Amber Heard hires new legal team to appeal $10m verdict in Johnny Depp defamation case
Amber Heard has scrapped her long-time attorney Elaine Bredehoft and hired a new legal team to appeal the $10 million verdict in her defamation case against Johnny Depp. The actress announced on Monday (15.08.22) she has hired high-profile attorneys David L Axelrod and Jay Ward Brown from the firm Ballard Spahr to lead her appeal, in which she is aiming to overturn the multi-million-dollar ruling and avoid paying her ex-husband $10.35 million (£8.6 million) in damages. Bredehoft, who represented Heard, 36, in the bombshell six-week trial, is stepping down, with Ben Rottenborn from Woods Rogers...