A Stanford legislation professor has been blasted for writing “offensive and disparaging” tweets about Johnny Depp’s lawyer, Camille Vasquez.
Michele Dauber took to Twitter final Thursday, sharing a screenshot of Vasquez and accusing the celebrity legal professional of “sucking as much as male energy.”
“Of all the ladies who suck as much as male energy, ladies attorneys are absolutely the worst of the bunch,” Dauber wrote. “Determined to show they're ‘actual attorneys’ and understanding that being a lady undermines their id as attorneys, they throw ladies below the bus as exhausting and quick as they'll.”
The Submit has reached out to Dauber and the Stanford Regulation College for remark.
Throughout Johnny Depp’s blockbuster defamation trial in opposition to ex-wife Amber Heard, Vasquez grew to become a family identify. Footage of the glamorous lawyer grilling Heard on the stand — calling her a liar and voraciously defending Depp in opposition to claims of abuse — went viral on social media.
Vasquez was extensively praised for her cross-examination of Heard and was even promoted to associate at her legislation agency final week following Depp’s decisive victory within the case.
Nevertheless, Dauber — who teaches on the prestigious Stanford Regulation College — clearly discovered Vasquez’s efficiency persuasive, tweeting out her scathing criticism final Thursday.
The professor was promptly criticized for her harsh phrases about Vasquez, with one follower replying: “In case your son was falsely accused of home violence, I wager you'd love for that lady to assist vindicate him.”
Dauber subsequently snapped again: “If my son was accused of DV [domestic violence] he would have much more to fret about than some Choose Me Woman lawyer. However that isn’t going to occur as a result of I didn’t increase a f–king rapist spouse beater.”
Dauber additionally shared a number of different screenshots exhibiting feminine attorneys pictured with male celebrities who've been accused of abuse, together with Harvey Weinstein’s protection legal professional, Donna Rotunno.
Many individuals objected to Dauber’s inflammatory tweets, with a number of mocking the Stanford educational, saying she appeared self-important.
“Clearly ladies have to get approval from Michele earlier than they determine who to symbolize. Michele is the one who will get to determine all the alternatives for all different ladies, apparently,” one quipped.
“I’m sorry, Michele, I assumed we understood that everybody is entitled to high quality counsel in issues of the legislation. Until you consider ladies can’t present high quality counsel. Possibly that’s what you’re complaining about?” one other wisecracked.
In the meantime, a British lawyer informed the Day by day Mail that Dauber’s tweets relating to Vasquez may truly be defamatory — ironic as Vasquez simply helped Depp win his defamation case.
Nevertheless, Dauber is doubling down on her tweets, that are nonetheless up on her Twitter web page as of Thursday afternoon.
The professor has repeatedly tweeted out the hashtag “#IStandWithAmberHeard” a number of instances and says she’s acquired dying threats after criticizing Vasquez on social media.
Dauber tweeted her disdain for Depp over the course of his six-week defamation trial, even hitting headlines for claiming Depp’s well-known movie franchise “Pirates of the Caribbean” was racist.
In the meantime, Vasquez hasn’t responded to Dauber’s remarks.
The authorized eagle is prone to be too busy grappling together with her new celeb standing.
Vasquez — who placed on an affectionate show with Depp within the courtroom, which prompted some to fantasize they might begin relationship — says her newfound fame is “overwhelming.”
In the meantime, it was revealed Thursday that the telegenic legal professional will seem in an upcoming docuseries in regards to the Depp v. Heard case, cementing her star standing.
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