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Johnny Depp will return to court. Again

Not everything is solved in the world of Johnny Depp, despite travel to Britain, $ 62,000 dinner to celebrate victory in defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard. The actor faces another trial, this time against him, in which a member of the crew on the set of one of his films accuses him of assault. Camille Vasquez And Benjamin Chew, Lawyers who have become popular on social media for fans are reportedly defending him again in an on-set assault suit. (Chew had previously worked for Depp on previous lawsuits, but Vasquez, who recently joined their firm, is a fairly recent addition to the team.)

Gregg “Rocky” Brooks he was location manager in City of Lies, a crime thriller about the LAPD investigation into the unsolved murder of Notorious BIG and Tupac Shakur. Depp plays a retired detective and Forest Whitaker the reporter he teams up with to investigate the murders. The film was scheduled to release in September 2018, but the distributor withdrew the film after the complaint, filed by Brooks about a month earlier, according to Deadline at the time. The trailer had already been released on Biggie’s birthday, May 21 of that year, and is still available online:

In the 2018 complaint, which also mentions the director Brad Furman as a defendant, Brooks claimed that when he told Depp they could only shoot one more outside shot, the actor got mad. The location manager claims Depp followed him, yelling, “Who the fuck are you? You have no right to tell me what to do ”and he hit him twice in the ribs.

After Brooks didn’t react, Depp allegedly said he’d give him “$ 100,000 to punch me in the face now.”

Brooks, who is also suing Depp’s production company for wrongful dismissal, said he was fired after refusing to sign an agreement not to sue the production and subsequently, according to Brooks’ attorney. Pat Harris, has had a hard time finding work. In 2019, when the trial was originally scheduled to begin, Harris said Variety: “ORObviously we recognize that in the Hollywood hierarchy, Johnny Depp is at the top and the location managers are somewhere in the middle or towards the bottom. In any confrontation between the two of them, no matter who started it, no matter who is responsible, Johnny Depp will be the winner and our man will be damaged. “

According to VarietyDepp allegedly testified that he did not hit Brooks and verbally confronted him after seeing Brooks behave “belligerently with a woman on set.”

Depp’s attorney at the time, Adam Waldman, told the newspaper that he intended to file a negligence charge against Brooks’ attorneys: “After all the evidence, from the multiple sworn testimony and dozens of contemporary photographs taken by the script supervisor, Brooks has finally found a single supporting witness. of his absurd and delusional claims: his own lawyer, ”Waldman said. “As soon as the evidence defeats Mr. Brooks in the trial, we will immediately file a willful charge against his lawyers. What Mr. Brooks ‘attorney calls’ scorched earth ‘is actually known as’ justice ‘.’

Waldman also told a TheWrap in 2018 that Depp “never touched the person who sued him, as more than a dozen witnesses present can testify. In a court filing we have generally denied all claims and will fight these latest bogus allegations. “

In a 2018 article on the decision to cancel the film, the Daily Beast spoke to four sources who claim to have witnessed an altercation, but not gunshot, between the men. Brooks’ attorney Arbella Azizianhe told al Daily Beast: «My client was impressed. He was shot twice in the rib cage and this was witnessed … I suggest you use a different source to get a more accurate assessment of what happened on set ».

The trial is still over a month away and is scheduled to begin July 25 at the Los Angeles County Superior Court. And it won’t be broadcast on television.

Other stories of Vanity Fair that may interest you:
  • Amber Heard’s sister against Johnny Depp (also) via social media: “I know what I saw”
  • Johnny Depp opens a TikTok profile (and immediately surpasses 3 million followers)
  • Johnny Depp in the pub after the verdict
  • The reactions of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard after the verdict

Source: Vanity Fair

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