r/CelebLegalDrama

Justin Baldoni filed his defamation suit for one purpose: as a vehicle to release his traunch of evidence, lawsuitinfo.com, and his own narrative.

Everyone believed Lively when she filed her CRD complaint and the NYT published its exposé. Everyone believed her when she filed her lawsuit. The public and many celebrities rushed to her defense while condemning Baldoni.

He had to act quickly. That's why his defamation pleading was rushed, poorly-constructed, and ultimately dismissed. That's also why his team never amended the claims or sought appeal. The suit had already served its purpose.

It immediately reversed public sentiment by handing the public 150+ pages of texts, emails, and a dance scene video, and completely changed the entire litigation landscape.

The goal was to do this as quickly as possible before people's support of Lively was irreversible. And that's exactly what happened. If he had waited for discovery to conclude (the next opportunity for the public to see his evidence and counter narrative), there was a risk people's opinions would have been solidified.

The suit accomplished everything it was drafted to accomplish, save for avoiding 47.1 fees. It changed public discourse, reversed public sentiment, rallied people around Baldoni, exposed the many falsehoods in Lively's lawsuit (forcing her to amend her complaint twice!), exposed Lively as a false accuser, and put her on her heels for the rest of the litigation until she settled without receiving a penny of her $300M in damages.

The defamation suit was worth every penny of whatever Liman will award Lively, which won't be $8M.

Submitting falsified and erroneous invoices to. FEDERAL COURT shows insane hubris, and for Liman not to be offended and even entertaining awarding $1 is making his career and courtroom look like an entire sham! HOW is he just NOT OVER THIS WHOLE THING BY NOW? I understand that he’s not the kind of guy who’s going to go down the road of holding them legally accountable for gross misrepresentation, but the entire time that he was giving Lively and her attorneys all of the slack and concessions that he DID, there’s no appeal opportunity, and in light of the whole Taylor swift snub on Friday, he need not concern himself with the business circles that his brother and the Ari Emmanuel’s of the world once shared with Lively and Reynolds any longer, as the latter are now completely irrelevant. The industry has clearly spoken, Lively and Reynolds are no longer contenders. Ergo, Liman needs to deny ANY attorneys fees and show the public that he’s not a joke and have Blake brought to justice regarding this attempt to defraud and con. Gottlieb’s career has GOT to be destroyed, if not so, he definitely has zero credibility at this juncture, this is his last high-profile case, no doubt. My opinion is that in the wake of the #metoo movement, Ezra and Michael thought they had a ‘sure thing’, and were counting their paychecks in advance, and were not aware that Lively lied and completely fabricated all of the allegations, and by the time they realized such, they had made a monster and they couldn’t extricate themselves out of the situation. Similar to how Blake lied to TS about being sexually harrassed by Baldoni.

I’m sure the ‘swifties’ will come after me for this one. Does anyone find it contradictory that two people who have gone to extraordinary lengths to keep their nuptials private (eg NDAs, no phone policy, big white tents, blacked out cars, threats made to fire people who don’t adhere to their privacy rules) chose to have their wedding in the most public place in New York, shut down streets, enlist hundreds of police officers, impact many small businesses. It doesn’t make any sense. They donated $26 million to charity but are set to make more than 100 times more than that when they release official photos and video of the event. Guaranteed they will be selling these these to the media outlets that pay the highest price. Negotiations between the media and her publicist would have already begun.
By now Travis and Taylor are probably on some exclusive private island letting their media team take care of things.

Just caught up on some of the coverage of Swift's wedding, as well as some of the unrelenting hatred and mockery of Lively for not being there (barring some shocking revelation that she was and it just hadn't been reported). I supported Baldoni for a while last year, then switched sides this year after seeing a bunch of the depositions/texts/learning about Melissa Nathan's and Jed Wallace's other clients. And I felt like I had a bit of a wake-up call in feeling like "JFC this hatred towards Blake is INSANE. It's so over the top. The Reddit hate pages are psychotic. What is happening?"

Most of all, Swift ditching Lively during the worst time in Blake's life feels incredibly petty and shallow to me. And it's bizarre if Baldoni supporters give Taylor a pass if they're going to be so harsh on Blake. If you believe the text messages from the lawsuit exposed Taylor as a mean girl and a liar, but you're celebrating her not inviting Blake to the wedding...why are you giving Taylor a pass for deserting her friend?

Mario Lopez has enjoyed a long and successful career in the entertainment industry, but like many public figures, he has also been the subject of criticism and controversy. Over the years, several aspects of his personal life, public statements, and professional career have drawn negative attention.

In 1993, Lopez was accused of sexual assault by a woman. However, the case did not result in criminal charges because there was insufficient evidence to proceed, and Lopez has consistently denied the allegation. In 2019, he faced widespread criticism after stating that he believed it was "dangerous" for very young children to decide their gender identity. His remarks were condemned by many LGBTQ+ advocates, medical professionals, and fellow celebrities. Following the backlash, Lopez publicly apologized, describing his comments as "ignorant and insensitive" and saying that listening to others had given him a better understanding of the issue.

Mario Lopez's social media tributes have become repetitive, particularly when he posts memorial messages for celebrities he never personally knew such as Paul Walker, James Caan, Chuck Norris, Kobe Bryant, Matthew Perry, Carl Weathers, Suzanne Somers, Olivia Newton-John, Richard Simmons, Shannen Doherty, Val Kilmer, Gene Hackman, Tina Turner, Tony Bennett, Betty White, Sidney Poitier, Burt Reynolds, Robin Williams. The frequent nature of these posts can come across as formulaic rather than heartfelt, leading some followers to question whether they are intended more to boost engagement or maintain his public profile than to express genuine remembrance. He also always use some facts about the deceased to pay tributes to them to gain attention like for example he pointed out that he named his son Sonny after Sonny Corleone when posting online tribute to James Caan. This shows that he is one of those stars who pay tributes to gain sympathies, public attention and more gain of popularity which is selfishness and vanity.

Lopez has become overexposed due to his many years hosting entertainment news and reality television programs, making him closely associated with celebrity gossip television. Although he has found considerable success as a television host, his acting career has received a more mixed reception, with several of his films and television movies earning mixed or negative reviews from critics.

Additionally, Lopez's public comments on political and social issues have occasionally generated backlash from those who disagreed with his views. His personal life has also attracted significant tabloid attention over the years. One of the most widely publicized incidents involved his marriage to Ali Landry, which was annulled shortly after their wedding following reports of his infidelity, an event that received extensive media coverage.

Mario Lopez is by far one of those self-righteous, selfish, vain and attention gaining star who not only does all of this to gain attention and likes from the people, but also he thinks himself above all like superiority and points out facts out the deceased person just gain close to those people and their family, their lives and legacy all for personal gains and fortunes.

Harvey Weinstein rushed to hospital. NY businesses complaining about MSG shut down during busy World Cup Weekend. A couple climbed the Empire State Building and got arrested for it.

Andrew and Tristan Tate were questioned for two hours on Friday. After, Romania’s Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) announced it is merging the two criminal cases against them and adding more charges.

In addition to the existing charges of human trafficking and rape, investigators have now added money laundering, witness tampering, removal of seized assets, and complicity in the trafficking of a minor.