Johnny Depp's lawyers have slammed Amber Heard's claims that social media had an impact on the jury's verdict when the actor won his legal battle against his ex-wife last week.
Camille Vasquez and Ben Chew have revealed that their strategy throughout the bitter case - which went on in the US for six weeks - was to use Amber's own words against her.
They admitted to crafting their questions based on her previous testimony, with Camille telling ABC's George Stephanopoulos that it was enough to show the jury all it needed to know about the actress.
Amber's team claimed the jury was influenced by the support shown to Johnny all over social media - including TikTok.
However Ben insists it "played no role whatsoever" and that the jury reached the verdict purely based on the evidence presented by both sides.
Camille also denied that the #MeToo movement was ignored by the verdict in Johnny's favour.
She said: "We encourage any victim to come forward. Domestic violence doesn't have a gender.
"The facts are what they were. The jury made a unanimous decision based on those facts."
Johnny was awarded compensatory damages of $10million (£8million) and a further $5million (£4million) in punitive damages.
Heard appeared downcast as the verdict was read out.
The Aquaman actress filed a countersuit against Johnny, seeking almost £78million in damages after claiming his legal team falsely accused her of fabricating claims against the actor.
She was awarded compensatory damages of $2million (£1.6million) after proving one of her counterclaims to the jury.
Following the verdict Heard said she felt "heartbroken " by the ruling, adding she was “sadder still” that she had “lost a right” to “speak freely and openly”.
“The disappointment I feel today is beyond words. I’m heartbroken that the mountain of evidence still was not enough to stand up to the disproportionate power, influence, and sway of my ex-husband,” she said in a statement.
“I’m even more disappointed with what this verdict means for other women.
“It is a setback. It sets back the clock to a time when a woman who spoke up and spoke out could be publicly shamed and humiliated.
“I believe Johnny’s attorneys succeeded in getting the jury to overlook the key issue of freedom of speech and ignore evidence that was so conclusive that we won in the UK.
“I’m sad I lost this case. But I am sadder still that I seem to have lost a right I thought I had as an American – to speak freely and openly.”
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