Fox News Report

Quotes from article:

"The settlement that ended Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively's blockbuster legal war began with an unexpected Friday night phone call".

"Justin Baldoni's attorney, Bryan Freedman, told Fox News Digital that he received an "out of the blue" call from opposing counsel requesting mediation, setting in motion the settlement that ultimately ended Baldoni and Lively's explosive feud. Freedman said the agreement allowed his clients to publicly discuss court rulings that dismissed many of the claims against them after months of intense scrutiny".

"I think when you settle a case and your client was sued for 15 claims, of which two are dismissed by the other side voluntarily, 10 of the remaining 13 are dismissed by the court — and those involve sexual harassment and defamation — I think it's really important that the clients be able to speak about that," Freedman said.

"Because otherwise, you know, they're forever branded as being accused and responsible for that," he emphasized. "And it was important that they be able to speak about the fact that in summary judgment that the court dismissed those claims against them and that they paid nothing for the remaining claims to be resolved."

NO PROOF THAT ANY DAILIES WERE DELETED. Bryan Freedman went on frenzied press tour spinning another false narrative AFTER the settlement because he knew there would be zero consequences. Team Baldoni had the “DAILES” info for over a year and would not have used it at trial because it can easily be explained away.

Based on the publicly available testimony, there does not appear to be evidence that Blake Lively herself personally contacted Sony and said "delete the dailies" Even Ange Giamatti said, “nothing urgent”. It is highly unlikely that Blake would have directly contacted Ange at Sony, who likely did not know the name of the legal representative making the request, so categorized it as “Blake asked”.

Lively explains, her depo, that her lawyers negotiated with the relevant parties regarding what would happen to sensitive footage as part of her nudity rider.  She stated "My lawyers negotiated with both the Wayfarer parties ... and Sony as well ... on what would happen to the footage that was most sensitive in nature." This part was LEFT OUT by most pro Justin Baldoni content creators and even Bryan Freedman.

Another point that often gets overlooked is timing.

The discussions about the sensitive footage occurred in September 2024 and November 2024, while the lawsuit was not filed until December 31, 2024. (Blake's deposition took place in July 2025). These discussions predated any litigation. Also, in September 2024 the online smear campaign was in full swing and I’m sure Blake Lively had no idea what was going on and wanted to ensure the birthing video was not leaked.

That timing matters because people frequently characterize the issue as "destroying evidence." But if the requests were made months before a lawsuit existed, the context appears different. The stated concern was reportedly sensitive footage, including material related to the film's birthing scene, and discussions about how that footage would be stored, protected, or handled. This is common in the film industry.

This was about protecting her IMAGE not destroying “evidence”. There was no litigation at the time the request was made – July 2024, September 2024, and November 2024... and was in accordance with her nudity rider.

 

'Apologies for title: It should read "Millie Bobby Brown" and NOT "Millie Booby Brown". Title can't be changed without deleting post. Sorry.

To be filed under: Things that make you go MMMmmmmm!

Harbours explanation of his 'behaviour quirks' are 'oddly' reminiscent of claims from another recent party who was co-owner of a production studio in a WELL KNOWN litigation (wink wink) who claims to have been 'wrongfully accused' but with no submitted discovery information to support it and whose 'stans' claim he was a 'victim of a Hollywood power play' by others. His attorney had always claimed that his weak client who co-owned the production studio had his film production 'stolen from him'.

Hollywood Reporter Article

Quotes from article:

That said, Harbour suggested he sometimes behaved in “embarrassing” ways on the Stranger Things set. 

“I do suffer from some confusing stuff — it’s confusing as hell,” Harbour added. “I think a lot of people have a friend or a brother or a co-worker that deals with mental health stuff, and they’re probably pretty confused when that person gets depressed or gets manic or has an episode".

“Under times of extreme stress, that can cause somewhat erratic behavior, and it’s embarrassing, and I’m ashamed of it,” he said. “It’s not something I choose, and I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy. I do feel like, for some of us, our gifts are inextricably linked with our illnesses. To have a nervous system that reacts to the world in a too-delicate way can allow me to have that moment that I love [in DTF St. Louis] on the swings with Jason. But it can also force me, in moments of extreme stress, to act a little weird.”

Perhaps Harbour can be a potential guest for any manosphere podcasts in the future to speak to the issue of 'suffering from some confusing stuff', 'erratic behavior' and the 'link between 'gifts' and 'our illnesses' in the workplace. I think I would pour a large glass of wine and listen to this one!

Such a podcast could perhaps be 'co-hosted' with Dr. Amen who might provide additional insight.

Note: No disparagement here about mental illnesses and their impact in the workplace. Nope. None. Issue is how this person imo in this article (and those that are well known to folks here in a recently settled litigation) chose to frame the 'mental health issues' in the context of treatment of cast and crew.

I think we need a new flair for conspiracies as there are so many of them as its really all that is going on these days!

The TikTok attorney who has a convenient grasp of the truth and being honest with subs about connections to parties to the case (you know who....the clown with the blue and red face make up) and makes SLEEPY content is now talking about the latest conspiracy that Blake Lively was in mediation in CA and pushed into that process by her attorneys who were afraid of being sued by her for malpractice. Right.

Apparently this latest conspiracy all started/ended with comments from Lyin Bryan BFF Mark Geragos) on the MK Podcast on Youtube (another BIG surprise (not) for this well worn gambit by Freedman and Kelly). The blog article from this appearance by Geragos on the MK Podcast is posted below. I won't link to MK Podcast YouTube but its not hard to find.

I decided to post content from 2 folks I believe to BOTH be deplorable (Megyn Kelly and Mark Geragos) as yet another example of how it was NEVER enough for Freedman as directed by Steve Sarowitz and Justin Baldoni imo, to just go after Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds and anyone that had the personal courage to support them.

Nope. Never Enough. Not by a long shot as the smear and retaliation continues on at a fever pitch to this day imo. Sarowitz and Baldoni and Heath ordered up maximum 'pain and suffering' and that is what the Freedman/Nathan network has delivered now for two years and this latest Geragos conspiracy discussed in the blog post is just another installment.

Instead Freedman and Sarowitz and their hired guns Melissa Nathan and Jed Wallace and his dark web contractors wanted to inflict maximum possible pain and impact the personal business investments of Lively and Reynolds via the Court of Public Opinion and a paid for network of CCs and Reddit hacks on coordinated and controlled subreddits each day spew the provided talking points. Thing is Freedman/Nathan/Wallace seeded the mob but notw can't shut it down as its feeding on itself as its created its own world that is reminiscent of "Lord of the Flies"! Recently they have tried to bring their world to this subreddit and all I can say is, "I DON'T LIKE IT"!

Its also sadly been a longstanding 2 year campaign to discredit the Lively legal team too and it started with the CC Peppa Pig CLOWN (orange hair clown meme that looks like a human LEGO-you know the one that got ALL my posts erased!) going after Esra Hudson on rinse and repeat on such non issues as Van Zan and the CC subpoenas.

These CCs with legal licenses that they were willing to pimp out to say the things that Freedman and his band of legal thugs were unable to say due to the admonishment made to Freedman in the first hearing of the Lively v Wayfarer case. And these TikTok attorneys pimping out their legal licenses doing their paid for 'Legal PR' also spent a good amount of time going after the Lively team with a particular focus on Esra Hudson and eventually Sigrid McCawley.

Freedman evaded censure in SDNY imo as he put his words into the mouth of his clients such as Sage Steele, Perez Hilton, Billy Bush, Megyn Kelly, and his network of paid for TikTok attorneys. This continued also with passive aggressive comments and psychological assessments "even though I'm not a doctor" on MK Podcast by Lyin Bryan himself as he coloured outside the lines of the Judge Liman rules for nearly 2 years and taunted his opposition to report his statements.

Its was all shameful and wrong when this all started in 2024 and sadly we are seeing it continue still and its now devolving into conspiracy and trying to derail legislation in NY State that could help survivors.

Freedman imo always tells on himself and that is also why I posted about this article regarding suing attorneys. I very much wonder if Freedman pushed out his bestie Mark Geragos to chat with his client Megyn Kelly to start this latest conspiracy about suing attorneys for malpractice as he himself might be quite afraid (and his sucker insurers TERRIFIED) of just what might happen with the PR exercise of the filing of the Wayfarer v Lively counterclaim? I've long wondered about the dynamics and underlying agreements in place for the wacky group filing of people with quite disparate interests and so perhaps in future months we might hear about what might be going on behind the scenes regarding some likely very unhappy Freedman/Fritz/Schuster/Shapiro/Bach clients! This all would most likely play out in mediation in CA as I don't believe even Freedman would have agreed to a group filing that made zero sense from day 1 absent a mediation clause.

I do wonder if its partly to do with removing scrutiny from the MANY Freedman/TAG/MELISSA NATHAN (who did work for Jeffrey Epstein) AND Jed WALLACE many other litigations that are percolating along with rumours of at least 3 more to pop soonish.

HERE’S WHY BLAKE LIVELY’S LEGAL STRATEGY AGAINST JUSTIN BALDONI WAS ALWAYS DOOMED TO FAIL

Megyn Kelly is joined by Victoria Burke, law professor and architect of the "Speak Your Truth Act," to discuss the latest twist in the Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni legal saga, Lively's attempt to recover three times her legal fees and more, Lively's attempted use of the "Speak Your Truth Act" in a way Burke says was not intended when it was created, how Lively's team reached out to Burke regarding taking the act national, whether this is all a PR clean-up attempt, and more.

MK YOUTUBE LINK

Big wave to the WP Legal and PR Teams - WE SEE YOU!

Prominent Hollywood litigator Bryan Freedman, now a defendant in a defamation case, is alleged of being connected to anonymous online attacks.

Hollywood Reporter Article by Gary Baum

Quotes From the above article (article published by a security firm):

"The court of public opinion is one of many battlegrounds in a dispute, and a negative PR campaign can sometimes be the vanguard of a coordinated attack in the press, the courts, or at the corporate level. You need to understand the campaign and, if possible, its wider context and objectives in order to prepare your defences". NOTE: Court of Public Opinion is one of Freedman FAVOURITE TALKING POINTS for all of his cases!!

'KOMPROMAT' is information intended to inflict reputational damage. In the corporate context, it usually refers to spurious allegations published online under the guise of journalism. Kompromat is typically unsupported by evidence or otherwise unverifiable.

'DARK PR' AS AN INDUSTRY

"The phrase ‘dark PR’ itself originated in Russia, and it is there that the practice is most engrained in the business culture. Smear campaigns are increasingly common in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia, and by no means unheard of in Western Europe or the USA. But in Russia they have been refined to an art form – or, rather, a business".

"Today, there is a sophisticated and developed market for planting ‘fake news’ (kompromat) to create a media storm while avoiding any legal liability for the outcomes. The focus of this market has shifted from serving political objectives to serving commercial ones, and sophisticated online propaganda and disinformation is increasingly being targeted at companies"

Article Link.

NYP Article

Quotes from article:

"Rebel Wilson is going to have to prove in court that she wasn’t making up the appalling allegations she made against producers on her film “The Deb,” a judge ruled on Wednesday".

"The “Pitch Perfect” star had claimed on social media that the movie’s co-producer Amanda Ghost had sexually assaulted its star, Charlotte MacIness, and that her fellow execs Gregor Cameron and Vince Holden had “embezzled funds from the film’s budget.”

"Wilson tried to get their suit thrown out earlier this year, but a court sided with Ghost, Cameron and Holden and let it stand. Wilson appealed that decision, but the appeals court once again sided with her adversaries".

"Camille Vasquez, is repping the group and she told page Six, “[Wilson] has had ample time and countless opportunities to retract her appalling allegations and issue an apology.”

"Vasquez added, “Instead, she hoped California’s free-speech protections would shield her from accountability. That cynical legal gamble has spectacularly backfired, as the Court of Appeal concluded that the producers have a ‘probability of prevailing’ on their defamation claim against Wilson. This case is now heading to trial, and we look forward to seeing her in court.”

"Meanwhile, Wilson’s counsel Allyson Thompson, responded: “The Court agreed with Ms. Wilson that the Los Angeles Superior Court should have ruled that prong one was satisfied, which was the issue being appealed.  The Court did rule that there is a dispute as to the facts thus Plaintiff met their burden to put on their case in the lower court.  Ms. Wilson now has the opportunity to finally undertake discovery and to defend against the claims brought by Plaintiffs.  The truth is the ultimate defense.  Ms. Wilson looks forward to proving the truth of her statements.”

Maureen Kelly YouTube

Looks like Megyn Kelly podcast network is doubling down and NOT STOPPING its ongoing hateful coverage of Blake Lively.

I do very much wonder if Wayfarer and Freedman are continuing to pay for this ongoing smear and retaliation coverage from Kelly (who is a former and current client of Freedman).

Stunning stuff to see this all still going on after after the settlement and it looks like THE BAD PLACE folks have simply migrated to the Maureen Callahan comments section!

Kelly looks like she is YET AGAIN reading off a script for her discussion of Lively and the case and my guess is that the DM Callahan office was YET ANOTHER 'reposting' by Callahan.

So fascinating to see the SMEAR and RETALIATION CONTINUE even once the case was dismissed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peVmBrdnN-g

https://youtu.be/hWwTVjBtZts?si=WWPAx2XXiGMzeVU0

Gottlieb Interview Post Settlement

May 8, 2026 The Town with Matt Belloni

Matt is joined by litigator Michael Gottlieb to unpack the latest news in the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni battle, who actually won, why the saga isn't over yet, if there is any regret for how things have unfolded, how much Ryan Reynolds was involved, and the lessons from this case.

New York Post Article