my colleagues and i from brown rudnick
are truly honored to represent the
plaintiff in this case
johnny depp welcome to watch mojo and
today we're counting down our picks for
the top 10 lawyer moments from the
johnny depp amber heard case but he put
his foot down on that one and said
you need to have consequences you cannot
do this for this list we're looking at
the most heated integral and surreal
moments revolving around the attorneys
involved in the debt v herd trial which
depp v herd lawyer would you want on
your legal team let us know in the
comments
number 10 dismissing a dismissal after
13 days depp's attorneys rested their
case on may 3rd 2022 although the trial
was far from over one of herd's
attorneys jay benjamin rottenborn asked
judge penny askarotti to dismiss the
case right then and there rottenborn
argued that depp's legal team hadn't
presented quote clear and convincing
evidence he also claimed that depp was
the aggressor in the relationship and
that the plaintiff couldn't quote prove
ms hurd acted with actual malice the
undisputed evidence is that mr depp did
commit abuse against misheard benjamin
chu one of depp's attorneys countered
that they had provided credible
witnesses and substantial evidence that
hurd was the aggressor as karate
ultimately denied herd's motion to
strike finding that there was enough
evidence to move forward the weight of
that evidence is up to the fact finder
so the motion to strike is denied the
first defense witness and hurt herself
would take the stand shortly after i'm
going to take an advisement because
ruling out now it would be premature
number nine not wasting anyone's time
during a cross-examination rottenborn
asked depp about a message that he sent
to elton john in which the actor thanked
the english singer for helping him with
his sobriety when depp proceeded to
continue talking about john sobriety and
their friendship rottenborn asked if
they could move on on the grounds that
depp was providing unnecessary
background information
i appreciate that my only question was
just to confirm that you had sent that
message to ellen john nothing else depp
said that he would stop talking but he
seemed to grow more frustrated when
ruttenborn implied that he was wasting
the court's time i just said i want to
be respectful of the court's time and
the jury's time and i trust that you do
too so
i don't feel like i'm wasting anyone's
time while rottenborn maintained a
no-nonsense demeanor for the most part
even he had a hard time not laughing
when depp made a crack about giving
marilyn manson a pill i once gave
marilyn manson a pill
so that he would
stop talking so much
number eight richard marx loses patience
on the stand entertainment lawyer
richard marks discussed in his words the
quote devastating effect that heard's
op-ed had on depp's career being
cross-examined by one of herd's lawyers
adam nadelhaft marx was questioned about
a series of articles that criticized
depp before the op-ed's publication
if that's what it said it said are you
just going to keep reading while marx
acknowledged that negative press against
depp had existed he didn't recall these
specific articles that nadal haft listed
not even the one concerning depp's
comments about donald trump and you
would agree that before the op-ed there
was a negative publicity for mr depp
about assassinating president trump
would you agree
no i missed that one as nadal haft
continued to read article headlines marx
began cracking jokes even referencing
netflix is a joke eventually they would
get back to discussing the op-ed you
agree that there was another article in
2015 that says quote has johnny depp
become hollywood's biggest joke
i don't know netflix has a whole
festival going now netflix is a joke
number seven read that again
many trials can feel repetitive and
despite the serious questioning he's
faced depp has chosen to make light of
the monotony with depp on the stand
rottenborn relayed a 2013 text
conversation between the former couple
after reading each text aloud rottenborn
asked depp if he was reading the
messages correctly the first couple of
times depp simply concurred she writes
thank you for mine i read that right
you did the series of texts culminated
with depp writing something disturbing
about herd's throat after rottenborn
read this particular text twice depp
asked him to read it yet again igniting
laughter from part of the courtroom
despite the implications of the text
exchange sorry could you read that again
depp was likely mocking rottenborn as he
subsequently confirmed that the attorney
had read the text correctly i read that
right correct
you did number six heard watched it
during her second day on the stand heard
recalled an alleged incident where depp
didn't come home one day he didn't
come home uh and i was worried sick she
claimed that he was in a hotel room with
paul bettany and had to be carried home
in the middle of this testimony camille
vasquez one of depp's lawyers objected
heard's lawyer elaine bredehoff
instructed her client to proceed heard
got in only a few more words before
vasquez objected again before brett hoff
could finish asking her questions heard
bluntly interjected quote i watched it
objection hearsay did you see that i
watched it this exchange is similar to
another moment when heard reflected on
an engagement party once again vasquez
objected redhoff and heard talked at the
same time and heard said i watched it i
was there
i watched it number five elaine
brederhof's johnny depp impression
johnny depp has a distinctive voice
that's not hard to imitate even elaine
bredehoff can do a deaf impersonation
whether it's a good impression is up for
debate but it definitely made for one of
the defense team's most amusing moments
questioning heard brittahoff quoted an
audio tape of depp in the actor's voice
deb said you will not see my eyes again
it's unclear if brederhoff intended to
mimic depp or if listening to the
actor's testimony for weeks on end
rubbed off on her subconsciously either
way depp couldn't hold back a smirk upon
hearing brederhof's impression of him
redderhof subsequently repeated part of
the quote although she used her regular
voice this time please tell the jury
about the next meeting after he said you
will not see my eyes again number four
adam nadelhaft objects to himself
sometimes attorneys don't get the
answers they're looking for such was the
case during adam nadelhof's
cross-examination of ben king depp's
former house manager nadal haft began a
line of questioning discussing what king
had been told about the cause of the
damage to depp's hand back in 2015. and
isn't it true that in the entire time
you were there
you were not informed as to
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what caused damage to mr depp's hand
when king started to say that the doctor
had informed him about depp's finger
injury needle half interjected with two
words we've heard a lot throughout this
trial objection and hearsay as familiar
as those legal terms have become nadal
half shook things up by objecting to his
own question yes your honor we do have
an objection i believe this is a
recording that has the voices of people
other than misheard and mr devin on that
basis judge as karate didn't let this go
unnoticed while benjamin chu whispered
something to death nadel haft continued
but still didn't get the answers that he
probably wanted but you don't know what
caught you don't know how his finger was
injured i don't think anybody mentioned
it to me at that time number three most
bizarre deposition ever of all the
witnesses who have testified during this
trial alejandra romero stands out for a
few reasons the front desk employee who
worked at the building where depp lived
with herd romero pre-recorded his
deposition from a car while vaping so
the incident was may 21st 2016. whether
he was in a rush or simply didn't give a
hoot romero started driving away before
his deposition wrapped up yes i'm not
gonna say no because she was really
always nice all right this might
be nice all right this is my last
question after watching the video
everyone had the same thought but elaine
brederhoff was among the first to say it
aloud the two legal teams haven't agreed
on much which is kind of the whole idea
of court however everyone can agree that
bizarre is an accurate description of
romero's deposition
that was a first i'm sorry i will i will
say around that is the most bizarre
episode okay number two objection
hearsay if you weren't familiar with
objection or hearsay before you'll know
them by the end of this trial while far
from uncommon legal phrases you could
make a drinking game out of how many
times they've been said throughout depth
be heard it's hard to say whose
testimony ignited the most objections
but camille vasquez certainly used the
phrase a lot when heard took the stand
objection hearsay during the testimony
of jack wiggum depp's agent objections
could be heard from both sides although
benjamin chu's cross-examination of
wigam wasn't long elaine brederhoff
still interjected multiple objections
i'll sustain the objection i'll sustain
the injection next question in one
instance depp actually turned the tables
using what he described as rottenborn's
quote favorite word this is huge june
21st 2015.
before we unveil our top pick here are
some honorable mentions the great muffin
caper how long are they going to talk
about baked goods
may i clarify what occurred so that we
can stop talking about the muffins
depp's lawyers meet alpacas they were
bound to cross paths eventually we guess
the wrong witness brennerhoff mistakes
don hughes for shannon curry dr curry um
if if you i mean dr hughes i don't know
why actually
my apologies as long as you're happy sir
things get snarky between depp and
rottenborn yet again i'm sorry i was
talking is that all right you you you
would answer my question we'll take a
look at the next element thank you
as long as you're happy sir braderhoff
accused of harassing jack wiggum she
argued that he did answer the question
mr wiggum if you could please answer my
question
objection harassment he did answer the
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number one camille vasquez
cross-examines heard the plaintiff and
defendant may be celebrities but camille
vasquez has arguably stolen the
spotlight from the famous actors and her
cross-examination of amber heard was
especially tense at one point vasquez
questioned her about the seven million
dollar divorce settlement that she
pledged to charity as heard began to
respond vasquez firmly and as quote
respectfully as possible noted that she
wasn't answering the question asked and
continued until she received the answer
she was looking for that's how donations
are paid misheard respectfully that's
not my question while the jury in this
case has not rendered their decision one
verdict is already in vasquez has won
over the internet yesterday i got you
that role in aquaman didn't he
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