Johnny Depp’s lawyers deny that social media played a role in the jury’s decision to find Amber Heard liable for defamation.
The lawyers spoke with's George Stephanopoulos in one of their first interview since the actor won his defamation case against ex-wife . Chew and Vasquez addressed the attention the case received on social media and responded to Heard's team calling the victory a step back for women's rights.
Stephanopoulos later asked the two their thoughts on Heard's team calling their appearance on the talk show a"victory lap for setting back decades of how women can be treated in the courtroom." Vasquez called the comments"disappointing." "I think our response to that is we encourage any victim to come forward,” Vasquez replied."Domestic violence doesn’t have a gender ... We do not [think this has any negative impact to the #MeToo movement]. We believe that the verdict speaks for itself, the facts are what they were, the jury made a unanimous decision based on those facts."that this case "was never about money for Mr. Depp ... this was about restoring his reputation — and he’s done that.