Amber Heard fires PR team in the aftermath of the Depp defamation trial's 'bad headlines'
Key Takeaways:
- Amber Heard's entire public relations team has been fired and replaced with a new one.
- Amber changed PR firms in the middle of the trial, reportedly due to her dissatisfaction with the negative coverage she was receiving.
- After allegations of domestic abuse surfaced, the actor was fired from the Fantastic Beasts film franchise, where he had a starring role.
Actress Amber Heard has fired her entire public relations team and replaced them with a new one. According to reports, the actress took a drastic step because she was 'upset' by the headlines surrounding her defamation trial against ex-husband Johnny Depp. The high-profile defamation suit has been ongoing on the outskirts of Washington, DC, since April 11.
According to the New York Post, Amber transferred to a different PR firm in the middle of the trial after apparently becoming frustrated with the negative coverage she was receiving during the trial. A source told the publication, "She doesn't like bad headlines." Amber is "frustrated with her story not being told effectively," according to another source quoted in the story.
Johnny Depp has pointed out a $50 million lawsuit against Amber, alleging that she defamed him during a 2018 op-ed piece for Washington Post in which she discussed surviving domestic abuse. According to them, the piece harmed his film career and reputation.
The actor was released from the Fantastic Beasts film franchise, where he had a starring role after allegations of domestic abuse surfaced. Amber's lawyers argue that it isn't defamation because Amber didn't name Johnny in the piece and wrote it for the greater good.
Johnny has already testified in the trial, which has been going on for three weeks. Johnny claimed in his testimony that he was the one who was abused by Amber, not the other way around. Amber is scheduled to testify in a few days.
Johnny's American trial arrives less than two years after losing a libel suit against The Sun, a British tabloid that called him a "wife-beater." According to a London High Court judge, Amber was repeatedly assaulted and put in fear of her life.
Johnny as well as Amber, met on the set of The Rum Diary, a film based on Hunter S. Thompson's novel. They married in 2015 but divorced within a year. In 2017, their divorce was finalized.