Following her cross examination of Amber Heard over the last couple of days, Johnny Depp’s lawyer Camile Vasquez has been thrown firmly into the spotlight and one aspect of the trial that has garnered the attention of the public is her seemingly flirtatious relationship with Depp himself.
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The pair are often seen hugging and touching each other as they enter and exit the court and Vasquez would neither confirm or deny that she was dating Depp when asked the question by the press. However, body language expert Judi James doesn’t think that the pair have any kind of relationship beyond the professional and that their public displays of infection are instead a tactic to try and destroy Heard’s case against Depp.
Here’s what she had to say:
As a dejected, weeping Amber details her relationship with Depp in the witness box, what better weapon to wheel in to try to destroy her version of the marriage than this fresh, smart, fragrant, and confident-looking woman who is also happy to use body language to suggest she is a coyly smitten fan?
Her behaviour in court places Depp back in role as the romantic hero. For Depp’s loyal fans these dramatic rituals will seem like validation. ‘If this smart, beautiful woman thinks he is OK then maybe he is,’ will be the implied message.
Depp is showing off all his skills of eye contact, charm and even protective concern with Vasquez whilst treating his ex like a modern day Medusa who might turn him to stone if he once looks in her direction.
Like a man on his first date he pulls her chair back as she stands and he even quietly moves the lead of her phone charger to make it easier for her to text as she stands.
He touches her when he walks into court and his exit brings on a ritual reminiscent of DiCaprio’s drift away from Winslet’s raft in the closing scenes of Titanic.
Both stretch arms out and touch hands for as long as possible as though reluctant to leave one another’s presence.
The hug is an even more moving piece of body language theatre. Vasquez winds one arm around Depp’s neck and plants the other hand in the middle of his back as she squeezes her eyes shut in an expression of affectionate bliss.
If a picture paints a thousand words these “words” look straight out of the pages of Mills & Boone.
A beautiful and besotted love interest for Depp or the most cynical psychological ploy his team could have come up with?
Wow. She certainly likes her comparisons doesn’t she? Maybe she should think about becoming a writer rather than a body language expert.
Anyway, I wouldn’t put that past Depp and his team at this point, but in all honesty I think that Vasquez is probably just shagging him. I don’t think anyone can act like that so convincingly, do you? They’ll announce that they’re dating a few weeks after the end of the trial. You heard it here first.
For more of the same, check out everything that’s been happening at the Johnny Depp trial so far. So much going on.
