
I think the source has to be either Scott Swift, Tree, or maybe Travis. Lively is screwed, which I'm not unhappy about. |
I don’t think a member of the legal team would be described as someone with “very close” ties to Taylor. And definitely not a tabloid journalist. |
Family court is a different animal. You can’t compare the two |
Liman coming in hard and granting the motion to strike for both Freedman's letter AND his opposition to the MTS with his affidavit. BOTH! And cautioning Freedman that "Counsel is advised that future misuse of the Courts docket may be met with sanctions. SO ORDERED." |
What would be the legal reason that BL's attorney would want TS to speak publicly? |
Some of what you are taking on face value is window dressing designed to keep Taylor above the fray. Freedman said he has known about phone call since February but didn’t learn of the letter until more recently. He states there has been multiple calls with the source. |
!!!! I guess Liman was no impressed by that affidavit. |
Of that statement she made, the least important part was the stuff about clickbait. Of course she’s going to think that people want her involved bc she’s a celebrity, that’s not surprising. The subtle implication is that *both* sides dragged her in because of her status. The rest of her statement had the real import. She didn’t back up her friend, implied she’s a liar, dissed the film and her involvement. |
He's sick of them and I don't blame him |
There are rumors on Reddit that the source may be Pia Malihi, a PR person who used to work for Travis and was employed by Jonesworks. And that the "mutual friend" who connected her to Freedman was Jen Able, who worked with Malihi at Jonesworks.
One problem with this: Malihi no longer works for Travis and never worked for Taylor directly. Also she was apparently filed during the whole "relationship contract" mess with Travis and Taylor. So maybe she's not the source. Or maybe she is the source but was delivering like fifth-hand information to Freedman without Taylor's knowledge. |
Doesn’t matter, the genie is out of the bottle. |
Exactly. Freedman is no dummy |
It would've meant more if the source went on record about what happened. |
Wow, Liman's order striking all Freedman's filings on this is aggressive. Here's some key quotes (emphasis mine, ellipses are for citations which I know no one here wants to read):
And this was particularly interesting. Here's Liman offering a bit of a warning to the press covering Freedman's allegations:
Liman is pissed. Which Freedman had to know he would be. I think Freedman is getting desperate, knows his case is a loser, and is willing to risk the ire of the court in order to drag the whole thing deep into the mud in the hopes of forcing a settlement before this baby gets to depos and trial where the public may become aware of how bad their case is. |
So Liman has deprived Gottlieb of an opportunity to rebut Freedman’s affidavit. |