Blake Lively- Jason Baldoni and NYT - False Light claims

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Anonymous wrote:DP. Can someone catch me up on the subpoena issue?

Daily Mail and other outlets had been reporting they'd seen the subpoena. A YouTuber called without a crystal ball made a video citing to a Doe lawsuit piecing together some of the available information (Daily Mail had said it was in NY court, October 2024, signed by an attorney from Manatt). A NY state docket was posted to a lawsuit filed by Manatt with Vanzan (a shipping company owned by Blake and Ryan) against John Does 1-10, asserting that plaintiffs believed Does had breached contracts and committed other torts but their identities were unknown. The lawsuit was dismissed a few days before the NYT article drops, so the timeline fits for the subpoena to have been issued under this case number. NY attorneys can sign subpoenas and they don't get posted to the docket, so we have not seen the subpoena itself to know how specific it is. Blake's attorney Esra Hudson commented to Daily Mail to the effect of "Doe lawsuits are perfectly common" which seemingly confirms that this is what happened.

Separately, people have been looking into various filings connected to Vanzan, and one of the findings was the rep listed for Vanzan is someone who works for Taylor Swift and is connected to a Swift video Blake directed, and also, that Liz Plank has a company registered at the same address with the same agent as Vanzan, which is spinning off various tangent theories.

lol, left out the key details. it’s been revealed that the subpoena was obtained via a sham law suit involving no entity related to the This is Us movie inorder to deprive the Wayfarer defendants the notice and a chance to object to the production of the texts they are entitled to. Jones may have turned over the texts even before the subpoena issued, perhaps for payment, and the sham lawsuit may have been an attempt to get them lawfully in Lively’s possession. Whether it rises to sanction able conduct has yet t be determined. Stay tuned. . .

Fact check:

- No lawyer would call this a "sham lawsuit". It's called a Doe lawsuit. There may be a dispute over whether they used a doe lawsuit fairly, however there is no question as to whether or not it was legal -- it was.

- Lively would be entitled to the texts no matter what, and even if Wayfarer and Abel had been alerted to the subpoena, they could not have objected to their production. They could have requested a protective order to keep them from being publicized, but the texts did not belong to them and did not contain any protected communications (for instance with a lawyer or doctor). If Lively had not obtained the texts via that subpoena, should could now subpoena them via discovery in the present case and they would have to be produced. Doing the subpoena did give Lively a legal edge because it allowed her team to plead with much more specificity as to the alleged wrongdoing and defendants. Without the Doe lawsuit, Lively would have had to go in nearly blind with her complaint regarding the retaliation allegations, which are the strongest part of her lawsuit. So it was a major advantage for them.

- There is zero evidence anywhere that Jones gave the texts to Lively/Reynolds in exchange for payment prior to the subpoena. We know that Jones shared one or more of the texts with Leslie Sloane (Lively/Reynolds publicist) almost immediately after seizing Jennifer Abel's phone, because Sloane texted Melissa Nathan about it. The most likely explanation for that is that Jones was simply mad and lashing out at Abel by sharing one or more damaging texts with Sloane, knowing of course that Sloane/Lively would be interested. There is no evidence at all that Jones was paid for this info, and she had a clear motive to share it other than getting money (i.e. to embarrass/expose Abel and Nathan).

- The movie in question is called It Ends With Us. This is Us is a television show starring Mandy Moore.

My explanation for her behavior is equally likely as yours at this point. There is no “evidence” either way because the lawsuit just came to light two days ago. We’ll see . ..

[Anonymous]

Working on composing a stern letter to the authors who named It Ends With Us, This Is Us, and The Last of Us because as a people we really should be able to do better.

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Can’t believe he was cheating on Scarlett. Did she know? Or better yet, how much did she know.

Even though she is remarried, and Colin seems like a good guy, I’m sure this has got to sting a bit.

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Anonymous wrote:Can’t believe he was cheating on Scarlett. Did she know? Or better yet, how much did she know.

Even though she is remarried, and Colin seems like a good guy, I’m sure this has got to sting a bit.

I’m sure she is annoyed like Taylor that she is being dragged into their mess. I doubt at this point she is surprised he cheated on her.

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Anonymous wrote:Can’t believe he was cheating on Scarlett. Did she know? Or better yet, how much did she know.

Even though she is remarried, and Colin seems like a good guy, I’m sure this has got to sting a bit.

I’m sure she is annoyed like Taylor that she is being dragged into their mess. I doubt at this point she is surprised he cheated on her.

As she sits with Colin and her kids, not a sting but a sigh of relief and joy to be with her current family.

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Anonymous wrote:The efforts being made by one or two posters here to end discussion of both the VanZan subpoena and the Plank business collab are quite something.

Agree. At this point it is beyond bizarre. What’s the motive?

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Anonymous wrote:The efforts being made by one or two posters here to end discussion of both the VanZan subpoena and the Plank business collab are quite something.

Agree. At this point it is beyond bizarre. What’s the motive?

I’m sure you have figured out in your hearts that, far more likely than it simply being that other people disagree with you and see the case differently, it is actually Ryan Reynolds posting here in hopes of convincing the middle aged DMV mom crowd that he is just a good guy. 🙃

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Anonymous wrote:The efforts being made by one or two posters here to end discussion of both the VanZan subpoena and the Plank business collab are quite something.

Agree. At this point it is beyond bizarre. What’s the motive?

I’m sure you have figured out in your hearts that, far more likely than it simply being that other people disagree with you and see the case differently, it is actually Ryan Reynolds posting here in hopes of convincing the middle aged DMV mom crowd that he is just a good guy. 🙃

Ok so you think it’s Ryan or a hired hand. Makes sense.

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Anonymous wrote:The efforts being made by one or two posters here to end discussion of both the VanZan subpoena and the Plank business collab are quite something.

Agree. At this point it is beyond bizarre. What’s the motive?

I’m sure you have figured out in your hearts that, far more likely than it simply being that other people disagree with you and see the case differently, it is actually Ryan Reynolds posting here in hopes of convincing the middle aged DMV mom crowd that he is just a good guy. 🙃

Ok so you think it’s Ryan or a hired hand. Makes sense.

You are so obvious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Working on composing a stern letter to the authors who named It Ends With Us, This Is Us, and The Last of Us because as a people we really should be able to do better.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can’t believe he was cheating on Scarlett. Did she know? Or better yet, how much did she know.

Even though she is remarried, and Colin seems like a good guy, I’m sure this has got to sting a bit.

I’m sure she is annoyed like Taylor that she is being dragged into their mess. I doubt at this point she is surprised he cheated on her.

As she sits with Colin and her kids, not a sting but a sigh of relief and joy to be with her current family.

This. She was 22 when she started dating Ryan - so young and they got married a year later. I’m sure she is thankful for lessons learned young. If only Blake had been so lucky though I think her childhood was super messed up with a psycho stage mom - she probably never stood a chance.

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How soon people forget that Ryan and Scarlett met when he was still technically engaged to Alanis Morisette. Ryan and Alanis called off their engagement in 2007 and Ryan married Scarlett in 2008, but he was dating Scarlett by the time they publicly announced the engagement was off. Is it any surprise then that he moved from Scarlett to Blake in a very similar timeline?

I don't see why Scarlett would be particularly mad at Blake for doing exactly what Scarlett herself did. They were even around the same age. Ultimately both Scarlett and Blake wound up in long-lasting relationships with kids that seem to be pretty stable. If Scarlett is sitting around stewing over Blake, I'd think so much less of her. I sincerely doubt she is though.

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Anonymous wrote:How soon people forget that Ryan and Scarlett met when he was still technically engaged to Alanis Morisette. Ryan and Alanis called off their engagement in 2007 and Ryan married Scarlett in 2008, but he was dating Scarlett by the time they publicly announced the engagement was off. Is it any surprise then that he moved from Scarlett to Blake in a very similar timeline?

I don't see why Scarlett would be particularly mad at Blake for doing exactly what Scarlett herself did. They were even around the same age. Ultimately both Scarlett and Blake wound up in long-lasting relationships with kids that seem to be pretty stable. If Scarlett is sitting around stewing over Blake, I'd think so much less of her. I sincerely doubt she is though.

I don’t think anyone thinks Scarlet is sitting around stewing over this, but she’s probably annoyed that she’s being dragged into this. Much like Taylor. It’s a gross and sleazy set of events and now everyone’s reminded that he probably set up some gross company while still married to her. Is it ultimately a big deal? No but she probably would rather not be be part of this whole debacle.

Funny that you think Blake has some long lasting relationship when her marriage is clearly melting down and she’s married to a controlling power hungry a-hole.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How soon people forget that Ryan and Scarlett met when he was still technically engaged to Alanis Morisette. Ryan and Alanis called off their engagement in 2007 and Ryan married Scarlett in 2008, but he was dating Scarlett by the time they publicly announced the engagement was off. Is it any surprise then that he moved from Scarlett to Blake in a very similar timeline?

I don't see why Scarlett would be particularly mad at Blake for doing exactly what Scarlett herself did. They were even around the same age. Ultimately both Scarlett and Blake wound up in long-lasting relationships with kids that seem to be pretty stable. If Scarlett is sitting around stewing over Blake, I'd think so much less of her. I sincerely doubt she is though.

I don’t think anyone thinks Scarlet is sitting around stewing over this, but she’s probably annoyed that she’s being dragged into this. Much like Taylor. It’s a gross and sleazy set of events and now everyone’s reminded that he probably set up some gross company while still married to her. Is it ultimately a big deal? No but she probably would rather not be be part of this whole debacle.

Funny that you think Blake has some long lasting relationship when her marriage is clearly melting down and she’s married to a controlling power hungry a-hole.

It's not what I "think" it's just factual. I mean whatever you think of Blake or her marriage, she and Ryan have been married for over a decade and have four kids together. That's absolutely "long-lasting" by Hollywood standards. Also there's no sign their marriage is melting down? Again, regardless of what you think of them, they seem quite committed based on their behavior throughout all of this. I personally don't buy the theory that Blake and Baldoni had a flirtation and Ryan got jealous. The documentation indicates that Blake and Baldoni were at odds before filming even started and that Ryan was protective about it from the jump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How soon people forget that Ryan and Scarlett met when he was still technically engaged to Alanis Morisette. Ryan and Alanis called off their engagement in 2007 and Ryan married Scarlett in 2008, but he was dating Scarlett by the time they publicly announced the engagement was off. Is it any surprise then that he moved from Scarlett to Blake in a very similar timeline?

I don't see why Scarlett would be particularly mad at Blake for doing exactly what Scarlett herself did. They were even around the same age. Ultimately both Scarlett and Blake wound up in long-lasting relationships with kids that seem to be pretty stable. If Scarlett is sitting around stewing over Blake, I'd think so much less of her. I sincerely doubt she is though.

I don’t think anyone thinks Scarlet is sitting around stewing over this, but she’s probably annoyed that she’s being dragged into this. Much like Taylor. It’s a gross and sleazy set of events and now everyone’s reminded that he probably set up some gross company while still married to her. Is it ultimately a big deal? No but she probably would rather not be be part of this whole debacle.

Funny that you think Blake has some long lasting relationship when her marriage is clearly melting down and she’s married to a controlling power hungry a-hole.

It's not what I "think" it's just factual. I mean whatever you think of Blake or her marriage, she and Ryan have been married for over a decade and have four kids together. That's absolutely "long-lasting" by Hollywood standards. Also there's no sign their marriage is melting down? Again, regardless of what you think of them, they seem quite committed based on their behavior throughout all of this. I personally don't buy the theory that Blake and Baldoni had a flirtation and Ryan got jealous. The documentation indicates that Blake and Baldoni were at odds before filming even started and that Ryan was protective about it from the jump.

Whatever. They both seem miserable. YMMV. I’ve never bought the happy couple thing. His trolling of her on social media always seemed disrespectful and douchey to me.