Depp has sued Heard for about 40 crores, ever since she made a statement that she was a victim of domestic violence in 2018. Although Depp was not named, his team argued that it went horribly wrong and cost him a huge loss in his career. Embarrassed Heard sued him for about 70 crores for allegedly plotting a smear campaign against him and presenting his own case differently.
Court clips going viral
This case was filed three years ago, the hearing of which was to be held on May 27. Throughout the debate, both Depp and Heard have become the most trending topics of the moment, while clips from the court are also going viral online. Clips of the members of their legal teams are also going viral from time to time.
How much did Depp and Heard pay their teams?
To find out, Manny Arora of Arora Law Trial Attorney added a total of Rs. He estimated so far from the case that started three years ago. He said, “Each lawyer charges an average of 47 lakhs an hour and Depp has a total of seven lawyers. Also their helper, money for the court, money for the journey, etc. Then the investigation went on for six weeks. Then add another 24 months for all this to be done and prepared. I would say that Depp has spent at least 43 crores for his legal team.
Johnny and Amber spent crores of rupees
As far as Hurd’s team is concerned, Arora believes that their costs were very low due to their minor legal team. To this he said, ‘Heard has only three lawyers. For that, I would say around 24 crores in fees and 16 crores for experts. According to Arora, experts have to pay a hefty amount in such cases. He said, ‘From expert doctors, businessmen and psychiatrists, everyone has to pay good money. Their fees can be 5 crores or more. I will give a budget of around 3 crores for the experts.
Lawyers fee by the hour
Both the legal teams have deployed experts to register their case. During the final week of the investigation, Heard’s team called Doctor Richard Moore to the stand. He testified that Depp’s finger injury was not caused by the bottle being thrown at him. Depp’s lawyer, Vasquez, for his testimony raised the matter of compensation of 1 crore every hour and 5 crores every day.
Both hired top firms
Hurd used the Virginia law firm Woods Rogers, Attorney at Law. The team consists of Elaine Breedhoft, Ben Rottenborn and Joshua Trees. All of them are fighting the case of Emberd. Depp has turned to international legal firm Brown Rudnick. His team of lawyers includes Vasquez, Ben Chew, Stephanie Callan, Andrew Crawford, Rebecca McDowell LaCarroz, Yerelin Mena, Jessica Meyers and Samuel Moniz.