Those are typical consulting rates, I got 300 an hour right out of grad school as a forensic toxicologist.
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Johnny Depp v Amber Heard's defamation trial is underway [UPDATE: Verdict reached. Johnny Depp won.]
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So the one doctor who had multiple sessions with the couple came to the conclusion that Depp was not a perpetrator of spousal abuse had her opinion refused by Hughes, who never interacted with Depp.
Uh huh...
Uh huh...
That's not that high really. That's the rate I used to charge (over 10 years ago) for doing forensic psych work.
I nearly did a spit-take when i heard that. Fuck am i even watching right now
Here's a copy of the CTS-2 if anyone is interested
Yup and it's obvious she has cherry picked what she wants from all the evidence she has been given to frame Amber as the victim of abuse, ignoring key information to suit that.
Johnny's lawyers are really undermining her integrity.
The most disgusting part after that was that Amber Heard actually smirked following that comment.
This witness is doing a great job circling a question rather than just directly answering it.
"Incomplete forms? See my other 80 pages of notes to get the answer that should be in this box on this form."
"Incomplete forms? See my other 80 pages of notes to get the answer that should be in this box on this form."
This specialist was probably too busy counting her cash as opposed to filling in the notes. Am surprised AH's legal team didn't catch these empty boxes. The specialist's handwaving is embarrassing
Depp's main lawyer Benjamin Chew is making close to $1,000 an hour in this trial. And this is gonna be a lot of hours.
Not to mention that the recording of Amber Heard certainly doesn't sound like someone who is fearful for her life.
Benjamin G. Chew
Ben Chew is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (“ACTL”), the most prestigious, invitation-only society of senior trial counsel in the
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"Fluent in Spanish, Ben is part of the team representing a Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico in the pending bankruptcy proceedings, and has litigated for Dominican, Ecuadorian, Guatemalan, Nicaraguan, and Panamanian clients in the U.S. He has represented governments of Dubai (securing the dismissal of a multimillion-dollar arbitration award by Bechtel) and Honduras in U.S. litigation. In 2013, after passing the Kosovo Bar, he defended the holder of the country's telecommunications franchise there in criminal proceedings brought by EULEX, securing his acquittal and enabling his company to keep its franchise. Before the European Court of Human Rights, Ben represented a leading Georgian political and business lender in a petition to restore his wrongfully revoked citizenship, and favorably resolved a defamation claim for the former treasury minister of the Czech Republic. Ben also prosecuted an arbitration claim against the Republic of Ghana at the I.C.C.This is himBenjamin G. Chew
Ben Chew is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (“ACTL”), the most prestigious, invitation-only society of senior trial counsel in the
Ben remains committed to pro bono, successfully representing an African American honors graduate of the University of Virginia in his civil rights case against certain government officers. He served as counsel for one of the plaintiffs' groups in the landmark Black Farmers class action litigation against the U.S. Department of Agriculture based on systemic discrimination in farm loan programs, which resulted in a $1.2 billion settlement. Ben represented a Native American plaintiffs' group in the parallel Keepseagle class action, settled for just under $1 billion. He represented two Olympic gold medalists, Dr. Edwin Moses and Beckie Scott, in a matter involving an investigation conducted by the World Anti-Doping Agency."
What a boss.
Damn, I wouldn't mind having him in my corner. That's some good pro bono work as well there.
Yeah but cross was very underwhelming and the judge didn't allow for that to be brought up.
Yeah, that should have been an easy slam dunk. What a huge missed opportunity.
Continued trend set by crosses in this trial, not setting roof on fire.
I don't think Depp's legal team is having a good day so far.
Same. Especially compared to the carnage that was expected with this witness after yesterday.
In all fairness, the witness keeps not answering straight (and you can see the stark contrast with how Dr. Curry was prevented to deviate from yes or no) but it could be to appear less confrontational ?
And that judge is clearly leaning on one side imo.
Depp's attorney is dealing with a very evasive witness. He can't eviscerate her on the stand but he did do a good job early on showing her biasness.
I'm a bit behind and currently at the line of questioning about her use of pronouns and whether she regularly testifies on behalf of male abuse victims and...they're not getting any points with this so far...
They'll definitely bring that up again.
In general, it feels like they were banking on talking about Heard's abusive past and that kind of backfired.
They are preparing for when doc curry come again to counter her points
She could be. And since Hughes testimony hinges completely on taking Heard at face value, and Curry already said that's specifically what clinical psychologists have to do, that could come up.
Another question: Hughes testified that Heard's reports are in line with the available research on IPV, and that her reports come from several sources. And that Hughes believes Heard. Could Depp's team ask what Hughes makes of the fact that Heard showed up in therapy with bruises in december 2015, when the day before she didn't have any on Corden's show. If that influenced her opinion at all? Or is there some sort of legal reason/proceeding why that couldn't have been asked at that time?
Still not but some lawyer have been saying they have to... since dr.Hughes have been disagreeing with dr.Curry points and diagnosis..... they need to fight that later on
Who said it was gifted in 2015?
If they didn't know the date it was gifted, she might have been able to explain that away.
It was Depp that testified that he received the knife as a gift in 2015.
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