Amber Heard reportedly ‘isn't paying attention’ to Johnny Depp and lawyer Joelle Rich's budding romance
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Amber Heard reportedly has nothing to say about the alleged new romance of her ex-husband Johnny Depp with a married lawyer. It has been said that the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ star has begun dating lawyer Joelle Rich, who worked on his UK libel case against The Sun's publisher, News Group Newspapers, in 2020.
However, an insider has told Entertainment Tonight that the ‘Aquaman’ actress is unbothered by this new development. They said, “Amber isn't paying attention to Johnny or his personal life. She doesn't care who he dates and just wants to move forward with her life.”
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The statement from the source came after another source gave details about Depp and Rich’s apparent brewing romance. They told Us Weekly, “Their chemistry is off the charts. It’s serious between them. They are the real deal.” As per reports, Rich was one among a team of lawyers who represented the 59-year-old actor in the UK after the Sun called him a “wife beater.” Though Depp lost it, it seems he found love amid the turmoil.
Rich was not part of the lawyers’ team that defended the ‘Edward Scissorhands’ star in the defamation case he fought against Heard in Virginia this year, but she was reportedly seen in the courtroom to show her “support” for Depp. The insider claimed, “There was no professional obligation for her being there. It was personal,” who also went on to add that the two “discreetly” saw each other in hotels when they just started their affair.
Meanwhile, Depp’s involvement with another lawyer Camille Vasquez was also rumored when she was working with him on the defamation case. But later, Vasquez dismissed it, saying, “It’s also an unethical charge being made. It’s unfortunate and it’s disappointing, but at the same time it kind of comes with the territory. I can’t say I was all that surprised.”
The 36-year-old had also told PEOPLE, “I guess it comes with the territory of being a woman just doing her job. It's disappointing that certain outlets kind of ran with it or said that my interactions with Johnny — who is a friend and I've known and represented for four-and-a-half years now — that my interactions in any way were inappropriate or unprofessional. That's disappointing to hear.”
“I care very deeply about my clients, and we have obviously become close. But when I say we, I mean the entire team, and of course that includes Johnny. And, I'm Cuban and Colombian. I'm tactile. What do you want me to say? I hug everyone. And I'm not ashamed about that. This man was fighting for his life and it broke my heart to see him day in and day out have to sit there and listen to the most horrific allegations being made against him. And if I could provide any bit of comfort, then of course I would do that, whether it's holding his hand or letting him know that we were there and we were going to fight for him because he deserved it,” Vasquez had added in June.