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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Blake will not settle. She has nothing to lose by proceeding because while public sentiment is against her, industry sentiment continues to support her. If she can ride it out until trial and then convince people she had a legitimate reason to sue, that's the best case scenario for her.

Settling now locks in the public perception that she is in the wrong. She doesn't believe she's in the wrong, so she's not going to do that.

[b]Also, while people here are dismissive of it, Blake is in a good position legally right now, even if the PR game is not cutting her way. She has the upper hand with discovery right now, and in his motion to strike, Judge Liman indicated a heightened level of frustration with Freedman that may spill over into additional matters[/b]. Liman also showed very limited patience with Freedman straying from the claims already outlined in the complaints, indicating that Freedman is not going to have a long leash within the litigation to bring embarrassing but otherwise irrelevant info.

I agree Blake is fighting for her life on the PR front, but when you look at the whole picture, that's all the more reason why settling right now doesn't make sense. Her best bet is to double down on her Hollywood support, keep fighting legally, and hope that if both those things continue to break her way, public sentiment will shift.[/quote]

This is a major stretch. She is not in a good position legally right now. Her original claims look like a sham, the defamation claims against her look decent, and a trial loss would be devastating, as well as long winded and painful, and likely more expensive.

The discovery stuff is nothing. There are no big ‘wins’ on her side, and Liman is probably annoyed at the entire case being so heated and public, but that’s got very little to do with the ultimate claims. He kicked the discovery letter issue to DC and freeman/Baldoni very VERY much won by making it clear why he needed the subpoena (people were arguing over him subpoening Taylor’s law firm and he made a huge splash explaining why and went to the mat on it with his affidavit). Limans chastising the letter meant very little and it also gives him yet another opportunity to see how Blake’s side plays dirty. I highly doubt the judge has a favorite of either side, and whatever that could be won’t change much.

Baldoni is killing it here. Blake is an idiot not to try to resolve this. A jury could be extremely extremely generous to him [/quote]

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