u/Dating_Bitch

All of these new "exclusive sources" (hi Les) are coming out in articles saying how Blake is ready for her big Hollywood comeback and that she's "tired of hiding." What a freaking joke! First of all, when was she "hiding"? There have been sooooo many PR stories in the past year - Blake hasn't taken ANY time to at all to disappear.

As far as her acting career, let's be honest here, Blake peaked with Gossip Girl. Prior to IEWU, her last good movie was Another Simple Favor (and Anna Kendrick was probably a bigger reason for it's success). That was in 2018. It had been 6 years since she had any box office success. Then she lands IEWU - a massive blockbuster with a built in fan base and an existing sequel.

She had the opportunity to be the face of a MAJOR movie franchise (who knows, they could have done more than just 2 films). And if she played her cards right, Justin probably would have given her the chance to have a bigger role behind the scenes for the sequel. Maybe as director (although he might not have wanted to completely give up control) or maybe she could have actually earned the PGA credit. Either way, she would have had a starring role in a beloved franchise, gotten a bigger paycheck, and gotten more opportunities. And literally ALL she had to do was act like a decent person.

Even if they had a terrible experience filming and absolutely hated each other, Justin was NEVER going to spill the tea. He would have continued to sing her praises in public. If she allowed him to be part of the press tour, he could have saved her the public backlash. People might've thought it was dumb for her to promote her brands during the marketing, but if they gave interviews together, Justin would have talked about DV and no one would notice just how tone deaf Blake was. And on the red carpet! She didn't need to do anything OTHER than stand next to him and smile. For gods sake! And she literally couldn't do any of it. She had to try and steal his work and in the end, she ruined his reputation, his first big movie, her career, and the sequel for all the other actors (Isabela, Brandon, Jenny). No NO ONE wins.

And one seriously tragic part that I haven't seen anyone talk about before: She has put herself in such a bad position as a woman in the industry. IF she ever actually gets another chance to star in a movie, what happens if THAT director or producer actually does do something inappropriate on set? She'll never be able to come forward because no one will ever believe her. She has set herself up for failure. Either she won't work again, or she'll be an easy target for actual predatory Hollywood types.

Watching Karol from Docket Updates reacting to Gottleib's interview with Bocce and DFJ, and Gottlsieb keeps saying that Brian Freedman was sanctioned. I feel like I'm missing something.... didn't the judge decline to sanction him during that March hearing?

ETA: Not sure why this post is getting down voted, I've followed this case pretty closely but thought maybe I missed something.

https://www.youtube.com/live/VeAsz\_mk\_4Q?si=eA8pzLwF9c86QsXw

I thought there was a lot more sealed evidence that is supposed to come out. Does anyone know if WF has a certain deadline to unseal their docs? Or if there are more that Blake is supposed to unseal?

I thought we still had several deposition excerpts including Blake's and Colleen's.

I'm seeing different CC's (like NAG and LGA) talk about trial strategy and I feel like I'm still confused about what WF's stipulation means.

My understanding was that they agreed that the jury would be instructed to *assume Blake raised a complaint about on set harassment* (or wording to that effect). Basically, the jury can assume Blake complained, which is protected activity, so they (the jury) are only tasked with determining if WF engaged in a "smear campaign" as a form of retaliation for said (unspecified and unexplored at trial) protected activity.

Am I misunderstanding this?

Because if that's the case, how can WF even get into the evidence of Blake making false accusations, holding the film hostage etc.?