Johnny Depp is suing his ex-wife Amber Heard for defamation. Johnny Depp has already taken the stand and it is now Amber Heard’s turn this week. The actress has made a bold move concerning her staff just days before she is to testify.
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Amber Heard fired her PR team
It has been said that Amber Heard has decided to fire her PR team after a week of ‘bad headlines’ according to reports. Heard used to be represented by Precision Strategies but has decided to ditch them for an LA-based company called Shane Communications.
Heard made this decision in the hopes that she will receive more favourable press as she takes the stand this week. An unnamed source told The New York Post:
She doesn’t like bad headlines,
Another source stated that Amber Heard is ‘frustrated with her story not being told effectively’.
Amber Heard wants to change the narrative
The reason Amber Heard has changed her PR team is that she wants to change the narrative of the trial. A crisis communications expert told The Post that Heard’s new PR team would have its work cut out in order to change the narrative.
The Depp v Heard trial has been made public, with the whole trial being filmed live for the public to watch and listen to. It is said that Heard didn’t want cameras to be allowed in the courtroom but Depp’s legal team pushed for it and they won.
This means that the public can see and hear what is happening as things go on, which also means that the public is getting the full information and not just what news outlets decide to share.
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