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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Entertainment
Amy Francombe and Katie Strick

Camille Vasquez: how Johnny Depp’s lawyer became the real star of Hollywood’s most explosive trial

Actor Johnny Depp hugs attorney Camille Vasquez in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax

(Picture: AP)

If you don’t know the name by now you’ll almost certainly know the face: Johnny Depp’s Spanish-speaking attorney Camille Vasquez, 37, quickly became an overnight TikTok sensation during his and Amber Heard’s six-week $50m bombshell defamation trial thanks to her tough cross-examinations of Heard - and her perceived chemistry with Depp.

Marvel memes, I heart Camille t-shirts and even Vasquez tattoos were among the catalogue of fan posts tagged #CamilleVasquez and #CamilleVasquezForPresident around the world.

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