Depp's legal team, which is expected to finish testimony soon, brought witnesses who discussed how Heard's op-ed allegedly damaged the actor's career and stardom.
Jack Whigham, Depp’s talent agent, testified remotely Monday and said that the actor was well-regarded and respected by his peers in the artistic community when Whigham started representing him in October 2016 at Creative Artists Agency. He said the agency also negotiated a verbal agreement that Depp would star in the sixth Pirates of the Caribbean movie and would be paid $22.5 million.
Whigham replied that as of fall 2018, it was true Bailey was not completely on board with Depp, though producer Jerry Bruckheimer really wanted Depp in the movie — he said he and Bruckheimer both lobbied for Depp; ultimately they found out in 2019 that Disney decided to go in a different direction.
Further testimony from attorney Richard Marks, who specializes in making deals in the entertainment industry, focused on the same points: Marks testified that studios and brands generally look the other way when celebrities have issues with diva-like behavior and/or drugs — he admitted Depp is known for being late on film sets — but, he said, in the past five years, they generally don’t want to get near anyone who has been accused of domestic violence.
Douglas Bania, an expert witness for Depp who specializes in intellectual property damages and valuation, brought charts for the jury that showed his analysis of Depp’s Q score and Google search results. Bania said his research showed that Depp had largely positive and mundane search results before 2016.
Heard’s attorney, Nadelhaft, asked Bania whether it was possible to separate the specific impact of the op-ed vs. the publicity generated by Depp’s lawsuit against the Sun. “That was not part of my analysis to carve that out,” Bania said, and added he didn’t try to separate the two.to take the stand in her defense. She is countersuing Depp for $100 million for defamation after his lawyer called her abuse allegations a hoax.
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