Blake Lively- Jason Baldoni and NYT - False Light claims

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Personally of the belief that Blake told Ryan same stuff that is in the complaint, and I don’t think any of it is true. He’s finding out with the rest of us. For the sake of their children, hope their marriage is salvagable.

This, but I do not think they will stay together. This will bruise Ryan’s ego so intensely I predict they will divorce. I listened to the heather mcdonald juicy scoop podcast and her theory is Blake and JB were vibing, flirting, whatever beyond what two married people should be doing and Ryan caught wind of it and Blake deflected claiming sexual harassment. Ryan filed by anger and power and narcissism really ran with this and the law suit was filed. I hope the truth comes out. Either way for the fragile egos or Blake and Ryan, I think they will be destroyed and the marriage is over. I’m glad JB is not backing down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's the amended document (different from the link above): https://dam.tmz.com/document/22/o/2025/02/01/2239f45c1ecb4e1680f278ba9c5c6092.pdf

Justin addresses Blake's claim that he had sex without consent. "In her Complaint, she intentionally misrepresents the story to suggest that Baldoni had engaged in sexual conduct without consent. In fact, it was the other way around. Baldoni was referencing an intimate relationship in which he was the one who did not give consent, not the other way around."

Thank you for the doc!

Question for the litigators. I'm a lawyer but it's been a minute since I've been in law school or interned for a judge..

Is it common today to have all of these annotations, embedded images, and so on in these filings? Back in the day, this stuff might be described in the pleadings, but ultimately be produced in discovery and may need to be verified with an affidavit that it is a true and correct copy of a business record, etc. I don't doubt that any of these documents are real, but it just seems unusual to have all this stuff upfront without it actually being verified, and often including emphasis added (highlighting, red circles). Again, not casting doubt, just wondering how common this is. It feels more like this is targeted to making it easy for the press rather than the court, which is totally understandable.

I guess the technology isn't there yet to embed audio and video clips in the filings, otherwise Baldoni probably would have done that with the video of the dance scene. That seems like it's begging for the judge to make findings of fact rather than addressing the law. No matter how good the proof is that Baldoni attaches (and it is very compelling), the judge isn't really supposed to be looking at that but rather making a legal determination of whether Lively's claims, if true, survive a motion to dismiss.

I mean … given the heightened pleading requirements required by the Supreme Court, you can’t really fault a party for putting more facts in their complaint. And facts are never “proven” by some neutral authority in order to be entered into evidence or pleaded - that would turn the system on its head.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Personally of the belief that Blake told Ryan same stuff that is in the complaint, and I don’t think any of it is true. He’s finding out with the rest of us. For the sake of their children, hope their marriage is salvagable.

This, but I do not think they will stay together. This will bruise Ryan’s ego so intensely I predict they will divorce. I listened to the heather mcdonald juicy scoop podcast and her theory is Blake and JB were vibing, flirting, whatever beyond what two married people should be doing and Ryan caught wind of it and Blake deflected claiming sexual harassment. Ryan filed by anger and power and narcissism really ran with this and the law suit was filed. I hope the truth comes out. Either way for the fragile egos or Blake and Ryan, I think they will be destroyed and the marriage is over. I’m glad JB is not backing down.

I do not believe Baldoni was “vibing” or “flirting” at all, and I do not see a single piece of evidence indicating that. Read the documents, and look and listen to the audio and video of the rooftop scene. He is polite. Measured, cordial, sensitive, professional. She is the kind of insecure egomaniac who thinks or, in low moments like this postpartum phase, where paparazzi shots of her in costume show that she’s bloated, if-backed and dressed like a lunatic, tells herself, that everyone wants her or is jealous of her. She and her husband are crazy liars.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's the amended document (different from the link above): https://dam.tmz.com/document/22/o/2025/02/01/2239f45c1ecb4e1680f278ba9c5c6092.pdf

Justin addresses Blake's claim that he had sex without consent. "In her Complaint, she intentionally misrepresents the story to suggest that Baldoni had engaged in sexual conduct without consent. In fact, it was the other way around. Baldoni was referencing an intimate relationship in which he was the one who did not give consent, not the other way around."

Thank you for the doc!

Question for the litigators. I'm a lawyer but it's been a minute since I've been in law school or interned for a judge..

Is it common today to have all of these annotations, embedded images, and so on in these filings? Back in the day, this stuff might be described in the pleadings, but ultimately be produced in discovery and may need to be verified with an affidavit that it is a true and correct copy of a business record, etc. I don't doubt that any of these documents are real, but it just seems unusual to have all this stuff upfront without it actually being verified, and often including emphasis added (highlighting, red circles). Again, not casting doubt, just wondering how common this is. It feels more like this is targeted to making it easy for the press rather than the court, which is totally understandable.

I guess the technology isn't there yet to embed audio and video clips in the filings, otherwise Baldoni probably would have done that with the video of the dance scene. That seems like it's begging for the judge to make findings of fact rather than addressing the law. No matter how good the proof is that Baldoni attaches (and it is very compelling), the judge isn't really supposed to be looking at that but rather making a legal determination of whether Lively's claims, if true, survive a motion to dismiss.

I mean … given the heightened pleading requirements required by the Supreme Court, you can’t really fault a party for putting more facts in their complaint. And facts are never “proven” by some neutral authority in order to be entered into evidence or pleaded - that would turn the system on its head.

I'm not faulting him, just wondering if this is common or a strategy that he's using to get his side out, especially in light of a protective order being requested. If it's strategy I think it's a good one for PR reasons but am curious if it would annoy a judge, or are they used to seeing screenshots and markups in pleadings in 2025?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Personally of the belief that Blake told Ryan same stuff that is in the complaint, and I don’t think any of it is true. He’s finding out with the rest of us. For the sake of their children, hope their marriage is salvagable.

This, but I do not think they will stay together. This will bruise Ryan’s ego so intensely I predict they will divorce. I listened to the heather mcdonald juicy scoop podcast and her theory is Blake and JB were vibing, flirting, whatever beyond what two married people should be doing and Ryan caught wind of it and Blake deflected claiming sexual harassment. Ryan filed by anger and power and narcissism really ran with this and the law suit was filed. I hope the truth comes out. Either way for the fragile egos or Blake and Ryan, I think they will be destroyed and the marriage is over. I’m glad JB is not backing down.

I do not believe Baldoni was “vibing” or “flirting” at all, and I do not see a single piece of evidence indicating that. Read the documents, and look and listen to the audio and video of the rooftop scene. He is polite. Measured, cordial, sensitive, professional. She is the kind of insecure egomaniac who thinks or, in low moments like this postpartum phase, where paparazzi shots of her in costume show that she’s bloated, if-backed and dressed like a lunatic, tells herself, that everyone wants her or is jealous of her. She and her husband are crazy liars.

Yeah, I don’t read him as flirting. More just trying to kiss her A and appease her delicate ego. And, in as much as you can tell anything from social media, he and his wife seem to be happily married.

[Anonymous]

This is all just being cooked up to steal the sequel rights. And also because BL and Taylor Swift really wanted Blake's edit of the movie to prevail. Taylor even freaked out and demanded they fire the composer if they wanted to use her song, so they had to find a composer last minute to do the score and only gave him 3 weeks. What a nightmare, I feel bad for JB.

[Anonymous]

I just read the Amended Complaint. Blake Lively is an absolute nightmare. Her ego is absolutely insane. The way that they had to coddle her from the beginning is so gross. I’m so happy that she is being called on her lies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's the amended document (different from the link above): https://dam.tmz.com/document/22/o/2025/02/01/2239f45c1ecb4e1680f278ba9c5c6092.pdf

Justin addresses Blake's claim that he had sex without consent. "In her Complaint, she intentionally misrepresents the story to suggest that Baldoni had engaged in sexual conduct without consent. In fact, it was the other way around. Baldoni was referencing an intimate relationship in which he was the one who did not give consent, not the other way around."

Thank you for the doc!

Question for the litigators. I'm a lawyer but it's been a minute since I've been in law school or interned for a judge..

Is it common today to have all of these annotations, embedded images, and so on in these filings? Back in the day, this stuff might be described in the pleadings, but ultimately be produced in discovery and may need to be verified with an affidavit that it is a true and correct copy of a business record, etc. I don't doubt that any of these documents are real, but it just seems unusual to have all this stuff upfront without it actually being verified, and often including emphasis added (highlighting, red circles). Again, not casting doubt, just wondering how common this is. It feels more like this is targeted to making it easy for the press rather than the court, which is totally understandable.

I guess the technology isn't there yet to embed audio and video clips in the filings, otherwise Baldoni probably would have done that with the video of the dance scene. That seems like it's begging for the judge to make findings of fact rather than addressing the law. No matter how good the proof is that Baldoni attaches (and it is very compelling), the judge isn't really supposed to be looking at that but rather making a legal determination of whether Lively's claims, if true, survive a motion to dismiss.

I mean … given the heightened pleading requirements required by the Supreme Court, you can’t really fault a party for putting more facts in their complaint. And facts are never “proven” by some neutral authority in order to be entered into evidence or pleaded - that would turn the system on its head.

I'm not faulting him, just wondering if this is common or a strategy that he's using to get his side out, especially in light of a protective order being requested. If it's strategy I think it's a good one for PR reasons but am curious if it would annoy a judge, or are they used to seeing screenshots and markups in pleadings in 2025?

Another lawyer question- does it really matter if a judge is annoyed? I always hear that from litigators who I’ve worked with (‘oh we can’t do that bc it will annoy the judge’ while the other side pushes the envelope non stop) but in practice I’ve never seen it actually affect anything. The judge decides based on the law.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's the amended document (different from the link above): https://dam.tmz.com/document/22/o/2025/02/01/2239f45c1ecb4e1680f278ba9c5c6092.pdf

Justin addresses Blake's claim that he had sex without consent. "In her Complaint, she intentionally misrepresents the story to suggest that Baldoni had engaged in sexual conduct without consent. In fact, it was the other way around. Baldoni was referencing an intimate relationship in which he was the one who did not give consent, not the other way around."

Thank you for the doc!

Question for the litigators. I'm a lawyer but it's been a minute since I've been in law school or interned for a judge..

Is it common today to have all of these annotations, embedded images, and so on in these filings? Back in the day, this stuff might be described in the pleadings, but ultimately be produced in discovery and may need to be verified with an affidavit that it is a true and correct copy of a business record, etc. I don't doubt that any of these documents are real, but it just seems unusual to have all this stuff upfront without it actually being verified, and often including emphasis added (highlighting, red circles). Again, not casting doubt, just wondering how common this is. It feels more like this is targeted to making it easy for the press rather than the court, which is totally understandable.

I guess the technology isn't there yet to embed audio and video clips in the filings, otherwise Baldoni probably would have done that with the video of the dance scene. That seems like it's begging for the judge to make findings of fact rather than addressing the law. No matter how good the proof is that Baldoni attaches (and it is very compelling), the judge isn't really supposed to be looking at that but rather making a legal determination of whether Lively's claims, if true, survive a motion to dismiss.

I mean … given the heightened pleading requirements required by the Supreme Court, you can’t really fault a party for putting more facts in their complaint. And facts are never “proven” by some neutral authority in order to be entered into evidence or pleaded - that would turn the system on its head.

I'm not faulting him, just wondering if this is common or a strategy that he's using to get his side out, especially in light of a protective order being requested. If it's strategy I think it's a good one for PR reasons but am curious if it would annoy a judge, or are they used to seeing screenshots and markups in pleadings in 2025?

Another lawyer question- does it really matter if a judge is annoyed? I always hear that from litigators who I’ve worked with (‘oh we can’t do that bc it will annoy the judge’ while the other side pushes the envelope non stop) but in practice I’ve never seen it actually affect anything. The judge decides based on the law.

My experiences experience is in criminal, not civil, court, but: yes, it matters. Some judges are more easily annoyed than others, but I do not want to go into a hearing or trial with the judge irritated by the legal moves we've made. It will result in a short leash which can really limit your arguments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's the amended document (different from the link above): https://dam.tmz.com/document/22/o/2025/02/01/2239f45c1ecb4e1680f278ba9c5c6092.pdf

Justin addresses Blake's claim that he had sex without consent. "In her Complaint, she intentionally misrepresents the story to suggest that Baldoni had engaged in sexual conduct without consent. In fact, it was the other way around. Baldoni was referencing an intimate relationship in which he was the one who did not give consent, not the other way around."

Thank you for the doc!

Question for the litigators. I'm a lawyer but it's been a minute since I've been in law school or interned for a judge..

Is it common today to have all of these annotations, embedded images, and so on in these filings? Back in the day, this stuff might be described in the pleadings, but ultimately be produced in discovery and may need to be verified with an affidavit that it is a true and correct copy of a business record, etc. I don't doubt that any of these documents are real, but it just seems unusual to have all this stuff upfront without it actually being verified, and often including emphasis added (highlighting, red circles). Again, not casting doubt, just wondering how common this is. It feels more like this is targeted to making it easy for the press rather than the court, which is totally understandable.

I guess the technology isn't there yet to embed audio and video clips in the filings, otherwise Baldoni probably would have done that with the video of the dance scene. That seems like it's begging for the judge to make findings of fact rather than addressing the law. No matter how good the proof is that Baldoni attaches (and it is very compelling), the judge isn't really supposed to be looking at that but rather making a legal determination of whether Lively's claims, if true, survive a motion to dismiss.

I mean … given the heightened pleading requirements required by the Supreme Court, you can’t really fault a party for putting more facts in their complaint. And facts are never “proven” by some neutral authority in order to be entered into evidence or pleaded - that would turn the system on its head.

I'm not faulting him, just wondering if this is common or a strategy that he's using to get his side out, especially in light of a protective order being requested. If it's strategy I think it's a good one for PR reasons but am curious if it would annoy a judge, or are they used to seeing screenshots and markups in pleadings in 2025?

Another lawyer question- does it really matter if a judge is annoyed? I always hear that from litigators who I’ve worked with (‘oh we can’t do that bc it will annoy the judge’ while the other side pushes the envelope non stop) but in practice I’ve never seen it actually affect anything. The judge decides based on the law.

There will be times the judge has discretion, like scheduling orders or evidentiary objections, where it matters. If a judge is exasperated by one side, a jury can pick up on it,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's the amended document (different from the link above): https://dam.tmz.com/document/22/o/2025/02/01/2239f45c1ecb4e1680f278ba9c5c6092.pdf

Justin addresses Blake's claim that he had sex without consent. "In her Complaint, she intentionally misrepresents the story to suggest that Baldoni had engaged in sexual conduct without consent. In fact, it was the other way around. Baldoni was referencing an intimate relationship in which he was the one who did not give consent, not the other way around."

Thank you for the doc!

Question for the litigators. I'm a lawyer but it's been a minute since I've been in law school or interned for a judge..

Is it common today to have all of these annotations, embedded images, and so on in these filings? Back in the day, this stuff might be described in the pleadings, but ultimately be produced in discovery and may need to be verified with an affidavit that it is a true and correct copy of a business record, etc. I don't doubt that any of these documents are real, but it just seems unusual to have all this stuff upfront without it actually being verified, and often including emphasis added (highlighting, red circles). Again, not casting doubt, just wondering how common this is. It feels more like this is targeted to making it easy for the press rather than the court, which is totally understandable.

I guess the technology isn't there yet to embed audio and video clips in the filings, otherwise Baldoni probably would have done that with the video of the dance scene. That seems like it's begging for the judge to make findings of fact rather than addressing the law. No matter how good the proof is that Baldoni attaches (and it is very compelling), the judge isn't really supposed to be looking at that but rather making a legal determination of whether Lively's claims, if true, survive a motion to dismiss.

I mean … given the heightened pleading requirements required by the Supreme Court, you can’t really fault a party for putting more facts in their complaint. And facts are never “proven” by some neutral authority in order to be entered into evidence or pleaded - that would turn the system on its head.

I'm not faulting him, just wondering if this is common or a strategy that he's using to get his side out, especially in light of a protective order being requested. If it's strategy I think it's a good one for PR reasons but am curious if it would annoy a judge, or are they used to seeing screenshots and markups in pleadings in 2025?

Another lawyer question- does it really matter if a judge is annoyed? I always hear that from litigators who I’ve worked with (‘oh we can’t do that bc it will annoy the judge’ while the other side pushes the envelope non stop) but in practice I’ve never seen it actually affect anything. The judge decides based on the law.

My experiences experience is in criminal, not civil, court, but: yes, it matters. Some judges are more easily annoyed than others, but I do not want to go into a hearing or trial with the judge irritated by the legal moves we've made. It will result in a short leash which can really limit your arguments.

Da and I am not a lawyer but my judge in family was annoyed as ever with my ex husband and I. They were less willingly to hear either of us and handed out contempt fees against my ex like crazy. My lawyer said he wasn't usually like that but was probably tired of the back/forth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Personally of the belief that Blake told Ryan same stuff that is in the complaint, and I don’t think any of it is true. He’s finding out with the rest of us. For the sake of their children, hope their marriage is salvagable.

This, but I do not think they will stay together. This will bruise Ryan’s ego so intensely I predict they will divorce. I listened to the heather mcdonald juicy scoop podcast and her theory is Blake and JB were vibing, flirting, whatever beyond what two married people should be doing and Ryan caught wind of it and Blake deflected claiming sexual harassment. Ryan filed by anger and power and narcissism really ran with this and the law suit was filed. I hope the truth comes out. Either way for the fragile egos or Blake and Ryan, I think they will be destroyed and the marriage is over. I’m glad JB is not backing down.

I do not believe Baldoni was “vibing” or “flirting” at all, and I do not see a single piece of evidence indicating that. Read the documents, and look and listen to the audio and video of the rooftop scene. He is polite. Measured, cordial, sensitive, professional. She is the kind of insecure egomaniac who thinks or, in low moments like this postpartum phase, where paparazzi shots of her in costume show that she’s bloated, if-backed and dressed like a lunatic, tells herself, that everyone wants her or is jealous of her. She and her husband are crazy liars.

+1. Then exploited their famous friends to bully Justin and the studio. In the end, Ryan and Blake are going to lose everything - friends, credibility, image, probably marriage, and hopefully a lot of money. This is all beyond disgraceful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Personally of the belief that Blake told Ryan same stuff that is in the complaint, and I don’t think any of it is true. He’s finding out with the rest of us. For the sake of their children, hope their marriage is salvagable.

This, but I do not think they will stay together. This will bruise Ryan’s ego so intensely I predict they will divorce. I listened to the heather mcdonald juicy scoop podcast and her theory is Blake and JB were vibing, flirting, whatever beyond what two married people should be doing and Ryan caught wind of it and Blake deflected claiming sexual harassment. Ryan filed by anger and power and narcissism really ran with this and the law suit was filed. I hope the truth comes out. Either way for the fragile egos or Blake and Ryan, I think they will be destroyed and the marriage is over. I’m glad JB is not backing down.

I do not believe Baldoni was “vibing” or “flirting” at all, and I do not see a single piece of evidence indicating that. Read the documents, and look and listen to the audio and video of the rooftop scene. He is polite. Measured, cordial, sensitive, professional. She is the kind of insecure egomaniac who thinks or, in low moments like this postpartum phase, where paparazzi shots of her in costume show that she’s bloated, if-backed and dressed like a lunatic, tells herself, that everyone wants her or is jealous of her. She and her husband are crazy liars.

Yeah, I don’t read him as flirting. More just trying to kiss her A and appease her delicate ego. And, in as much as you can tell anything from social media, he and his wife seem to be happily married.

+1

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately, I think he’s going to lose, even though he’s the victim. He shoulda let he walk away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately, I think he’s going to lose, even though he’s the victim. He shoulda let he walk away.

What does “let her walk away” mean? She stole the premiere and a producers credit and ruined the budget.