Johnny Depp’s Lawyer Camille Vasquez ‘Determined to Defend’ ‘Yellowstone’ Q’orianka Kilcher in Fraud Case

Johnny Depp’s lawyer, Camille Vasquez, has signed on to characterize ‘Yellowstone’ actress Q’orianka Kilcher in her authorized battle in opposition to the state of California after she was charged with two counts of drug fraud. employees’ compensation earlier this 12 months.

Vasquez made a reputation for himself as one of many driving forces behind Depp’s victory within the multi-million libel lawsuit he filed in opposition to his ex-wife Amber Heard in Virginia. After a six-week trial, a jury discovered Heard defamed the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star, and he was awarded $10.35 million in damages. Heard was awarded $2 million in a countersuit after jurors discovered that Depp defamed her via one among his attorneys.

Camille, who joined Brown Rudnick LLP in 2018 as a litigator and was provided a companion place shortly after her large win with the Depp lawsuit, will work alongside Steve Cook dinner, one other companion on the agency specializing in white-collar protection investigations.

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Camille Vasquez (left) will characterize ‘Yellowstone’ actress Q’orianka Kilcher (proper) in her employees’ compensation fraud lawsuit with the state of California.
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Vasquez and Brown advised Fox Information Digital they have been ‘dedicated to defending’ Kilcher in her case, which was filed by the California Division of Insurance coverage in July and claims she collected incapacity advantages whereas engaged on the favored drama regardless of being too injured to work.

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“We’re decided to defend Ms Kilcher on this essential case which examines the inherent flaws within the incapacity compensation system,” they shared in a press release. “Ms. Kilcher is a extremely revered and pioneering actress in Hollywood, and we intend to clear her identify.”

Sources claimed Kilcher was “10% disabled for the remainder of her life” following a automobile accident she was concerned in almost 4 years in the past whereas engaged on set.

Johnny Depp (R) and his lawyer Camille Vasquez (L) appeared in court docket throughout his libel trial in opposition to ex-wife Amber Heard in June.
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Kilcher reportedly collected “over $90,000 in incapacity advantages” and misrepresented the accidents of medical suppliers in an investigation launched over the summer season. The declare stated Kilcher “injured her neck and proper shoulder” whereas starring within the movie “Dora and the Misplaced Metropolis of Gold” in October 2018.

She started looking for remedy for her accidents, however stopped and “didn’t reply to the insurance coverage firm which was processing her declare on behalf of her employer”.

A 12 months later, she contacted the insurance coverage firm for remedy as a result of she had been provided a job, however she could not take the job “as a result of her neck ache was too dangerous”.

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The California state launch claimed that Kilcher started receiving “non permanent whole incapacity advantages” shortly thereafter. Regardless of statements to a physician that she was unable to work for a 12 months, an investigation revealed that she labored on “Yellowstone” from July 2019 to October 2019.

Q’orianka Kilcher (pictured in 2019) is alleged to have obtained over $90,000 in incapacity advantages from 2019 to 2021.
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She reportedly obtained $96,838 in “unearned incapacity advantages” from October 14, 2019 to September 9, 2021.

Kilcher is reportedly again for season 5 of the hit Kevin Costner present created by Taylor Sheridan and John Linson, which additionally stars Kelly Reilly and Luke Grimes. She’s going to reprise her function as Angela Blue Thunder, in response to Deadline.

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