Camille Vasquez and Johnny Depp.Photo: SHAWN THEW/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Camille Vasquezis reflecting on her newfoundTikTokfame.
In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE following the verdict in which her clientJohnny Deppcame out mostly victorious, with the juryawarding him $10.35 million in damagesagainst ex-wifeAmber Heard, the attorney says she “didn’t know what was happening on social media” during the six-week defamation trial.
In terms of how the public responded during the trial, “I’m not that surprised because I know the facts,” Vasquez adds. “I know the evidence and it was clear to me that we were on the right side of this. And I know all of it.”
Of becominga TikTok celebrityherself, Vasquez tells PEOPLE those are “words I never thought I’d hear.”
“It’s funny, but also it’s surreal,” she says. “It’s overwhelming, but I really believe that to the extent that I could inspire young women to stay in school, work hard and maybe pursue a career in law, then it was all worth it because that’s what’s important at the end of the day.”
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“And that’s the new medium for communication and that’s how young people and people in general really communicate and absorb news and become inspired. And so if that’s the forum, so be it,” she adds, but admits, “I don’t know my way around TikTok.”
Depp was found to have defamed Heard on one of three claims in her countersuit. TheAquamanactress was awarded $2 million in damages.
Meanwhile, the actress filed a countersuit seeking $100 million in damages, claiming thePirates of the Caribbeanstar spearheaded a campaign to discredit her and her allegations as “fake” and a “hoax,” harming her career and reputation.
Duringan appearance last weekon theTodayshow, Heard’s attorney Elaine Charlson Bredehoft toldSavannah Guthriethat her client was “demonized” during the trial and that internet favor was “absolutely” in Depp’s corner, which she believes affected the outcome of the case.
“And it was horrible —it really, really was lopsided,” the attorney continued. “It was like the Roman Colosseum, how they viewed this whole case.”
source: people.com
