Lively/Baldoni Lawsuit Part 2
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Anonymous
What? I'm no lawyer, but wouldn't he have always been able to testify whatever he wants? How can Liman force him to testify that something isn't what he says it is? |
Anonymous
Is this framing a sleight of hand like the time the pro-BL poster tried to say Liman was being generous to Charles Babcock, even though that "generosity" entailed completely reversing his ruling in favor of Gottlieb? |
Anonymous
Further, no one disputes it was a birthing video as opposed to porn. |
Anonymous
That was one of the sanctions that she requested: Heath failed to turn over the evidence and therefore cannot use that argument. The judge did not grant that part, but did grant her access to the video. The judge can't tell him what to say but he could preclude them from making certain arguments. |
Anonymous
Lively requested that Heath not be able to testify at all about the clip on his phone. That was denied. That would indeed have been bad for WF if granted. The fact that you can’t follow that now it is just a credibility issue for the jury worries me that your reasoning skills aren’t the best. But you are a Blake supporter, so I guess that tracks. |
Anonymous
But no one said that Judge Liman gave Lively everything she requested, just that he gave all the birth footage. |
Anonymous
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It's also important to note that just because Liman is granting discovery of all the birth footage doesn't mean it will be admissible in court. He's just allowing Lively to get the rest of the footage as part of their fact finding.
I think it's the correct decision because it takes a neutral position on what actually happened, which is what the judge should be doing. The PP saying it's a credibility issue is correct, and the judge CANNOT make a decision on credibility. He can't decide he believes Heath or that he believes Lively as to what was shown. So now both sides will have all the footage and then they can testify as to what each believe Heath showed Lively. That's the right outcome. Denying Lively access to the other footage based only on Heath's assurance that it's not what he showed her would choosing Heath's version of events over Lively's, which the judge cannot do. But refusing to let Heath testify as to what part of the video was on his phone or what he believes he showed Lively would be choosing Lively's version over Heath's, which he also cannot do. Only the jury can decided whose version is correct. |
Anonymous
I'm a JB supporter, chill. I thought the post was trying to say Liman wasn't ruling anything that bad in favor of JB to absolve the bias he has. Sounds like you don't have the best of reasoning skills and you have poor impulse control if you're jumping to attack people like this. |
Anonymous
Is my side not clear by the fact that I said "the time the pro-BL poster tried to say..." which is clearly critical of pro-BLers? You really don't sound very bright. |
Anonymous
The judge can prohibit him from testifying on a topic as a sanction. |
Anonymous
| Judge is working today. He denied Blake’s motion for sanctions concerning Nathan’s redactions as untimely because it raised new issues about the redactions after fact discovery had closed. |
Anonymous
| Are there more than 20 people in the entire country who care about this? Lawyers are just bleeding both sides. It's all pointless. |
Anonymous
People keep saying this, but Blake hasn’t booked the job since the biggest box office hit of her career, so yeah, this is having an impact. You are right that people are probably not following the day to day. But it keeps generating headlines which seem problematic for both teams. This lawsuit was a huge career killer no matter the outcome. Blake wants to be talked about for her outfits and her hair products, and her next movie coming out. And none of those things are happening. |
Anonymous
The legal eagles like to get into the nitty gritty here but team Lively has massively effed up the PR angle on this from the start and it's arguable that for a celebrity that is far more important long term than even winning this lawsuit on what would likely be viewed as some barely understandable technicality. |
Anonymous
I also don’t think she’s going to win the lawsuit. I really don’t think this is going to court. Blake’s team seemed to be ahead of the game for a long time, but the things that have come out in the last week has me doubting. If you want to sue your employer, you should probably sign a contract of employment. Oops. |