Johnny Depp’s Lawyers Say Amber Heard Faked Abuse to Advance Career
Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterJohnny Depp’s lawyers accused his ex-wife, Amber Heard, of fabricating domestic violence claims against him in order to advance her own career, as a defamation trial got underway in Virginia.Depp has sued Heard for $50 million, alleging that she devastated his career when she revived her allegations against him in a 2018 op-ed in the Washington Post. Depp’s attorneys — Ben Chew and Camille Vasquez — noted that the piece was published just before the release of “Aquaman,” in which Heard starred, and helped her portray herself as a sympathetic advocate for women.“She presented herself as the face of the #MeToo movement — the virtuous representative of innocent women across the country and the world who have truly suffered abuse,” Vasquez said.