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Joel Mandel

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Former business manager to Johnny Depp who testified about his finances

2022 Defamation Trial Apr 11 – Jun 1, 2022
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About

Joel Mandel was Johnny Depp’s business manager from 1999 to 2016. In deposition testimony presented at trial, he said Depp’s spending became unsustainable as his career income fell. Mandel also described increased substance use and erratic behavior after 2010 as challenges in managing Depp’s affairs, and said Dr. Kipper’s services cost approximately $100,000 a month.

Mandel disputed Depp’s earlier sworn claim that his firm, TMG, had failed to file Depp’s taxes for 17 years. He also denied theft or embezzlement by the firm.

Trial Record (1)

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

Day 19

Direct Direct Examination of Joel Mandel Joel Mandel Elaine Bredehoft 4 60
Summary

Depp's former business manager Joel Mandel testifies by deposition about Depp's financial decline, substance abuse, and directly refutes Depp's claim that TMG failed to file his taxes.

Highlights (4)
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“income was very significant spending was very significant And, again, the spending level had grown very very very large and required that level of incredibly high income to be maintained when it dropped off the disconnect became untenable”

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“there would be, at times, expressions of appreciation, expressions of an understanding, expressions of a willingness to do what was necessary. But there never seemed to be any follow-through when the things would be, you know, teed up that had to happen to make those words real. There was no follow-through.”

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