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Clarissa K. Pintado

2022 Defamation Trial Apr 11 – Jun 1, 2022
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About

Clarissa K. Pintado served on Amber Heard's legal team in the Depp v. Heard litigation. Her recorded redirect examination of Jennifer Howell was played for the jury on Day 21 of the 2022 trial, addressing Howell's email, communications with Adam Waldman, and an anonymous charitable donation.

Pintado appeared for Heard's defense in a focused role, conducting redirect examination of Jennifer Howell on Day 21. The redirect centered on rebutting any inference that Adam Waldman — Depp's former lawyer and the basis of Heard's counterclaim — had coordinated Howell's outreach to Whitney Henriquez or the ACLU. Pintado used Depp Exhibit 9, the email Howell sent to Whitney, as the vehicle for targeted denial-seeking, and also probed the anonymous Fidelity Charitable donation to Art of Elysium made in Heard's honor. The questioning aimed to complicate Howell's image as a wholly independent witness, though Howell's consistent denials of Waldman contact largely withstood the challenge.

Trial Record (1)

2022 Defamation Trial Apr 11, 2022 – Jun 1, 2022 1 proceeding

Day 21

Redirect Jennifer Howell Clarissa K. Pintado 4 5
Summary

Pintado redirects Howell on Waldman's role in drafting her email to Whitney and on the Fidelity Charitable donation Art of Elysium received in Heard's honor.

Highlights (4)
Key Point

Pintado introduces Depp Exhibit 9 on redirect — the email Howell sent to Whitney Henriquez — as the basis for probing whether Waldman coordinated Howell's outreach.

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Howell denies under redirect that Waldman assisted in drafting her email to Whitney or discussed it with her, reinforcing her claimed independence from Depp's legal team.

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Howell states she does not recall speaking with Waldman about contacting the ACLU, blunting Pintado's attempt to link her advocacy to coordinated anti-Heard messaging.

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Howell confirms Art of Elysium received an anonymous Fidelity Charitable donation with an accompanying letter stating it was given in Heard's honor, a fact Pintado surfaces to support Heard's narrative.

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Evidence From Their Proceedings (2)

Digital Communications Admitted

Jennifer Howell Email to Whitney Henriquez (July 2020)

An email from Jennifer Howell to Whitney Henriquez dated July 28, 2020, forwarded to Marcel Pariseau, in which Howell expressed belief that Whitney was being dishonest about the…

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Fidelity Donation to Art of Elysium in Heard's Name

A Fidelity Charitable donation received by Art of Elysium, attributed to Amber Heard via an anonymous donor-advised fund and accompanied by a letter attributing it to Heard.

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