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Amber Heard's Kate Moss reference may backfire in Depp trial: experts


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SOURCE: https://www.insider.com/amber-heard-kate-moss-may-backfire-johnny-depp-trial-2022-5
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The motions establishing the precise scope of the evidence were filed under seal, according to a person close to the case whose identity is known to Insider but who spoke on condition of anonymity so they wouldn't affect the trial.By mentioning the allegation involving Moss — as well as describing injuries Heard said she suffered from an explosive fight — Heard may have inadvertently "opened the door," in legal parlance, for fresh evidence to counter her version of events.Depp's lawyer Benjamin Chew appeared excited when Heard mentioned Moss.A person familiar with Depp's thinking told Insider Heard's mention of Moss was likely to come up in cross-examination, which is expected to begin after Heard finishes testifying on Monday. Because Heard made only a passing reference to Moss, it may not reach the standard of relevance to have the supermodel personally testify.But if Heard expounds on what she thinks about Moss, Depp's lawyers may opt to ask the judge to call Moss to the stand and lay the rumor to rest, this person said."The argument that Johnny Depp's team is likely to make is: If this is an unsubstantiated rumor, and now it's before the jury, the jury's going to be wondering whether Johnny did, in fact, do something to Kate Moss," Halim Dhanidina, a former Los Angeles judge, told Insider. "And the best way to rebut that is to have Kate Moss come here and tell the jury how great a guy he is and how he was never violent with her."Depp's lawyers would also "love" to persuade the judge to allow questions regarding Heard's ex-girlfriend Tasya van Ree, the person familiar with Depp's thinking said.Heard was arrested on a misdemeanor domestic-violence charge at the Seattle airport in 2009 after she was accused of hitting van Ree in the arm during an argument.The charges were later dropped, and van Ree released a statement to E News in 2016 saying that Heard was "wrongfully accused for an incident that was misinterpreted and over-sensationalized by two individuals in a powerful position."Christa Ramey, a cofounder of the Los Angeles civil-litigation firm Ramey Law PC, told Insider Heard's mention of Moss seemed deliberate and may have gone against her legal team's wishes."Sometimes, I've had clients that think they're smarter than me, who sometimes kind of go rogue on the stand.

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