October 18, 2017
Actor Johnny Depp has sued his lawyer over claims that he
conspired with Depp's former financial manager to swindle $40 million of his
wealth.
The "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" actor sued
Jacob A. Bloom and his law firm Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal & LaViolette, in
a new complaint filed on Tuesday, reports tmz.com
The suits claimed that
Bloom and the entertainment law firm committed "professional malpractice, breach
of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment", ultimately costing the actor tens of
millions of dollars.
"Johnny Depp's lawsuit filed today reflects his
continued stand against systemic, self-serving Hollywood practices that he hopes
this lawsuit will expose and end," said Depp's lawyer Adam Waldman.
In
the new complaint, Depp claimed that "instead of protecting Mr. Depp's
interests, Bloom and his firm engaged in misconduct for their own financial
benefit and violated some of the most basic tenets of the attorney-client
relationship".
The complaint also alleged that Bloom "improperly and
negligently collected over $30,000,000 in voidable contingent fees" from his
variable income over the years without a legally binding contract under
California law.
Depp claimed in the new complaint that he lost out on
approximately $32,000,000 in residual payments from his films over a three-year
period due to the manipulated terms of the loan.