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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think Lively is pretty unlikeable but some of the stuff coming out now makes Baldoni and Sarowitz both also seem unlikeable. I think it's perfectly fair to talk about what these guys are saying and doing and how it would play in front of a jury, just as we would discuss the same with Blake.

I think if you read some of these Sarowitz quotes, in particular, and think it's fine or won't turn people off, you have lost any objectivity on this case. It's clearly really awful, and the fact that this is how he's talking in a deposition for a lawsuit sort of alarms me. Most people will be on their best behavior in that setting, and the most careful with their words. The Hamas comment was also bad, but he was unknowingly recorded and it was a casual conversation. This was something he said in a conference room with lawyers and a court stenographer present! And it comes off as threatening, entitled, and misogynistic (IMO). That's a big red flag.[/quote]

Steve is a minor player. Jurors won't really care about him, and will fixate on Blake (very unlikeable) and Justin (very sympathetic). [/quote]

Jurors haven't been obsessing over either of them all this time. They will form their own opinion not come in with guns loaded ready to settle the score. [/quote]

This, the jury will not be pulled from a pool of Reddit users or people who frequent celebrity gossip blogs. You can assume half the jury will be over 55 (this is standard in jury pools, they always skew older because for a variety of reasons, these are the people most likely to get called and show up and not have an excuse to be dismissed). It's New York so you can assume a lot of diversity, but you can't make stereotypical assumptions about how this will influence them. People often have interesting personal reasons for believing one witness over another, or being more sympathetic to one party. All the parties are wealthy so I doubt that will play a role. I do think some jurors will relate to an argument about a difficult college or employee who complains a lot and is unfair. But I also think some jurors will be receptive to an argument about tone deaf and presumptuous employers who violate boundaries and take a "well I'm paying for all this so you do what I say" attitude. It's very hard to say which might prevail.

This whole case is an interesting Rorschach test. I would not assume that a jury will see it the way I do.[/quote]

Everyone outside of Reddit hates her and you can’t deal with that.[/quote]

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