Joelle Rich is a prominent lawyer who is currently rumoured to be dating Hollywood actor Johnny Depp, according to Us Weekly. She represented him in his libel suit against The Sun in the United Kingdom.

Rich was one of the defence attorneys who ended up working on Depp’s case against the UK newspaper after he sued it for defamation in 2018, but she was not part of the legal team that represented Depp in his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard earlier in 2022.

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She was in the Virginia courtroom to show her support for the Pirates of the Caribbean actor even though she was under no professional obligation.

Rich, 37, is a partner at the international law firm Schillings, which also represents Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. She is reportedly in the process of divorcing the father of her two children, with whom she was married when she began working with Depp, 59, four years ago.

According to UsWeekly, Rich and her husband, Jonathan, a director at corporate finance group Bluebox whom she married in 2011, are divorcing, with a source telling the publication that the lawyer’s relationship with Depp is ‘serious.’

Jonathan and Joelle married in a Tuscany celebration in July 2011, according to a bridal photo shoot the bride-to-be did with her mother Ava for Brides magazine.

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According to Us Weekly, Depp’s purported relationship with Rich began ‘discreetly,’ with the pair meeting up in hotels in the early days of their romance.

The net worth of the lawyer is currently unknown.

Rich is not to be confused with Camille Vasquez, the 38-year-old lawyer Depp worked with during the Heard defamation trial, throughout which rumours circulated that she was having an affair with the actor.

Vasquez refuted any romance with the actor.