Johnny Depp has been wrapped up in authorized conditions for fairly a while now. Most just lately, the Pirates of the Caribbean star was entangled in a (televised) six-week defamation case together 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 tens of millions of {dollars}. Whereas Depp has apparently closed the e-book 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 go well with 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 provided 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, nonetheless, does not appear to imagine that that court docket resolution means something in regard to his shopper’s state of affairs:
Brooks’ case isn’t about two Hollywood celebrities concerned in a poisonous relationship. It’s concerning the assault of a hard-working movie crew member by the star of the manufacturing.Mr. Brooks seems to be 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 go well with, saying that Brooks “provoked” the actions that induced his accidents and that they had been sustained on account of “self-defense/protection of others.” Depp additionally claimed that the situation supervisor made him really feel unsafe. At the moment, the damages that Brooks is suing for haven’t been publicly specified.
The damages that the Oscar winner acquired from the current defamation case have been, nonetheless. Per the jury, the actor is to be awarded a compensatory $10 million {dollars} in addition to an extra $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 presently say for certain how the jury may rule on this case. Johnny Depp and Gregg Brooks’ assault trial is presently set to start on July twenty fifth.