Vasquez to represent Depp again
Camille Vasquez, who garnered a big following as Johnny Depp’s attorney in his defamation trial, will again represent the “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor in an upcoming case, court documents show.
Depp faces a lawsuit from a location manager, Gregory Brooks, who accuses the actor of punching him twice in the ribs while making the 2018 movie “City of Lies,” according to Entertainment Tonight.
Brooks claims the incident occurred after he informed Depp they were running out of time during production. He alleges Depp said he’d give him $100,000 to hit him in the face.
Depp, 58, is scheduled to go to a Los Angeles courthouse on July 25, according to ET, which obtained the court records showing Vasquez will represent him.
Vasquez works for the Brown Rudnick law firm and was promoted to partner this month after Depp won his defamation trial over ex-wife Amber Heard.
Depp had sued Heard for $50 million over a 2018 op-ed in which Heard described herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” The piece didn’t name Depp, but Heard had previously accused the actor of domestic violence, which he denies.
A seven-person jury in Virginia said Depp should receive $15 million, which was reduced to $10.35 million.
— New York Daily News
Margera heads back to rehab center
“Jackass” star Bam Margera is voluntarily returning to a Florida rehab center after being found at a hotel on Wednesday, according to a report.
Margera didn’t receive approval before leaving the Delray Beach facility, where he was serving a court-ordered stint, TMZ reported.
The reality star, who disappeared from the rehab center on Monday, reportedly cooperated after being located at a Delray Beach hotel by officials, who are now taking him back.
Margera starred on MTV’S original stunt-andprank series “Jackass” and has also done spin-offs of the show, including “Viva La Bam.”
The 42-year-old finished a one-year substance abuse program last month, according to TMZ.
Sources told TMZ in a previous report that the star took issue with rules at the facility and left following an argument with his wife.
— New York Daily News
Spacey in court on sex assault charges
Kevin Spacey “strenuously denies” allegations of sexual assault, his lawyer said Thursday, as the Oscar-winning actor appeared in a London court to face five charges of offenses against three men.
Photographers and television camera crews thronged Spacey, 62, as he arrived at London’s Westminster Magistrates Court for the preliminary hearing.
Spacey sat in the glassfronted dock during the half-hour hearing, standing to give his full name — Kevin Spacey Fowler — as well as his birth date and a London address.
His lawyer, Patrick Gibbs, said: “Mr. Spacey strenuously denies any and all criminality in this case. He has returned to the U.K. in order to establish his innocence. He needs to answer these charges if he is to proceed with his life.”
Deputy Chief Magistrate Tan Ikram granted Spacey unconditional bail until his next appearance, a plea hearing scheduled for July 14 at London’s Southwark Crown Court. He is free to return to the U.S. in the meantime.
The former “House of Cards” star is accused of four counts of sexual assault and one count of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.
The alleged incidents took place in London between March 2005 and August 2008, and one in western England in April 2013. The victims are now in their 30s and 40s.
The two-time Academy Award winner ran London’s Old Vic theater between 2004 and 2015.
— Associated Press
Hiddleston confirms his engagement
From mischief to matrimony.
Tom Hiddleston has confirmed speculation that he and longtime girlfriend Zawe Ashton are engaged.
While he didn’t tell The Los Angeles Times much about his romance in a new interview, the 41year-old “Loki” star, did note that he proposed in March.
“I’m very happy,” Hiddleston said.
March is also when speculation began that their relationship was heading toward
wedded bliss, as the couple’s British Academy Film Awards appearance was best remembered for the diamond sported by the “Fresh Meat” actress on her left ring finger.
The couple, who made their red carpet debut at the 2021 Tony Awards, starred opposite each other in 2019 in both the West End and Broadway revivals of the Harold Pinter play, “Betrayal.”