{"id":140528,"date":"2024-12-27T07:01:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T07:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/27\/johnny-depps-lawyers-feared-he-would-lose-his-temper-during-amber-heard-defamation-trial\/"},"modified":"2024-12-27T07:01:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T07:01:55","slug":"johnny-depps-lawyers-feared-he-would-lose-his-temper-during-amber-heard-defamation-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/27\/johnny-depps-lawyers-feared-he-would-lose-his-temper-during-amber-heard-defamation-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Depp&#8217;s lawyers feared he would lose his temper during Amber Heard defamation trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2024-12-27\" datetime=\"1735282915\" pubdate=\"\">27 December 2024<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p>Johnny Depp&#8217;s lawyers feared that he would lose his temper on the stand during his defamation trial with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/amber-heard\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,amber-heard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amber Heard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Johnny Depp&#8217;s lawyers were worried about losing temper in court<\/p>\n<p>The 61-year-old star&#8217;s legal representatives Benjamin Chew and Jessica Meyers gave an insight into the 2022 Virginia court case and their legal strategy in the TV programme &#8216;Interrogation Raw: Celebrity Under Oath&#8217; as they discussed Depp&#8217;s &#8220;helpful&#8221; use of humour and their worries that he could have an outburst while being cross-examined by his ex-wife&#8217;s lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>Chew said: &#8220;Johnny&#8217;s use of humour really undermined whatever serious point Amber&#8217;s counsel was trying to make. We wanted to humanise Johnny before the jury so they could understand why hitting the woman he loved was something that he&#8217;s just not capable of.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But the one thing that we&#8217;re concerned about is whether he might lose his temper. The other side is gonna do everything possible to get Johnny to show anger.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;One of the things that lawyers try to do on cross-examination is to maintain control of the witness. That&#8217;s something that Johnny simply did not allow (Heard&#8217;s attorney Ben Rottenborn) to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nDepp sued Heard for defamation for an op-ed she penned about surviving domestic abuse &#8211; although she did not name him in the piece &#8211; and the jury sided with the &#8216;Pirates of the Caribbean&#8217; actor as she paid him $1 million in damages.<\/p>\n<p>\nChew recalled Johnny&#8217;s reaction when the team called to inform him about the verdict as he couldn&#8217;t be in court on the day.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe lawyer said: &#8220;He was elated, and he sounded as if the weight of the world was off of his shoulders. I mean, he sounded like a kid, he was thrilled.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/johnny-depps-lawyers-feared-lose-temper-amber-heard-defamation-trial-1411229.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>27 December 2024 Johnny Depp&#8217;s lawyers feared that he would lose his temper on the stand during his defamation trial with Amber Heard. 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