Johnny Depp trial is driving a new online economy. This ex-LA prosecutor is all in

Depp listens as Raquel Pennington testifies in a previously recorded video deposition, as a picture of Amber Heard is seen on screen, during his defamation trial against his ex-wife Heard in Virginia. — AFP via Getty Images/TNS

LOS ANGELES: Emily D. Baker is exasperated. In the penultimate week of Amber Heard and Johnny Depp’s defamation trial, Baker at times rises from her seat in her home studio or fans herself with a small blue book of the federal rules of evidence as she delivers a steaming critique of Heard’s attorney Elaine Bredehoft.

“This is preposterous, Elaine! You don’t do speaking objections,” Baker, 44, seethes as red lights flash to indicate another thousand subscribers have signed up to her channel. A so-called super-chat message flashes across the screen from a viewer who paid US$10 (RM44) to let the audience know she thinks the judge is being too easy on Bredehoft. “This is a mess, and the jury is going to see it’s a mess,” Baker adds.