Upset Over Bad Headlines, Amber Heard Reportedly Fired Her Entire PR Team Amid Johnny Depp Case

Amber Heard thinks that her story is not being told effectively amid the Johnny Depp defamation trial. Upset over the bad headlines, she has reportedly fired her entire PR team. She is frustrated by the negative press coverage amid the defamation trial against her ex-husband Johnny Depp.

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The New York Post has stated that Amber Heard has hired a new PR team now. "She doesn¡¯t like bad headlines," an insider told the publication. Another insider said, she is "frustrated with her story not being told effectively."

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The high-profile trial began after Depp filed a defamation case against Amber's article in The Washington Post in which she claimed that she was a victim of domestic violence. Depp has sued Heard for $50 million claiming that she destroyed his career by fabricating claims of domestic violence, reports Variety.

Recently, a former agent for Hollywood star Johnny Depp testified that Amber Heard's abuse allegations had a "traumatic impact" on Depp's image, and cost him the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.

There¡¯s a reason all domestic violence charities are #supportamberheard

We recognize the abuse #JohnnyDepp continues to inflict on #amberheard

He¡¯s not charming. He¡¯s a liar and abuser.

His stories don¡¯t even make sense. #IStandWithAmberHeard

¡ª Bunmi (@Bunmicheshire) April 20, 2022

Christian Carino, a talent agent at Creative Artists Agency, appeared by video deposition at Depp's defamation trial.

Carino testified that it became clear, through conversations with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and CAA co-chair Bryan Lourd, that Disney had decided it could not continue to employ Depp. Carino said that the abuse claims were never openly discussed as the reason, but that it was simply "understood" within the industry.

Amber Heard's lawyers just made Johnny Depp listen to a recording of himself expressing the desire to self harm. This was the point she drove him to, and he's reliving it all now. He deserved so much better.

Hold him in your heart today, with all those who've suffered abuse. pic.twitter.com/kSozQj8ZLU

¡ª Dee (@tasteofsanity) April 21, 2022

He testified that Depp is "one of the finest actors of his generation", and that has not changed despite the turmoil of his life in recent years. But he also said that the lawsuits with his former business manager, his former attorney, and with Heard have damaged Depp's off-screen image.

"I think what he was known for off-screen was a shroud of mystery of who he was, because he was not visible to the public," Carino said. "It changed with the exposure that came with the lawsuits." Carino was asked about the production of the fifth 'Pirates' film, in 2015, and acknowledged that Depp was routinely late to set.

"I'm aware of him being tardy, but he's been tardy on everything his entire life," Carino said, adding that the production had figured out how to work around the issue.

Carino was vague about when Disney decided not to hire Depp for a potential sixth 'Pirates' film, which remains in limbo, saying at first that he could not specify even the year when it occurred. The timing of that decision is a key issue in the case. Depp's lawyers contend that it came just days after Heard published an op-ed, on December 18, 2018, in which she referred to herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse". Heard's lawyers argue that the decision was actually made earlier.

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