Greater than 2,000 individuals have signed a petition to get Johnny Depp's lawyer, Camille Vasquez to switch Amber Heard within the upcoming Aquaman sequel.
"Though Amber is a 'credible' actor and has truly demonstrated it on many events, not simply in movies or 'maybe' on the stand," the change.org petition acknowledged. "If Camille is half the actor she is as a lawyer this shall be an absolute blockbuster of a movie."
As of publication time on Wednesday, the petition has obtained 2,315 signatures.
On Wednesday, the jury got here to a verdict within the ongoing trial between Heard and Depp. The 2 had been married from 2015 to 2017. In 2018, Heard printed an op-ed within the Washington Publish claiming that she was a sufferer of home violence and though she by no means named Depp within the article, the Pirates of the Caribbean actor claimed that it broken his profession. In response, Depp filed a defamation lawsuit towards his ex-wife for $50 million and Heard ultimately filed her personal counter-lawsuit for $100 million.
The jury awarded Depp $15 million, which included $5 million in punitive damages and $10 million in compensatory damages. Heard was additionally awarded $2 million for compensatory damages.
One other petition calling for Heard to be faraway from the Aquaman sequel has obtained practically 4.5 million signatures.
"Take away Amber Heard from Aquaman 2," the petition is titled.
"Amber Heard has been uncovered as a home abuser by Johnny Depp. In his $50 million lawsuit, Johnny Depp describes many incidents of home abuse that he suffered by the hands of his (then) spouse Amber Heard," the petition acknowledged. "As Amber Heard is a identified and confirmed home abuser, Warner Brothers and DC Leisure ought to and should take away Heard from their Aquaman 2 movie undertaking. They have to not ignore the struggling of Heard's victims, and should not glamorize a home abuser."
The petition's description continued, "Males are victims of home abuse, similar to girls. This should be acknowledged, and motion should be taken to forestall a identified abuser from being celebrated throughout the leisure business. Do the proper factor. Take away Amber Heard from Aquaman 2."
Heard starred within the first Aquaman movie alongside actor Jason Momoa.
In the course of the trial, Heard spoke about her position within the Aquaman sequel and mentioned that she "fought actually laborious to remain within the film," following the continued controversy in response to her op-ed and the trial.
"I used to be given a script after which given new variations of the script that had taken away scenes that had motion in it," she mentioned. "That depicted my character and one other character—with out giving any spoilers away, two characters combating with each other. They principally took a bunch out of my position. They simply eliminated a bunch."
Up to date 06/01/2022, at 5:36 p.m. ET: This story has been up to date with extra data and background.
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