Johnny Depp's Attorney Hired to Defend High Profile Comp Fraud Case

Hollywood, CA(WorkcompAcademy) Attorney Camille Vasquez has found her next Hollywood client. She became a household name while successfully defending Johnny Depp in his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard last June. According to the report in the New York Post, she now has signed on to represent "Yellowstone" actress Q’orianka Kilcher in her California Worker's Compensation fraud case.

Vasquez,confirmed the news on Wednesday, saying she was "determined to defend" Kilcher who - ironically - plays attorney Angela Blue Thunder on the hit Paramount streaming series.Vasquez will take on the case alongside attorney Steve Cook, another partner at her firm, Brown Rudnick.

Brown Rudnick is an international law firm with roots in post-war 1940s Boston and New York City. Vasquez joined Brown Rudnick’s Orange County office in 2018 as an associate in the Litigation & Arbitration practice. She has more than 10 years of experience as a trial lawyer in high-stakes disputes, including defamation cases, contract disputes, business-related torts and employment-related claims.

She was a key member of the litigation team that won the jury verdict on June 1, 2022 for actor Johnny Depp. On June 7, her firm announced that she had been elevated to partner in the firm.

Steve Cook heads the firm’s White Collar Defense, Investigations & Compliance Practice Group. He is a former federal prosecutor and experienced trial lawyer who advises corporate and individual clients on complex civil and criminal matters, internal corporate investigations, grand jury investigations, and regulatory compliance matters.

He was also a member of the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force, responsible for investigating and prosecuting threats of terrorist activity and terror financing networks.

In a statement given to Fox News, the pair said: "We are determined to defend Ms. Kilcher in this important case which examines the inherent flaws in the disability compensation system. Ms. Kilcher is a well-respected and pioneering actress in Hollywood, and we intend to clear her name."

Kilcher was last seen in the Season 3 finale of "Yellowstone" back in 2020, with her character mysteriously absent from the fourth season, which aired earlier this year. However, according to some media reports, the starlet will return to screens in the fifth season of the mega-hit, which is set to premiere Nov. 13.

32 year old Q’Orianka Kilcher, who lives in North Hollywood, has been charged with two felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud.

According to the report published by the California Department of insurance, while acting in the movie "Dora and the Lost City of Gold," Kilcher allegedly injured her neck and right shoulder In October 2018. She saw a doctor a few times that year, but stopped treatment and did not respond to the insurance company handling her claim on behalf of her employer.

A year later, in October 2019, Kilcher contacted the insurance company saying she needed treatment. Kilcher told the doctor handling her claim that she had been offered work since her injury occurred but had been unable to accept it because her neck pain was too severe.

However an investigation found Kilcher had worked as an actress on the television show "Yellowstone" from July 2019 to October 2019, despite her statements to the doctor that she had been unable to work for a year.

It remains to be seen if this worker's compensation criminal case will have the media attention, and intrigue, of the recently concluded Johnny Depp case. Kilcher appears to have hired a dream team of defense lawyers who are capable of a vigorous defense, and she and her attorneys have announced plans to conduct her case in such a high profile -media worthy- manner.

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