Johnny Depp’s lawyers discuss the verdict on multiple morning shows
A week after Johnny Depp prevailed in his high-profile defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard,
his lawyers appeared on multiple morning shows and said he was “over the moon” about the verdict.
“It was like the weight of the world had been taken off his shoulders and I feel that finally, after six years
he has gotten his life back,” attorney Benjamin Chew told “Good Morning America” co-anchor George Stephanopoulos.
Chew and fellow Depp lawyer Camille Vasquez appeared Wednesday on both GMA and NBC’s “Today.”
Vasquez added on GMA that “the key to victory was focusing on the facts and
the evidence and Johnny’s opportunity to speak the truth for the first time.
She said the outcome was “six years in the making.”
A Fairfax County Circuit Court jury found on June 1 that Heard defamed Depp with a 2018