Johnny Depp has been wrapped up in authorized conditions for fairly a while now. Most lately, the Pirates of the Caribbean star was entangled in a (televised) six-week defamation case along with his ex-wife, Amber Heard. in the long run, the jury’s verdict fell in Depp’s favor, as Heard was discovered responsible on three counts of defamation and now should pay her ex hundreds of thousands of {dollars}. Whereas Depp has apparently closed the guide on that state of affairs, he is now dealing with an assault-related lawsuit from a former colleague. And the accuser’s lawyer is talking out forward of the trial.
The plaintiff on this authorized case is Gregg “Rocky” Brooks, who labored as a location supervisor on Johnny Depp’s Tupac-centric crime drama, Metropolis of Lies. Brooks filed swimsuit again in 2018, alleging that the star punched him twice within the rib cage. The crew member claims that by committing the purported act, Depp was “inflicting emotional misery” on him. Brooks additionally acknowledged that after the star supposedly punched him, he proceeded to taunt him, earlier than Depp allegedly supplied the supervisor $100,000 to punch him within the face.
To say that this newest trial comes at an attention-grabbing time can be a critical understatement. Given its shut proximity to the defamation case involving Amber Heard, The Solar requested Gregg Brooks’ lawyer, Pat Harris, for his ideas on the decision in that state of affairs. Harris, nevertheless, does not appear to consider that that court docket determination means something in regard to his consumer’s state of affairs:
Brooks’ case isn’t about two Hollywood celebrities concerned in a poisonous relationship. It’s in regards to the assault of a hard-working movie crew member by the star of the manufacturing.Mr. Brooks appears ahead to his day in court docket.
Gregg Brooks’ lawsuit additional claims that after the reported incident, Johnny Depp continued to rant earlier than being faraway from the realm by his bodyguards, whereas additionally asserting that his breath smelled of alcohol. After the 2018 submitting, Depp responded to the swimsuit, saying that Brooks “provoked” the actions that precipitated his accidents and that they have been sustained because of “self-defense/protection of others.” Depp additionally claimed that the placement supervisor made him really feel unsafe. Right now, the damages that Brooks is suing for haven’t been publicly specified.
The damages that the Oscar winner obtained from the current defamation case have been, nevertheless. Per the jury, the actor is to be awarded a compensatory $10 million {dollars} in addition to a further $5 million in punitive damages. Although Amber Heard was additionally awarded $2 million in compensatory injury. In her response to the decisionHeard expressed “disappointment,” whereas her former husband acknowledged that he felt “at peace.”
Pat Harris does make a good level in saying that these are two completely different conditions so, proper now, one cannot at the moment say for certain how the jury may rule on this case. Johnny Depp and Gregg Brooks’ assault trial is at the moment set to start on July twenty fifth.