• Benjamin Chew, a member of Johnny Depp’s legal team said he was “disappointed” by Amber Heard’s representative’s comments.
• Elaine Bredehoft claimed jurors had been “tainted” by publicity surrounding the case.
• Ms Bredehoft also told Today that there are “a number of evidentiary issues,” which Mr Chew called “absurd.”

Depp lawyer says claims by Amber Heard’s representatives that jurors had been “tainted” by the case’s publicity when reaching their verdicts in the case are “baseless”.

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Benjamin Chew, a member of the actor’s legal team, said Elaine Bredehoft’s recent statement casting doubt on juror integrity was “very disappointing” to hear.

Ms Bredehoft made the comments during an appearance with Today, a US television programme, immediately after the findings in the multi-million dollar defamation case were announced.

Depp sued his ex-girlfriend after an op-ed in the Washington Post in 2018 wrongly accused him of being physically and sexually aggressive against her, according to his lawyers.

Discussing Ms Bredehoft’s claims during the interview Mr Chew told Law and Crime Network: “I was really disappointed to hear that because she’s a very good lawyer, very experienced.

“It seemed to cast aspersions on the jurors’ integrity because, as you know, they took an oath not to watch social media and there’s no reason to believe that they did.

“So to hear such a baseless claim was disappointing.”

Ms Bredehoft also told Today that there are “a number of evidentiary issues,” which Mr Chew called “absurd.”

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“There are rules of evidence,” he stated, adding that “both sides had evidence that were excluded for proper evidentiary reasons.”

Ms Bredehoft has stated that Heard will “absolutely” appeal the judgement and that he has “excellent grounds” to do so.