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Since the controversial trial of the defamation case filed by Johnny Depp against his ex-wife Amber Heard, everyone thought Depp’s new love interest would be his lawyer Camille Vasquez.
Depp indeed is dating a lawyer but Camille Vasquez is not the one instead her name is Joelle Rich. Now, people are wondering how did they both end up together? So here’s everything to know about Joelle Rich.
Joelle Rich
Joelle Rich is a 37-year-old attorney who is based in London, where she is a partner at the international law firm Schillings, per her LinkedIn.
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According to her bio on the company website, Rich “helps individuals and families in the public eye protect their privacy and reputations” and has “expertise in libel, privacy and copyright disputes.” She “works to defend [clients’] reputations against false and defamatory allegations in print, online and on social media.”
Graduate of University of Birmingham
Before working at Schillings, Rich studied at the University of Birmingham in Birmingham, England from 2003 to 2006, earning a degree in law. She later went BPP Law School in London from 2006 to 2007, where she studied legal practice course, per her LinkedIn.
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Depp and Rich
In 2020, Joelle was one of the lawyers in Johnny’s team who represented him in his libel case in the UK. Johnny had sued The Sun newspaper over their 2018 story that described him as a ‘wife-beater’ during his marriage to Amber. However, he lost the case.
As per the report, the duo ‘discreetly’ met in hotels at the early stages of their romance. As per the source, both are dating but it’s not serious. Another source quoted, “Their chemistry is off the charts. It’s serious between them. They are the real deal.”
She’s already married
A source confirmed that Depp’s new girlfriend is married but she is currently estranged from her husband. Moreover, she is a mom of two children with her estranged husband.
Representative of more celebrities
Joelle reportedly represented Meghan Markle in her case against the Mail on Sunday newspaper in 2018. At the time, the Duchess of Sussex was suing the publication’s publisher for sharing a private letter she sent to her father,