Johnny Depp Reportedly Dating Married Lawyer With 2 Kids Who Worked On His U.K. Libel Trial

Johnny Depp supposedly has a caller romance successful his life. The 59-year-old histrion is seeing lawyer Joelle Rich, according to Us Weekly. Joelle was portion of Depp’s U.K. ineligible squad successful his libel lawsuit against The Sun but wasn’t part of Johnny’s squad erstwhile helium sued his ex-wife Amber Heard. She was contiguous successful the Virginia courtroom to amusement her support, which Us Weekly notes was antithetic due to the fact that “there was nary nonrecreational work for her being there. It was personal.” The work besides reports that Johnny and Joelle’s chemistry “is disconnected the charts” and that “it’s superior betwixt them. They are the existent deal.”

Depp and Rich allegedly “discreetly” met up successful hotels during the aboriginal stages of their romance, according to Us Weekly. The publication’s root notes that Joelle was joined erstwhile she archetypal met Johnny but is present successful the process of divorcing her estranged husband. The 2 of them stock 2 children. HollywoodLife has reached retired to Depp’s rep for remark connected this report.

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In 2020, Johnny mislaid his libel lawsuit successful the U.K. aft helium sued The Sun for calling him a “wife beater.” The justice presiding implicit the lawsuit ruled that The Sun had proved the assertion to beryllium “substantially true” and that helium recovered 12 of the 14 alleged home unit incidents had occurred, according to the BBC. In 2021, Depp mislaid his bid to overturn the ruling. He had asked the tribunal of entreaty to licence him to situation the ruling, but Lord Justice Underhill and Lord Justice Dingemans “emphasized that an entreaty against the proceedings judge’s determination connected questions of disputed information faced superior difficulties,” per The Guardian.

As to wherefore Depp was palmy successful his suit against Heard, 36, erstwhile helium failed successful the U.K., George Freeman, the enforcement manager of the Media Law Resource Center, told the Washington Post that “the reply is simple. It was up to the jury.”

During the Heard trial, Depp was romantically linked to his lawyer, Camille Vasquez. She shot down these rumors successful an interrogation with People. “It’s disappointing that definite outlets benignant of ran with it oregon said that my interactions with Johnny — who is simply a person and I’ve known and represented for four-and-a-half years present — that my interactions successful immoderate mode were inappropriate oregon unprofessional. That’s disappointing to hear,” she said.

Vasquez said astatine the clip she was “very blessed successful my relationship” and that it was “unethical” for a lawyer to day 1 of their clients. “It’s besides an unethical complaint being made. It’s sexist,” she said. “It’s unfortunate, and it’s disappointing, but astatine the aforesaid time, it benignant of comes with the territory. I can’t accidental I was each that surprised.”