Johnny Depp reunites with Camille Vasquez and legal team backstage at his Prague concert

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By stefan armitage

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Johnny Depp has reunited with his legal team nearly two months after winning his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard.

As reported by the Daily Mail, Depp is currently on his European tour with 79-year-old guitarist Jeff Beck, and invited his legal team to come a see him at a show in Prague.

Camille Vasquez, along with her boyfriend Edward Owen and fellow lawyers Jessica Meyers and Samuel Moniz, met with the 59-year-old Pirates of the Caribbean star backstage after the show had ended.

The Mail reports that Depp pulled 38-year-old Owen in for a bear hug, as the group smiled together.

Check out the footage below:

Vasquez won critical and public acclaim for her part in securing Depp's victory over Amber Heard, and was even promoted to partner at the Brown Rudnick LLP law firm. However, as a result of social media rumors, she was also forced to deny rumbling that she was in a relationship with Depp.

Describing the rumours as "unequivocally untrue", the 37-year-old told People: "I guess it comes with the territory of being a woman just doing her job."

She continued: "It's disappointing that certain outlets kind of ran with it or said that my interactions with Johnny — who is a friend and I've known and represented for four-and-a-half years now — that my interactions in any way were inappropriate or unprofessional. That's disappointing to hear."

Nevertheless, when the footage was shared on Instagram, fans couldn't help be share their joy at seeing Depp and Vasquez reunited.

"Love it! I’m sure they will have a friendship that will last a lifetime," one Instagram user commented.

A second agreed, writing: "A friendship bonded in the courtroom and now they are all best friends for life."

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Depp and Vasquez share a hug during the defamation trial. Credit: REUTERS / Alamy

The footage comes after a judge denied Amber Heard's request for a retrial in the defamation case.

Per MailOnline, the Aquaman star's legal team submitted a 48-page filing earlier this month requesting that the judgment be set aside or a new trial ordered on the basis that the original case "proceeded solely on a defamation by implication theory, abandoning any claims that Ms. Heard's statements were actually false."

In the court document, Heard's team also cited the issue of Juror 15 - who was allegedly not vetted properly - as grounds for a retrial. The juror in question responded to a jury summons intended for his father, who shares the same name and address.

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Credit: Sipa US / Alamy

However, in a written order posted on July 13, Judge Azcarate rejected Heard's request for a retrial, noting that the complaint over Juror 15 was irrelevant.

"The juror was vetted, sat for the entire jury, deliberated, and reached a verdict," said Azcarate, adding: "The only evidence before this court is that this juror and all jurors followed their oaths, the court’s instructions, and orders. This court is bound by the competent decision of the jury."

Depp was awarded $10.35 million in damages by the court, with Heard being awarded $2 million as part of her countersuit.

Featured image credit: Anne-Marie Forker / Alamy