Courted in the courtroom. Johnny Depp and Joelle Rich are dating three months after his defamation trial with his ex-wife, Amber Heard.<\/p>\n
News broke that Depp and Rich\u2014an attorney who represented him in his 2020 lawsuit against The Sun<\/em>\u2014were in a relationship broke on September 22, 2022, when Us Weekly<\/em> reported that the two were in a \u201cserious\u201d romance after they started \u201cdiscreetly\u201d dating amid Depp\u2019s trial with Heard throughout April and May 2022.<\/p>\n Rich is Depp\u2019s first public relationship since his divorce from Heard in 2017 after two years of marriage. Depp was also married to makeup artist Lori Anne Wilson from 1983 to 1985 and shares two children with ex-girlfriend, Vanessa Paradis: son Jack Depp and daughter Lily-Rose Depp. Depp and Paradis dated from 1998 to 2011. In an interview with Rolling Stone<\/em> in 2013, Depp opened up about why he never married Paradis despite their 13-year relationship. \u201cI never found myself needing that piece of paper. Marriage is really from soul to soul, heart to heart,\u201d he said at the time. \u201cYou don\u2019t need somebody to say, okay you\u2019re married. Relationships are very difficult. Especially in the racket that I\u2019m in because you\u2019re constantly away or they\u2019re away and so it\u2019s hard. It wasn\u2019t easy on her. It wasn\u2019t easy on me. It wasn\u2019t easy on the kids.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued, \u201cSo, yeah. The trajectory of that relationship \u2014 you play it out until it goes, one thing leads to another. So for whatever reason that \u00adceases, it doesn\u2019t stop the fact that you care for that person, and they\u2019re the mother of your kids, and you\u2019ll always know each other, and you\u2019re always gonna be in each other\u2019s lives because of those kids. You might as well make the best of it.\u201d<\/p>\n But back to Johnny Depp and Joelle Rich. So\u2026how did Johnny Depp and Joelle Rich start dating and who is the Pirates of the Caribbean<\/em> star\u2019s new girlfriend? Read on for what we know about Johnny Depp and Joelle Rich\u2019s relationship ahead.<\/p>\n How did Johnny Depp and Joelle Rich start dating? Page Six<\/em> confirmed on September 22, 2022 that Depp and Rich are dating after his defamation trial with his ex-wife, Amber Heard. Page Six<\/em> also reported that Rich, a lawyer who represented Depp in his 2020 defamation lawsuit against The Sun<\/em>, was married when she met Depp but has since separated from her husband and is in the middle of a divorce. Rich and her husband share two children.<\/p>\n\n A source also told Us Weekly<\/em> at the time that Depp and Rich\u2019s relationship is the \u201creal deal.\u201d \u201cTheir chemistry is off the charts,\u201d the insider said. \u201cIt\u2019s serious between them. They are the real deal.\u201d While Rich wasn\u2019t one of the lawyers that represented Depp in his 2022 trial against Heard, she was present in the courtroom to \u201csupport\u201d the actor, according to Us Weekly<\/em>\u2018s source. \u201cThere was no professional obligation for her being there. It was personal,\u201d the insider said, adding that Depp and Rich \u201cdiscreetly\u201d met up in hotels in the early stages of their relationship. Despite Us Weekly\u2019s source\u2019s claim Depp and Rich\u2019s relationship is \u201cserious,\u201d an insider told People<\/em> at the time that that\u2019s not the case. \u201cThey are dating but it\u2019s not serious,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n Depp and Rich\u2019s relationship comes after Depp\u2019s other lawyer, Camille Vasquez, who represented him in his trial with Heard, responded to rumors they were dating in an interview with People<\/em>. \u201cI guess it comes with the territory of being a woman just doing her job,\u201d she said at the time. \u201cIt\u2019s disappointing that certain outlets kind of ran with it or said that my interactions with Johnny\u2014who is a friend and I\u2019ve known and represented for four-and-a-half years now \u2014 that my interactions in any way were inappropriate or unprofessional. That\u2019s disappointing to hear.\u201d She continued, \u201cI care very deeply about my clients, and we have obviously become close. But when I say we, I mean the entire team, and of course that includes Johnny. And, I\u2019m Cuban and Colombian. I\u2019m tactile. What do you want me to say? I hug everyone. And I\u2019m not ashamed about that.\u201d<\/p>\n Vasquez also told People<\/em> that \u201cmy work is my love\u201d and \u201cwhen I love, I love really deeply.\u201d She also added of Depp, \u201cThis man was fighting for his life and it broke my heart to see him day in and day out have to sit there and listen to the most horrific allegations being made against him. And if I could provide any bit of comfort, then of course I would do that, whether it\u2019s holding his hand or letting him know that we were there and we were going to fight for him because he deserved it.\u201d Vasquez also called romance rumors between her and Depp \u201csexist\u201d and \u201cunethical.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s also an unethical charge being made. It\u2019s sexist,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate and it\u2019s disappointing, but at the same time it kind of comes with the territory. I can\u2019t say I was all that surprised.\u201d A source also told People at the time that rumors of a relationship between Depp and Vasquez were \u201centirely, 100 percent, unequivocally untrue.\u201d<\/p>\n Adv<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n \t