Costar

Millions of viewers across the globe tune in to watch the legal battle between Hollywood heavyweights Johnny Depp and Amber Heard , and as the drama unfolds, a new star has stepped into the spotlight: Mr Depp's lawyer, Camille Vasquez.

The young lawyer from California has caught the attention of millions amid the defamation trial her client brought against his ex-wife.

Ms Vasquez, 37, has become an Unlikely - and unwitting - co-star of The Show , gaining fans for her sharp legal style.

T-shirts adorned with her name and hashtags praising her are making the rounds of Social Media .

A two-minute-long video of Ms Vasquez repeatedly interrupting Ms Heard's attorney to " object" - a legal term used to lodge a formal protest In Court - has amassed well over 27 million views on TikTok in just a few days.

The viral clip has even prompted parodies across Social Media , in which users " object" to their friends and family in conversation. Collectively, TikTok videos using the hashtag #CamilleVasquez has amassed hundreds of millions of views.

" I Am still a Johnny Depp fan, " reads one of the many tweets about her. " But I Am also now a die-hard Camille Vasquez fan".

So, who is The Attorney that's caught The Eye of Court watchers?

Born in San Francisco to Cuban and Colombian parents, Ms Vasquez is a 2006 graduate of the University of Southern California and in 2010 graduated from Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles .

For The Last Four Years , she's been an associate at Brown Rudnick, the high-profile Law Firm contracted by Johnny Depp to represent him in his $50m (£40m) defamation case against Ms Heard. She is one of nine attorneys from The Firm involved in The Trial .

In 2021, she was named one of Best Lawyer magazine's 'One to Watch' attorneys.

She specialises in litigation and arbitration, with a Focus On representing the plaintiffs in defamation cases - as she is doing for Mr Depp.

To her newfound supporters, however, Ms Vasquez is perhaps best known for her many objections and for a series of tense exchanges with Ms Heard.

Over Two Days of cross-examination, Ms Vasquez sought to cast doubt on Ms Heard's account of her troubled marriage to Mr Depp in the hopes that jurors will see inconsistencies in her claims.

" You're The One who assaulted someone with a bottle in Australia, isn't that right, Ms Heard? " Ms Vasquez asked in one exchange referencing a chaotic 2015 fight in Australia, in which Ms Heard alleges that Mr Depp sexually assaulted her with a bottle. " You weren't scared of him at all, were you? "

Other memorable Court moments have included Ms Vasquez questioning Ms Heard about the fate of $7m previously pledged to charity, accusing her of editing photos of herself with bruises, and, in one case, suggesting that she partly owes her Box Office success to Mr Depp.

" Johnny Depp got you that role in Aquaman, didn't he? " Ms Vasquez asked.

Ms Vasquez's spirited defence of Mr Depp has also made her a topic of discussion within the #MeToo movement against sexual abuse and harassment.

Some critics have accused her of not believing Ms Heard's claims or discrediting her allegations of abuse.

" Shout out to Camille Vasquez for single-handedly setting feminism back 50 Years in less than two hours, " one Twitter user said. " History won't remember you kindly. "

Her supporters, on The Other hand, have championed her Standing Up for the rights of male victims of Domestic Violence and as a potential Role Model .

Whether or not Ms Vasquez's popularity among supporters of Mr Depp translates to courtroom success, however, remains to be seen.

" It's hard to know whether public reaction online is the same that individual jurors are having, " Halim Dhanidina , a defence attorney and former judge, told The Daily Beast.

Mr Dhanidina, however, said that Ms Vasquez's popularity suggests that The Trial is an " uphill battle" for Ms Heard.

" The Public is not liking you - and even likes Johnny Depp 's lawyer more, " He Said . " That has to mess with your head a little. "

Source of news: bbc.com