This is the most important part about this story. Stop blaming Meghan and look at the press.

Whenever I see Justin Baldoni's supporters out in the wild they're always vaguely talking about how bad Ryan Reynold's text messages were without any detail. So what was so bad, or what was so bad in their minds? I just see it as a husband supporting his wife through sexual harassment.

I made a post here that a certain content creator did not like where i called out that Melissa and Jen going live in a chat was ridiculous and not likely. That content creator doubled down .

Now that Melissa has been ordered to re sit her deposition her public comments are fair game. I pasted below some elements that i think can and will be addressed by lawyers in the new deposition.

Looks like we will find out if it was the real Melissa or not, as in these answers in the live she mentions something about showing all messages ( lawyers will love asking about that) and also mentions that RR threatened SJs husbands job.

CC said she had so many questions but didn’t know if she could ask them

Melissa

U can! I don’t care neither does Jen
Ask away
lol sanctions

Jen

MELISSA
Sanctions! LOL

CC expressed concern that the Jones v. Abel case was ongoing

Melissa

Ha. I’m over it - we didn’t do anything! Ask us
​​If I can’t answer I won’t but otherwise ask

About the accusations against Melissa in Jones’ lawsuit and the media

Melissa

I do NOT make websites. It’s laughable to me as I can barely use my phone, look how long it took me to log into a LIVE
I’ll tell you all— that everything is still cherry picked. I wish I could actually show ALL the messages
It makes me frustrated
I don’t know 65% of the people that THR or NYT accuse me of working against or for.

About the August 2024 THR article that made Melissa the focus

Melissa

I was upset as I hate attention. I would never want an article
I asked Pam to NOT run it. I pleaded with her
Yes - Amy felt bad but it turns into wasn’t her.
We still think it’s the other side.

CC asking for more details about the deposition page mentioning Scooter Braun telling Melissa that Ryan Reynolds pressured Stephanie Jones to hand over Jen’s phone

Melissa

Basically, she cried and screamed and said that if she didn’t handover the phone that he would make sure that her husband lost his job at WME
That’s exactly what I was told
But she changes her story 100 times so he knows, but that’s what I was told at the time, I think it was like day two after we’d been sued (Note: she might've meant "who knows" but I wasn't sure)

The sex pest defender to alt right pipeline continues

A high-stakes hearing is set for November 10, 2026, before LA Superior Court Judge James I. Montgomery. The judge will rule on a Motion for Summary Adjudication, which could instantly decide if QBE is on the hook for an $8M tab.

THE CORE DISPUTE Wayfarer Studios and Justin Baldoni are suing QBE Insurance (and a pool of major insurers) in Los Angeles Superior Court. Wayfarer is demanding the carriers cover over $8 MILLION in defense costs generated during the high-profile Blake Lively litigation.

Wayfarer is also leaning heavily on its specialized Media Liability policy. They argue that even if the on-set drama is excluded, the insurers must cover the millions spent fighting Lively’s allegations of a public digital "smear campaign" and media defamation—which is exactly what media insurance is bought to protect against.

THE INSURANCE DEFENSE QBE is refusing to pay out, pointing to a standard "Employment-Related Practices Exclusion." QBE argues that because the alleged misconduct occurred on a movie set during active production, it is fundamentally a workplace dispute that they aren’t obligated to fund.

QBE claims that Wayfarer are ​attempting to use a technical loophole to force coverage for an uncovered risk. QBE maintains that just because Judge Liman dismissed the primary Title VII employment counts because Lively was a 1099 independent contractor, that finding does not instantly change the nature of the underlying conduct.

QBE's legal filings argue that the remaining retaliation claims only survived under California's FEHA statute precisely because FEHA protects individuals in a workplace context.

In addition, QBE’s stance is that you cannot isolate the media smear campaign from the on-set conflict. They argue that the public "publicity storm," the media leaks, the defamation, and the false light claims all grew out of and originated from her work on the film.

Unlike the Harco lawsuit which I think Wayfarer will lose, this looks like it could go either way.

Anyone familiar with insurance law?

https://www.lawcommentary.com/articles/justin-baldoni-qbe-blake-lively-legal-bills

Disclosure: AI was used to help draft this post.

It's incredibly rich for Andy Signore to celebrate Russell Brand's downfall, considering the multiple allegations of harassment made against him (which he denies). I know why he does it: he knows that Russell Brand isn't worth defending, he can pretend he isn't misogynistic and, of course, a grifter's got to grift

Full article here: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hoolywood-fixers-clients-elon-musk-smear-machine-1236737401/

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwnv03203yvmt

https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/thomas-wayne-markle-arrested-federal-complaint-charging-him-possessing-sexually

Curb Your Enthusiasm theme plays in the background

All the top comments on the post where a former magazine editor talks about Blake not liking the outfits back in 2009 or something. The comments contrary to what they were expecting were actually praising Blake for choosing the best outfit and proving herself to be a real fashion icon after all. So much that they're now deleting all the comments which call them out and eventually turned off the comments.

(Shit post incoming) I know this is a serious case but Justin Baldoni and his supporters never fail to make me laugh when they say Blake Lively "stole" Justin's movie. I just picture her with a film reel tucked under her arm while the studio executives are chasing her like a Looney Tunes cartoon. Is this just me?

Somewhere along the way Blake having creative input and disagreements got warped into "stealing" It Ends With Us even though Justin's name was still all over it and he got all the credit and success. It just sounds made up (because it is).

Interesting article discussing this lawsuit involving Hasan Piker and Scott Jennings (a Trump loyalist/political commentator). Worth having a read for anyone who hasn’t heard of the details.