JEALOUS! Amber Heard RESPONDS to Johnny Depp's NEW girlfriend MARRIED lawyer Joelle Rich

Johnny Depp is reportedly in a 'serious' relationship with a London-based attorney who represented him in his unsuccessful 2020 libel trial against British newspaper The Sun.

Rich, 37, is a partner at major international law firm Schillings - who also represent Prince Harry and Meghan Markle - and is currently going through a divorce from the father of her two children, whom she was married to when she worked with Depp, 59, four years ago.

However, UsWeekly reports that Rich and her husband, Jonathan, a director at corporate finance group Bluebox whom she wed in 2011, are in the midst of a divorce - with a source claiming to the publication that the lawyer's relationship with Depp is 'serious'.

'Their chemistry is off the charts,' the insider said. 'It's serious between them. They are the real deal.'

Although Rich represented Depp in his trial against The Sun - which he lost in a verdict that his lawyers branded 'perverse' and 'bewildering' - she was not part of the legal team in his recent defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard.

But, the source said that while Rich had 'no professional obligation' during the trial, she was present in the courtroom in order to offer 'support' to the Pirates of the Caribbean star, noting that the case was 'personal' for her.

A source close to the actress says, “Amber can’t believe Johnny was able to move on so quickly. She’s still experiencing trauma where she has certain rules for being touched. She can’t imagine dating somebody new. And I find it so unprofessional that Johnny is now dating someone he worked with. Unbelievable!”

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