After the Amber Heard trial, Johnny Depp is dating his lawyer. The “Pirates of the Caribbean” star is dating a married but separated London-based barrister.
Even months after the defamation trial of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard concluded, the tale surrounding it is far from over. The newest step in Jack Sparrow’s pop cultural resurgence (exemplified lately by an appearance at the MTV VMAs) is that he’s seeing a barrister from London named Joelle Rich. She represented him in his libel suit in the United Kingdom against The Sun.
Rich is married but separated, according to Page Six, and it’s unclear whether a divorce has been formalised. If you’ve been following ex-wife Amber Heard’s defamation trial, you’ll know that the 59-year-old actor was believed to be dating his attorney in that successful case, Camille Vasquez. Vasquez promptly dismissed the rumour as “sexist” and “unethical.”
The “Pirates of the Caribbean” star is dating a married but separated London-based barrister.
Even months after the defamation trial of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard concluded, the tale surrounding it is far from over. The newest step in Jack Sparrow’s pop cultural resurgence (exemplified lately by an appearance at the MTV VMAs) is that he’s seeing a barrister from London named Joelle Rich. She represented him in his libel suit in the United Kingdom against The Sun.
Rich is married but separated, according to Page Six, and it’s unclear whether a divorce has been formalised. Her relationship with Depp is strange but understandable if you’ve been following her ex-wife Amber Heard’s defamation trial, which the 59-year-old actor was involved in.
“I care strongly about my clientele, and we have definitely grown close,” she told People in June. “However, when I say ‘we,’ I mean the entire team, which of course includes Johnny.”
The Edward Scissorhands actor, who has been her client and friend for four years, noted that sexist and ethically dubious rumours like that are disheartening but “come with the territory” and are unsurprising.
While Depp’s new girlfriend Rich did not work on the Heard case, she was apparently present in the courtroom for the hearings. According to Us Weekly, the attorney and mother of two was in Virginia to assist the actor during his trial. Sources reportedly told the magazine that she had “no professional duty” to be there and that they would meet surreptitiously in hotel rooms in the beginning, though it’s unclear when that started.