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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did anyone else notice that Blake’s lawyer said the retaliation is the core of the case? I honestly read that as suggesting that even her lawyers know the actual SH claims are weak. Another telling statement in Gottlieb’s interview was that he said they “expect” and “hope” to focus on the smear campaign in discovery, which to me is an admission that they don’t actually have evidence of a smear campaign.[/quote]

This is almost verbatim how I interpreted as well. [/quote]

Here’s my prediction on Blake’s lawyers legal strategy, especially after that people magazine interview where Gottlieb called the retaliation the core of the case. If this thing goes all the way to trial, they’re going to start pivoting away from focusing on the harassment. They’re going to tell the jury “it doesn’t matter” whether or not Blake’s claims meet the legal threshold of harassment (because they clearly don’t) and they’re going to say Blake gets protection just for making the claims regardless of the validity of the claims. If they can prove a smear campaign (which I don’t think they’ll be able to but let’s just assume for the moment) this may actually be true under the law (i.e. no retaliation for making a complaint regardless of the validity of the complaint).

The problem is juries are human and it’s going to be pretty hard to convince them to punish Justin for “retaliation” if they see the harassment claims as bogus. This legal strategy will also play into Justin’s defense and countersuit, which is that the SH claims were made in bad faith to extort the WF parties.

You heard it here first lol. Mark my words. Even though Blake’s PR strategy is all about SH and giving women a voice, in court her lawyers are going to say “look elsewhere, don’t focus on the SH”. [/quote]

That's exactly the play I believe they're going to do. And that's IF Blake goes through with it. I think she's goint to pull the mental health card at the last minute and settle. But we'll see. Good analyzation of the strategy.  [/quote]

Some of us said this 200+ pages ago. They have no SH case, and retaliation is the only thing holding up her case.

The mere suggestion of retaliation without substantive evidence to prove it is just an assertion of fact, but not a fact that’s provable.

I can’t understand at this point why Blake and Ryan won’t just call it a day and pay Justin his $400k. They have nothing. Why belabor this and drive up legal costs when you don’t have any evidence to substantiate your claims?

Could a jury cite a higher amount for damages , higher than the $400 million?[/quote]

Agree, not sure why the Lively posters feel the need to post endlessly.  Her case is ultimately very flawed.[/quote]

Whereas the pro-Baldoni people posting on here relentlessly day after day even though Baldoni is likely to see many of his claims dismissed at the MTD stage and his lawyers have admitted they still lack evidence for other claims and therefore cannot file a SAC until further into discovery or totally sane. Hmm.[/quote]

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