An attorney who rose to national prominence for her successful representation of actor Johnny Depp in a defamation case against actress Amber Heard is now representing an NBA star in a similar legal action against the owner of a newspaper and an opinion journalist.
The defamation lawsuit was filed on Richaun Holmes’ behalf last Wednesday, March 1, in California Superior Court, and contains Camille Vasquez’s signature. The case alleges two counts of defamation, one against Allexis Holmes—the NBA center’s ex-wife—and another against the “Bee defendants,” namely: The McClatchy Company, LLC, the owner of The Sacramento Bee, and Robin Epley, the opinion writer and editorial board member who bylined the articles at issue.
A second-round pick drafted out of Bowling Green in 2015, Holmes has played the last four years for the Sacramento Kings. The rugged-rebounding big man has seen his playing time dwindle in the 2022-2023 season, however, after starting the majority of games he played in the prior three seasons. The lawsuit said that Holmes’ leave from the team for “personal reasons” in March 2022 was followed by articles in the Sacramento Bee, written by...
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