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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve seen conflicting articles about whether Freedman can depose Lively. Or maybe they’re both saying the same thing—that Freedman won’t be allowed to depose her but that otherwise she cannot choose?

From NBC News:
Both sides say they want to move forward with discovery, and Freedman has said he is ready to depose Lively. She and her team are adamantly against that plan. Liman said that Freedman will not be allowed to depose her but that otherwise “she doesn’t get to choose her interrogator.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna190529

From US Weekly: 
Days before the hearing, Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, allegedly objected to being deposed by Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, per court documents obtained by Us Weekly. Since neither Lively nor Baldoni’s lawyers could agree on the matter, they requested the court to weigh in on Monday. “I don’t think you’re going to be the one who chooses who takes Ms. Lively’s deposition,” Judge Liman told Lively’s lawyers on Monday.

https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/blake-lively-and-justin-baldonis-trial-may-be-moved-up-judge-warns

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People are confusing what is being asked here.

Freedman has asked to depose Lively *immediately.* He made the argument that Lively should make herself available to be deposed now, even though normally depositions wouldn't start until after answers had been filed to both complaints and a plan for discovery had been agreed to (likely in a couple months).

Lively objected to this and said she doesn't want to be deposed now and it can happen when discovery happens.

The judge actually agreed with Lively on this and rejected Freedman's request to depose Lively now ahead of discovery.

I don't think Lively ever requested that she not be deposed by Freedman at all. I think that was essentially a rumor that got started by non-lawyers looking at legal pleadings and misunderstanding them.[/quote]

Then why did the Judge specifically address it today? You are claiming the Judge addressed a rumor lol?[/quote]

The judge addressed whether Freedman could depose Lively immediately. He said no, he couldn't. [/quote]

You are leaving out information. “Liman said that Freedman will not be allowed to depose her but that otherwise “she doesn’t get to choose her interrogator.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna190529

You keep trying to spin things from today and it’s really weird. 
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Freedman made a request to depose Lively and it was denied. That's not spin. The judge rejected Freedman's request.

No one ever thought Lively was going to be able to refuse to be deposed by Freedman at all, including Lively's legal team. They were making point about Freedman's attacks against Lively's "character" in the press. But they did not make a formal request that she never be deposed by Freedman.

It's actually weird to read this ruling as being a loss by Lively when the actual thing Baldoni's team wanted was rejected.[/quote]

You leaving out key info is a spin and you are not to be trusted. [/quote]

Many people reported this ruling as "Lively motion to not be deposed by Freedman denied." That's a wild mischaracterization. It was Baldoni's request that was denied. Lively's team just made an argument that Freedman shouldn't be allowed to depose Lively when he is regularly impugning her character in the press. Since the judge denied the request to depose Lively now, the question of who will do it is moot.

I know you will tell me I'm "spinning" this but I'm actually just describing what happened.[/quote]

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