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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, PP is wrong that it matters if this is different from what other PR firms do. No. If it’s found that Lively reasonably reported SH, Baldoni is not allowed to retaliate against her. And planting stories about her is retaliation, whether PR firms do it all the time or not.

I fully believe PR firms do this ish all the time. But that’s why Lively sued!  I don’t believe they’re allowed to retaliate here, so this letter is devastating to their case imho. [/quote]

This. The issue is not that Baldoni engaged PR to smear Blake (and it's true people do this all the time, unfortunately). The problem is that she was an employee who had reported workplace harassment and that the PR campaign against her was intended to discredit her so that if she went public with her claims, people wouldn't believe her.

*That* is what is illegal. This is an employment case. You are not allowed to retaliate against employees or former employees for raising harassment or workplace safety issues. This would be true for a paper company or the grocery store too. You could remove all the PR people and the celebrity nature of it, and make this a case of a woman who worked at a grocery store, complained multiple times that her supervisor's behavior was harassing and made her uncomfortable. If that supervisor later spread rumors about the woman being a "mean girl" or criticizing how she looks or dresses, he could be sued for retaliation.

Any decent HR department or employment lawyer will tell you -- if an employee brings a complaint against you in the workplace, refer the matter to the lawyers or whoever handles that process and SAY NOTHING. Do not discuss the employee outside of work. This is like the first rule of handling workplace harassment complaints.[/quote]

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