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Amber Heard sacks attorney and hires new legal team to appeal Johnny Depp defamation case verdict
Amber Heard has sacked her long-time attorney and hired a new legal team as she prepares to appeal the verdict in her defamation trial with Johnny Depp.
Elaine Bredehoft, who represented Ms Heard in the six-week long trial, will step down. Ms Heard has hired attorneys David L Axelrod and Jay Ward Brown of Ballard Spahr in her appeal to avoid paying her ex-husband $10.35m in damages.
Mr Depp sued Ms Heard for defamation after she wrote an article in 2018 implying he abused her.
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