Lawyer Camille Vasquez has revealed why she by no means dated Johnny Depp whereas representing the actor throughout his defamation trial towards Amber Heard.
Vasquez, 40, instructed Further throughout an interview printed on Friday, November 1, that the 2022 rumors of a romance between the pair, which have been confirmed by Us Weekly as false on the time, have been baseless.
“I’d by no means,” Vasquez instructed the outlet when quizzed over relationship the Pirates of the Caribbean star. “Let me simply go on the document right here. By no means dated Johnny Depp. By no means would date Johnny Depp. I feel he’s a beautiful particular person… He’s not my kind.”
Vasquez, who spent 4 years engaged on the case of Depp, 61, vs Heard, 38, added that after initially assembly Depp, she realized they have been very totally different.
“I keep in mind possibly after 30 [or] 40 minutes of talking with him, I keep in mind having an out of physique expertise and taking a look at him and pondering, ‘He views the world so in another way than I do.’ Like, he undoubtedly makes use of a distinct a part of his mind, he’s such an artist,” Vasquez instructed the outlet.
Vasquez added that she has not “to at the present time” seen Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow within the Pirates franchise and was solely aware of him by way of his position in, “possibly Chocolat?”
After Us reported in Could 2022 that rumors of a romance have been unfaithful, Individuals reported in June that yr that Vasquez was “disillusioned” to study of hypothesis surrounding her relationship with Depp. “It’s additionally an unethical cost being made. It’s sexist,” she instructed the outlet. “It’s unlucky and it’s disappointing, however on the identical time it form of comes with the territory. I can’t say I used to be all that shocked.”
Vasquez continued on the time, “I care very deeply about my purchasers, and we have now clearly turn out to be shut. However once I say we, I imply your entire workforce, and naturally that features Johnny. And, I’m Cuban and Colombian. I’m tactile. What would you like me to say? I hug everybody. And I’m not ashamed about that.”
Throughout Depp’s defamation trial towards Heard — which started on April 11, 2022 and concluded on Could 27, 2022 — Vasquez made headlines for her no-nonsense line of questioning.
Heard recognized herself as a sufferer of home violence in a 2018 Washington Put up op-ed. Though Heard didn’t point out Depp by title within the piece, Depp (who was married to the actress for 15 months from 2015 to 2016) claimed that her allegations of violence broken his profession and fame.
The jury awarded $10 million to Depp in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages. Heard, in the meantime, was awarded $2 million in compensatory damages in her counterclaim towards Depp.
Whereas Vasquez and Depp weren’t a romantic match, the actor allegedly shared a short relationship with fellow lawyer Joelle Wealthy, as confirmed by Us in September 2022. Wealthy represented Depp in his U.Okay. libel lawsuit towards The Solar on the time.