Devils Advocate

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The chief architect behind Depp's sue-'em-all strategy is Adam Waldman, a handsome Washington lawyer with his own sheen of controversy given a clientele that has included Russian oligarchs and Julian Assange. Waldman, who is married to Berlin-based jet-setter and luxury skin-care entrepreneur Barbara Sturm, conducts himself in an unorthodox manner, mocking his legal opponents on Twitter. Sources say Depp met Waldman through Saudi Arabian Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, the country's powerful minister of energy, in summer 2016. (Depp spent time aboard the prince's megayacht in the past.) Waldman quickly became a Svengali figure in Depp's life, with the actor axing most of his inner circle.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/hes-radioactive-inside-johnny-depps-self-made-implosion