Amber Heard Is ‘Upset’ About Johnny Depp Trial Coverage, Fires PR Team Before Taking Stand

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Breaking up is hard to do. Amber Heard isn’t happy with her public image amid her and Johnny Depp’s ongoing defamation trial — and her public relations team is paying the price.Heard, 36, abruptly fired her previous PR team at Precision Strategies on Monday, May 2, because she was “upset about coverage from the trial,” a source tells Us Weekly.The Aquaman actress made the move to replace her former crisis management team with Shane Communications before taking the stand to provide her own highly anticipated testimony.The newly hired firm — which is led by CEO David Shane — previously worked against Depp, 50, when the Pirates of the Caribbean star’s former business managers, The Management Group, alleged that the actor needed to hire a shrink for his “compulsive spending” habits.Heard is expected to speak in court for the first time in Fairfax, Virginia, sometime this week.

The trial is in the fourth week of its planned seven-week duration.The Sweeney Todd star, who was dropped by Disney for the sixth installment of Pirates of the Caribbean after Heard alleged he had been abusive in their marriage, gave his own witness testimony last week.

The exes were married from 2015 to 2017. “It’s pretty strange when one day you’re Cinderella, so to speak, then 0.6 seconds you’re Quasimodo,” Depp said in court on April 19 about how his career allegedly suffered following Heard’s accusations. “I didn’t deserve that, nor did my children, nor did the people who have believed in me for all these years.

I didn’t want any of those people to believe that I had done them wrong or lied to them or that I was a fraud. I pride myself on honesty.”Depp explained that he was looking to “clear the record” amid the lengthy legal battle. “Never did I