Spotlight in Johnny Depp trial moves to his lawyer Camille Vasquez— are they dating?

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Speculation on social media has been suggesting that Johnny Depp and one of his lawyers, Camille Vasquez, are romantically involved.

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While there has been no proof of a personal relationship, body language shows a warm rapport between the two, with them often hugging and touching hands.

Vasquez, when asked about the speculation, simply laughed.

A video published by TMZ and taken outside the courthouse showed a reporter asking Vasquez to clear the record about her relationship with Depp.

“The people want to know, are you dating Johnny Depp? It’s all over the internet. Can you set the record straight, yes or no?,” the reporter is heard asking.

In response, Vasquez is seen laughing, but rather than respond, she greets Depp’s fans and pets a dog.

Several videos reflect an easy, pleasant relationship, with them hugging and joking around the courthouse, Insider shows.

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Vasquez, 37, is very private about her life outside of work, and has no social media presence to speak of — but has gained a huge cult following. Any relationship, according to TMZ, is likely to be only with the British realtor she has been dating for several months.

Now in its fifth week, the defamation trial switched to Heard’s witnesses. Several testified as to what they had seen during the couple’s relationship.

Her sister, Whitney Henriquez, told the court on Wednesday that she witnessed a physical altercation between Heard and Depp.

Henriquez said Depp’s behaviour changed when he started drinking and using drugs. She told the jury that Heard’s personality also started to change as the relationship progressed, comparing it to a “slow-motion gunshot.”

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Henriquez said Heard eventually became less gregarious, stopped sleeping and looked emaciated.

Henriquez had tried to get the couple to reconcile after a particularly vicious argument. “I was just trying to help what I thought they both wanted,” Henriquez told Vasquez. She said she still “loved” Depp as a brother-in-law at that point and thought the two still wanted to be together.

On Thursday, Depp’s former friend and bandmate Bruce Witkin testified that “in my experience it’s deep rooted issues he’s dealing with. It had nothing to do with Amber, in my opinion.”

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Heard’s lawyers also called on Melanie Inglessis, Heard’s makeup artist, who testified to hiding the actress’s bruises and cut lip with makeup for an appearance on The Late Late Show With James Corden in December 2015 — a day after Heard said Depp head-butted her. Inglessis confirmed to Depp’s attorney that she did not witness any physical abuse from Depp, and that she only knows what Heard and her friends told her.

Depp’s former agent, Tracey Jacobs, testified about the difficulties in representing the actor in the final 10 years of their professional relationship.

She said the actor had anger issues that worsened in the last decade of their working relationship — which lasted 30 years — and that she had talked to him over his “unprofessional” behaviour on set, which included drug and alcohol abuse.

“Showing up late to set consistently on virtually every movie,” Jacobs said. “I would get yelled at. I never said to him, ‘You’re a difficult client’ but I was very honest with him and said you’ve got to stop doing this it’s hurting you. And it did.”

She testified that Depp’s “star had dimmed” over the bad reputation, NBC reported.

The trial, which has been live-streamed online, is set to conclude on May 27.

— with additional reporting by The Washington Post

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Speculation on social media has been suggesting that Johnny Depp and one of his lawyers, Camille Vasquez, are romantically involved.

Article content

While there has been no proof of a personal relationship, body language shows a warm rapport between the two, with them often hugging and touching hands.

Vasquez, when asked about the speculation, simply laughed.

A video published by TMZ and taken outside the courthouse showed a reporter asking Vasquez to clear the record about her relationship with Depp.

“The people want to know, are you dating Johnny Depp? It’s all over the internet. Can you set the record straight, yes or no?,” the reporter is heard asking.

In response, Vasquez is seen laughing, but rather than respond, she greets Depp’s fans and pets a dog.

Several videos reflect an easy, pleasant relationship, with them hugging and joking around the courthouse, Insider shows.

Article content

Vasquez, 37, is very private about her life outside of work, and has no social media presence to speak of — but has gained a huge cult following. Any relationship, according to TMZ, is likely to be only with the British realtor she has been dating for several months.

Now in its fifth week, the defamation trial switched to Heard’s witnesses. Several testified as to what they had seen during the couple’s relationship.

Her sister, Whitney Henriquez, told the court on Wednesday that she witnessed a physical altercation between Heard and Depp.

Henriquez said Depp’s behaviour changed when he started drinking and using drugs. She told the jury that Heard’s personality also started to change as the relationship progressed, comparing it to a “slow-motion gunshot.”

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Henriquez said Heard eventually became less gregarious, stopped sleeping and looked emaciated.

Henriquez had tried to get the couple to reconcile after a particularly vicious argument. “I was just trying to help what I thought they both wanted,” Henriquez told Vasquez. She said she still “loved” Depp as a brother-in-law at that point and thought the two still wanted to be together.

On Thursday, Depp’s former friend and bandmate Bruce Witkin testified that “in my experience it’s deep rooted issues he’s dealing with. It had nothing to do with Amber, in my opinion.”

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Heard’s lawyers also called on Melanie Inglessis, Heard’s makeup artist, who testified to hiding the actress’s bruises and cut lip with makeup for an appearance on The Late Late Show With James Corden in December 2015 — a day after Heard said Depp head-butted her. Inglessis confirmed to Depp’s attorney that she did not witness any physical abuse from Depp, and that she only knows what Heard and her friends told her.

Depp’s former agent, Tracey Jacobs, testified about the difficulties in representing the actor in the final 10 years of their professional relationship.

She said the actor had anger issues that worsened in the last decade of their working relationship — which lasted 30 years — and that she had talked to him over his “unprofessional” behaviour on set, which included drug and alcohol abuse.

“Showing up late to set consistently on virtually every movie,” Jacobs said. “I would get yelled at. I never said to him, ‘You’re a difficult client’ but I was very honest with him and said you’ve got to stop doing this it’s hurting you. And it did.”

She testified that Depp’s “star had dimmed” over the bad reputation, NBC reported.

The trial, which has been live-streamed online, is set to conclude on May 27.

— with additional reporting by The Washington Post