Johnny Depp v Amber Heard trial: summary 12 June
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Depp v Heard aftermath headlines
- Amber Heard takes private jet to New York City
- Depp lawyer Camille Vasquez made a partner at law firm Brown Rudnick
- Vasquez dismisses "sexist" rumours of romance with Depp
- "I will always be proud of you for standing up for yourself," Heard told by sister
- Heard intends to appeal trial verdict, lawyer says
- Depp posts social-media message thanking fans for support
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Jeff Beck reveals details of album with Depp
Johnny Depp, who last week won a near-total victory in a defamation suit against his ex-wife Amber Heard, and English guitarist Jeff Beck will release an album of mainly covers next month, after taking to the stage together.
Called "18", the 13-track album will be released on July 15.
"It's almost like you've been through a record store and gone jumping from one genre to another," Beck told Reuters on Friday, saying they first began working on the album at Depp's home in France.
"There's a couple of Motown, there's a couple of Beach Boy covers on ... It sounds pretty good for a home recording." Depp and Beck have recorded music since 2019 for the album, which also features two original songs by Depp, who has his own band the Hollywood Vampires. One song is about actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr.
"We slowly built songs that we just like. We didn't really make any design," Beck said.
"He has ... a very distinctive (voice) and he gets he gets music and hopefully I've enabled him to open up to some songs that he wouldn't otherwise been interested in."
Beck said: "I hope I have helped him a little bit having some kind of understanding and closeness and joking, and just keeping the fun thing going."
Beck was speaking on the sidelines of a blue plaque event honouring late guitarist Jimi Hendrix at the London Hard Rock Hotel. The building was formerly the Cumberland Hotel, where Hendrix often resided before his 1970 death.
"It was one of the biggest vacuums left in rock 'n' roll," Beck said.
Beck and Depp album due for July release
Johnny Depp, Jeff Beck team up for album of cover songs:
Hollywood star Johnny Depp, who last week won a near-total victory in a defamation suit against his ex-wife Amber Heard, and English guitarist Jeff Beck will release an album of mainly covers next month, after taking to the stage together. Called "18", the 13-track album will be released on July 15. The "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor performed alongside Beck at several UK venues in the past two weeks
Johnny Depp to play with Jeff Beck on Euro tour
Hollywood star Johnny Depp will head to a series of European cities later in June and in July to perform with British rock guitarist Jeff Beck, organisers announced earlier this week.
Performances include concerts in Helsinki (June 19), Oslo (June 24), Stockholm (June 27), Copenhagen (June 28) and Paris (July 25).
Beck appeared with Depp on a number of UK cities as part of a recent tour in England.
During the course of the trial one member of Depp’s legal team grew into something of a celebrity online with her sharp words to Heard and no-nonsense demeanour in court.
Camille Vasquez was seen by many to be the crucial member of Depp’s team and she has been rewarded by being promoted to partner at law firm Brown Rudnick.
On Wednesday 1 June 2022, the jury in Johnny Depp’s defamation trial against Amber Heard announced its verdict on the case, finding that the actress was liable for defaming the actor.
She was ordered to pay Depp $15 million: $10 million in compensatory and $5 million in punitive damages, but the judge reduced the punitive damages award to Virginia’s maximum of $350,000. As for her counter-suit, the actor must hand over $2 million.
A few days after the verdict was made known, Heard’s sister, Whitney Henriquez, shared an emotional message of support for the actress, via Instagram.
Following the verdict delivered after the defamation trial, Depp was awarded just over $10 million in compensation, while Heard’s countersuit was awarded $2 million.
Heard appears likely to appeal the verdict and will almost certainly appeal the compensatory figures given by the jury. However it seems very likely that Depp will receive a substantial payment as a result of the case, to add to his already-huge personal wealth.
Depp Harley up for auction
A 1955 Harley Davidson Model K used by Jonny Depp in the 1990 movie Cry Baby is being put up for auction, with the bidding starting at $250,000
Johnny Depp Dior fragrance ad airs on Primetime One
One of Johnny Depp ads for Dior eau de toilette Sauvage was aired during the commercial break of MasterChef on Fox on Wednesday night, TMZ reports.The ad shows Depp turn up his silver Gibson Les Paul model guitar 'to 11' to strum the chords of the Troggs' hit Wild Thing on a in the middle of the desert, attracting a pack of curious wolves.
Depp-Heard trial memorabilia being sold on eBay
Items from the Depp-Heard defamation trial such as used wristbands and a court notebook packed with observations of the jury which didn't come out in the media, have been put up for sale on eBay. Among the memorabilia are gallery wristbands which were worn to the hearings - one of which has a starting price of $5,000.00.
On Wednesday it will be two weeks since the $50-million defamation case brought by Johnny Depp against Amber Heard for an opinion piece she published in The Washington Post came to an end.
The court’s decision was much lower than initially demanded by Depp’s legal team as it ordered Heard to pay $10.35 million to him in damages. There was also, though, a requirement on Depp to pay $2 million to his former wife for articles written by his publicist in The Daily Mail.
Heard inists she will mount an appeal.
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Kate Moss wears Depp's trademark earrings
Johnny Depp's old flame Kate Moss appeared to give a nod to the actor by emulating his style during a spring stroll in the Cotswolds. The 48-year-old, who testified on Depp's behalf in the trial, was photographed wearing coloured bead earrings similar to those worn by her ex-boyfriend's Pirates Of The Caribbean character Jack Sparrow. Moss was seen sporting the earrings during a stroll near her village getaway in Little Farringdon, where she testified during the Deoo-Heard case via video-link. (Photo: Backgrid)
Johnny Depp spotted wearing Hillsborough J96 badge
Johnny Depp paid a visit to Folly Wildlife Rescue centre in Broadwater Forest near Tunbridge Wells, Kent on Thursday. He posted a short video of himself cuddling a badger cub called Freddie during his visit and curiously, keen-eyed viewers noticed that he was wearing a Hillsborough J96 badge on the left pocket of his camo jacket.
The badge shows solidarity for the victims of the Hillsborough disaster in which 97 Liverpool fans lost their lives due to negligence by authorities before an FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest in April 1989. After a police cover-up and smear campaign was exposed, a verdict was reached that supporters attending the game had been unlawfully killed following a lengthy investigation and trial.
"Johnny was incredibly complimentary and in his own words 'blown away' by what he saw" the Rescue Centre posted on Facebook.
Depp's legal team toast victory
It's probably fair to say that not many people had heard of Brown Rudnick, or indeed Camille Vazquez, before the Depp vs Heard case, but the law firm is certainly on the map now having had their profile raised considerably by the trial.
Depp v Heard live updates: welcome
Good morning and welcome to our daily live blog on the aftermath of the Depp v Heard trial, in which a Virginia jury last week found that Amber Heard had defamed ex-husband Johnny Depp in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed entitled: "I spoke up against sexual violence - and faced our culture’s wrath. That has to change".
Heard was ordered to pay Depp damages of $10.35m, but also won out on one count of her defamation counter-suit against the Pirates of the Caribbean star. She was awarded $2m.