuser like a "human ping-pong ball." Even the fact that she dressed all in white for her cross-examination of Heard is apropos, considering that she is the white knight who has ridden to the defense of a client whose case was looking a bit flimsy to Depp's admirers.
Her meticulous breakdown of facets of her case, as well as her overwhelming success in shutting down the other legal team's counter-attacks, have garnered tens of millions of views on social media, as per Daily Mail. As she walked out of court on Tuesday, Johnny Depp's lawyer Camille Vasquez declined to comment on reports that she is dating her client. The lawyer continues to go to a waiting car and converse with her client's admirers, refusing to offer any vocal answers to the queries.
Johnny Depp and Camille Vasquez have not responded, and people close to the actor have previously stated that the rumors are false. According to the source, Depp's whole legal staff has gotten acquainted with him, with their relationships evolving from just professional to professional and friendly, and Vasquez is not dating the Hollywood star. Vasquez finds Depp amusing, according to the American tabloid, which also mentions that she is dating a British real estate agent, Mirror reported.
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