The Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard defamation trial served as a source of entertainment for thousands and thousands of individuals around the globe — and even catapulted a comparatively unknown lawyer from San Francisco to the world stage.
Camille Vasquez, 37, has now admitted that her newfound fame is a “bit overwhelming” for the lawyer.
“But when I could be an inspiration to younger ladies that wish to go to regulation faculty and research and work onerous, then it was all value it,” she said Wednesday whereas showing with beside fellow Depp lawyer Benjamin Chew on “Good Morning America.”
The successful duo additionally stopped by the “TODAY Present” Wednesday, and Vasquez gave a nearly identical statement on the general public’s fascination.
“It’s been overwhelming and surreal,” Vasquez repeated.
She didn’t react to host Savannah Guthrie’s point out of the “bizarre” woman that tattooed herself with Vasquez’s silhouette.
Nonetheless, Vasquez’s onerous work did repay at her present place of employment the high-profile regulation agency Brown Rudnick, the place she was promoted from an affiliate to a companion.
Earlier than her promotion, a lady companion at a high-profile regulation agency in Los Angeles just some years older than Vasquez stated she was “very shocked to see she was an affiliate,” contemplating what she dealt with on the Depp trial.
“More often than not associates aren’t given the kind of roles she was given — doing the cross and closings, that’s fairly unprecedented,” the source told The Post.
On Sunday, sources instructed The Submit that Vasquez has received a flood of job offers from prime Hollywood regulation corporations since main Depp to victory.
“Expertise brokers are circling Camille as a result of they acknowledge that she is the unicorn — a wise, savvy, poised lawyer whose impactful efficiency through the trial propelled her to a uncommon stage of visibility,” a supply stated. “And the truth that she is a lady of colour is an added bonus.”
For the reason that trial wrapped final week, Vasquez has already obtained provides from a number of conventional TV networks and cable channels, sources instructed The Submit.
“Camille is inarguably an important voice to weigh in on authorized issues and networks are naturally chomping on the bit to talk together with her about on-air alternatives,” a former community govt accustomed to the provides stated.
Social media, particularly TikTok, is on the core of Vasquez’s rising recognition. Followers shortly wondered if she and Depp had a romantic relationship outdoors of court docket, and compilations of the 2 hugging and interacting through the trial racked up millions of views.
Vasquez has, nevertheless, been dating England-based WeWork govt, Edward Owen, 38, since November, based on Daily Mail. The 2 had been greeted like A-List actors themselves as interviewers and photographers rushed them as they left the Ritz-Carlton lodge in Virginia after the trial and headed to the airport.
Followers had been waiting outside for Vasquez and her man, who took selfies with onlookers. Reporters tried to even get in a query or two, however the lawyer simply moved on to her subsequent vacation spot as she bought right into a automobile.
