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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think people don't realize how much of the key depositions are still under seal. Huge portions of Heath's, Baldoni's, and Lively's depos still under seal, including most of the discussion of the birthing scene. We don't have Baldoni's or Lively's account of the January 17th meeting, only Heath and Ange Giannetti (and their accounts conflict directly, especially on the reading of the 17 point list and how it was phrase and what issues were covered).

What we do have really makes it a toss up. A lot of Heath's deposition is problematic in that he admits to knowing about most of Lively's complaints dating back to May of 2023, and also appears to understand that these complaints should have been referred to HR but were not.

The conflicts between Heath's depo and Alex Sach's depo are very problematic. Alex alleges that Heath not only knew there were allegations from multiple women but that he expressly declined to open an HR investigation even after she used it because he didn't want it written down. Heath denies that but it's just her word against his.

Meanwhile, on the retaliation, Melissa Nathan was caught in multiple lies in her deposition, and had to backtrack when emails with Katie case were produced showing she lied. This is more relevant to the Jonesworks v. Abel case but could absolutely become relevant in Lively's case.

It's possible the judge is going to dismiss it all due to Blake being an independent contractor or say CA law doesn't apply which would remove several claims. However, I think based on the last hearing that even if he does this, he will allow the contract claims to proceed. This is still very problematic for Wayfarer because I do think Blake will pursue the contract claims to trial even if it's all she has left, which would still pull in all the stuff with the birth scene (violation of nudity rider), changes to script to add intimacy (violation of work agreement and Lively's approval of shooting script without those changes), and all the retaliation claims (because Wayfarer signed the 17 point list which included a promise not to retaliate against Lively for any of this). It doesn't go away, even if they get rid of the SH claims.

I think those of you who think all the evidence is out (it's definitely not) or that Lively has already lost (she hasn't) are going to once again be frustrated and disappointed when it doesn't go the way your echo chamber keeps claiming it's going to go. Remember when everyone was shocked that the Wayfarer complaint got dismissed even though many of us were pointing out the serious defects and evidentiary weaknesses for months beforehand? Or how you were all convinced they'd refile? Or appeal?

Go ahead and yell at me for my long post or tell me "all that has been debunked" (it hasn't). I'm actually trying to help y'all understand that the story you are being sold about this case is simply untrue. You know less than you think you do.[/quote]

The thing is, a ton of what hasn’t been released yet is Blake’s emails and texts. And her lawyers have fought hard to keep that under seal. It seems to be in contrast to Baldoni who has t seemed to fight to keep much under seal other than the Natasha Heath birthing video for obvious privacy reasons. So I get what you’re saying, but it makes it look like lively has things that they don’t want to come out.

Having followed this for a while I don’t think there’s going to be a smoking gun that looks bad for either side, but I do think there could be more bad headlines for Blake coming if there’s more texts and emails between any famous people. The media narrative has shifted that Ryan and Blake used their powerful friends and it’s weakening Blake’s case in the public eye. [/quote]

Huge portions of the depositions, including especially Justin's and Jamey's depositions, haven't been released, including those portions directly discussing specific allegations of Lively's. I don't know why. With Justin's I thin, it is likely he spoke about his one mental health issues during this part of the depo and it has been kept sealed to avoid disclosure of medical information. But it's so strange how much of it is still sealed, especially regarding the birth scene. You can tell from what has been unsealed that it was discussed, because you will see pages and pages missing and then suddenly they are in the middle of discussing whether Sarowitz was present or there will be discussion about moving from discussion of the birth scene to discussion of the birthing video, which happened the next day and is the obvious next allegation to discuss.

How can you draw conclusions about this case without seeing that testimony? It doesn't make sense to me. Also Wayfarer requested a lot of stuff be kept under seal. So did third parties. It definitely wasn't just Lively if you look at the actual sealing requests. The narrative that Lively wants to keep things sealed and the other side doesn't is a PR campaign you are buying into. It's not factual. [/quote]

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