EXCLUSIVE: Camille Vasquez landed case after Depp's legal team decided against his first choice
Johnny Depp attorney Camille Vasquez is stealing the show at the actor's $50million defamation trial with her fierce cross-examination of Amber Heard. But DailyMail.com can reveal the associate lawyer only got a leading role in the Fairfax, Virginia, trial after Depp's team axed plans to bring on a TV 'super lawyer'. Depp, 58, had his sights set on Kathleen Zellner to grill his ex-wife after watching the high powered attorney on Netflix hit series Making a Murderer.
Zellner has been known for her work in overturning wrongful convictions and her battle to clear convicted killer Steven Avery was featured on the show. 'The plan was always to have a female attorney cross-examine Amber and that was why Zellner was brought into the case, she had the star power,' a source said. However, the insider said, the decision to bring Zellner into such a complex case was made 'way too late' and ultimately shut down by attorney Ben Chew.
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