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'Precious, priceless, powerful': Moment Camille Vasquez mouths 'we won' at team after trial verdict

Johnny Depp’s star lawyer Camille Vasquez was seen hugging her team and celebrating victory in a case that has catapulted her to fame

Camille Vasquez, 38, was the associate in Johnny Depp’s legal team who was vital in helping him win the case against Amber Heard. On Wednesday, June 1, the verdict was announced on the defamation case between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. The jury's verdict was in favor of Depp which gave him a sense of relief after six years and awarded Depp with $15 million in damages and awarded Heard $2 million in compensatory damages over comments from Depp's former attorney Adam Waldman, who called Heard's abuse claims "a hoax."

Right after the verdict was announced, social media exploded and fans of Depp took social media to praise Depp's lawyers, including Vasquez. When the verdict was first announced Vasquez could be seen turning to her colleagues with tears in her eyes whilst smiling, as she mouthed the words "we won". Vasquez hugged her colleagues after winning the defamation trial against Heard. Speaking outside the courthouse in Virginia, she said, "Today’s verdict confirms what we have said from the beginning – that the claims against Johnny Depp are defamatory and unsupported by any evidence." "We are grateful, so grateful to the jury for their careful deliberation," she added.

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Fans took to Twitter throughout the trial to praise the lawyer for her work in helping Depp win the case. All eyes were in fact, on Vasquez once the verdict was read out in the Fairfax court. "Johnny Depp's legal team - Ben Chew, Camille Vasquez, Wayne Dennison, Stephanie Calnan, Rebecca MacDowell Lecaroz, Yarelyn Mena, Jessica Meyers, and Samuel Moniz - thank you for standing beside Johnny and helping him get the truth out. This wouldn't have been possible without you," one Twitter user wrote.

Another user wrote,"Let’s not forget what Camille Vasquez has done for millions of women she inspired so many to get into Law. She really is currently the face of what it means to be a lawyer. #JusticeForJohhnyDepp #verdictwatch #JohnnyDepp."

Vasquez's popularity rose tremendously as Depp fans and trial watchers grew impressed with the ways she tore down Heard's defenses and her brutal cross-examination of the actress. The lawyer was also instrumental in getting Heard to admit that she wrote the op-ed about Depp, a fact which earlier refuted. "Camille Vasquez is a fucking beast. It's because of her and the rest of Johnny's amazing legal team that Johnny Depp got justice today. #JusticeForJohhnyDepp

One user wrote, "Camille Vasquez turns in her seat, with tears in her eyes and a smile. She looks at her team and mouthed the words "we won". Precious, priceless, powerful #JusticeForJohnnyDeppisServed."

Supporters of Depp wasted no time in dragging Heard for her testimony in the case, with one calling it a 'masterclass in falshoods'.  "A brazen liars tale carefully dismantled, by one of the most accomplished lawyers I have ever had the pleasure to watch, is not a setback for women, it shows that truth will always out in the end. Camille Vasquez delivered a masterclass in dealing with falsehoods #DeppVHeardTrial."