According to multiple sources, Taft became fixated on Angela Gayle Meador, a Nashville-based recording artist, after discovering Meador’s tribute song to Johnny Depp during the widely publicized Depp v. Heard trial.
Barresi, a longtime Hollywood investigator who had previously worked on matters related to the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard litigation, retained Martin Singer, co-founder of powerhouse firm Lavely & Singer.