After Amber Heard’s defeat, rumours about Johnny Depp, lawyer Camille Vasquez’s romance circulate in media
After Amber Heard’s defeat, rumours about Johnny Depp, lawyer Camille Vasquez’s romance circulate in media reports.
Jurors in the blockbuster defamation case found in favour of Johnny Depp by awarding him a total of $15 million in damages after less than three days of deliberations while Amber Heard won $2 million in compensator damages but the rumours about Depp and his lawyer Camille Vasquez were getting stronger in media.
Despite the jury’s decision, it’s clear that the high-profile trial itself – which captivated viewers and social media users throughout its entirety – will have an undeniable impact on both of the feuding exes’ careers regardless of the verdict.
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The case even saw rumours of a budding romance between Depp and his lawyer circulate after a video of the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ star helping attorney Camille Vasquez untangle her iPhone charger went viral on TikTok.
The ‘intense’ chemistry and the touchy-feely relationship between Depp and Vasquez in the courtroom continued despite social media speculation., adding a frisson of sexual tension to the bitter trial.
— Amber Heard (@realamberheard) June 1, 2022
Body language experts even weighed in, saying Depp and 37-year-old Vasquez’s ‘flirtatious’ behaviour might have just been a tactic to try and boost the actor’s case.
The rumours reminded the 1993’s movie ‘Body of Evidence’ starring Madonna and Willem Dafoe in lead roles.
The plot of the movie read, “When an elderly millionaire is found dead with cocaine in his system, his will leaves $8 million to Rebecca Carlson (Madonna), who was having an affair with him.
“District attorney Robert Garrett (Joe Mantegna) decides to prosecute Rebecca, arguing that she deliberately engaged in wild sex with the old man to overexcite him and lead to his premature death. Defence attorney Frank Dulaney (Willem Dafoe) defends Rebecca in court while getting sucked into a dangerous affair with her.”
Contrary to speculation
But contrary to feverish speculation, Vasquez has been in a serious relationship with a British realtor for several months, according to TMZ.
The California native remained tight-lipped about her private life away from the courtroom, though, having revealed nothing to the media and with no social media presence to speak of, Dailymail UK reported.
As Vasquez was leaving the courthouse earlier this month, a TMZ reporter asked her about the rumoured relationship with Depp once and for all.
‘The people want to know, are you dating Johnny Depp? It’s all over the internet. Can you set the record straight, yes or no?’ he said.
However, the California litigator declined to answer. Instead, she just laughed, brushed her hair aside and waved to the throngs of fans gathered outside.
Fans started to wonder if romantic feelings had developed between Depp and Vasquez in recent weeks, after they noticed a slew of flirty interactions between the two – including whispering in each other’s ears, giggling together, and sharing coy smirks with one another.
Body language expert Judi James claimed that Depp and his firebrand lawyer Camille Vasquez’s ‘intense’ chemistry in court is all a ploy to ‘destroy’ Heard’s case – comparing their intimate courtroom display to Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet’s characters in The Titanic.
James said that Vasquez’s ‘flirtatious’ behaviour is likely a very conscious tactic to try and boost her client’s case, explaining that the romantic gestures between the two are helping Depp to appear more likeable – while comparing their overtly amorous display to the plotline from a Mills & Boon novel.
‘When someone is trying to clear their name in court the behaviour of their legal teams and the way they interact with them will send out very strongly influential non-verbal messages to a jury and, in a case this size, the rest of the world,’ James told DailyMail.com.
However, James explained that the amorous moments between them are most likely not due to a secret affair, but instead, are all part of a plan to make Depp seem like a ‘romantic hero.’
She said that linking Depp to a ‘fresh, smart, fragrant, and confident-looking woman’ would ‘destroy’ Heard’s recount of their toxic relationship.
