"Blake Lively WITHDRAWS emotional distress claim against Justin Baldoni"

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12 minutes ago, OliviaRodrigoStan said:

You won't get the full fantasy if you were not in it from the beginning. An objective run down would be: 

🖤 Blake Lively is Ryan Reynolds wife, she starred in a film directed by Justin Baldoni, an indie director, that involved themes of domestic violence. In the months prior to the film's release, Blake was the center of negative backlash on social media, with thousands of comments criticizing her fashion, her brand promotions, and her tone during the press tour. 

After the film's release, with the negative press against her piling up, Blake released a hit piece on The New York Times, alleging that Justin Baldoni, her co-star and director, sexually harrassed her, and the entirety of the negative press she received, was nothing but a dedicated smear campaign against her, conducted by him. In response, he sued her for defamation, and that's where we're at . 

That's the shortest, most unbiased version of this drama I can give you. What this specific chapter means is: Blake Lively alleged emotional distress during their conflict, and Baldoni's teams demands evidence to back this claim. Lively does not want to provide medical records or evidence of any kind to support her statement, so she withdraws it "without prejudice"; meaning: she wants to withdraw the claim FOR NOW, to avoid providing any medical records, but she'll be able to bring it up later on in the trial, if she so feels. 

What Baldoni's team demands, is that her withdrawal is made "with prejudice", meaning she won't be able to make that claim again later on. It's all legal chess strategy: Blake does not want to provide her medical records to prove she legitimately experienced emotional distress during the film's shooting; but she still wants to be able to claim emotional distress later on . 

A mess. 

So who are we rooting for? I feel like the tendency is to believe Blake since she’s the “victim standing up”, but I’ve seen this is getting more messy to the point that everyone here is a piece of ****. Taylor Swift also allegedly ended her friendship with Blake so idek? Are we team someone at this point? 

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56 minutes ago, artd0me said:

The other one, well 😈

41 minutes ago, OliviaRodrigoStan said:

You won't get the full fantasy if you were not in it from the beginning. An objective run down would be: 

🖤 Blake Lively is Ryan Reynolds wife, she starred in a film directed by Justin Baldoni, an indie director, that involved themes of domestic violence. In the months prior to the film's release, Blake was the center of negative backlash on social media, with thousands of comments criticizing her fashion, her brand promotions, and her tone during the press tour. 

After the film's release, with the negative press against her piling up, Blake released a hit piece on The New York Times, alleging that Justin Baldoni, her co-star and director, sexually harrassed her, and the entirety of the negative press she received, was nothing but a dedicated smear campaign against her, conducted by him. In response, he sued her for defamation, and that's where we're at . 

That's the shortest, most unbiased version of this drama I can give you. What this specific chapter means is: Blake Lively alleged emotional distress during their conflict, and Baldoni's teams demands evidence to back this claim. Lively does not want to provide medical records or evidence of any kind to support her statement, so she withdraws it "without prejudice"; meaning: she wants to withdraw the claim FOR NOW, to avoid providing any medical records, but she'll be able to bring it up later on in the trial, if she so feels. 

What Baldoni's team demands, is that her withdrawal is made "with prejudice", meaning she won't be able to make that claim again later on. It's all legal chess strategy: Blake does not want to provide her medical records to prove she legitimately experienced emotional distress during the film's shooting; but she still wants to be able to claim emotional distress later on . 

A mess. 

I hope you enjoyed writing that 'cause, respectfully, I ain't reading all that  

I'm comfortable with my ignorance on celebrity drama

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28 minutes ago, andy232000 said:

to believe Blake since she’s

SHE?!

All this time I thought Blake Lively was a male country music singer...

 

 

 

Oh god I was thinking of Blake Shelton  

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3 minutes ago, andy232000 said:

So who are we rooting for? I feel like the tendency is to believe Blake since she’s the “victim standing up”, but I’ve seen this is getting more messy to the point that everyone here is a piece of ****. Taylor Swift also allegedly ended her friendship with Blake so idek? Are we team someone at this point? 

I am biased, I do think Blake Lively is lying. And it seems to be the general feeling on social media as well. But we can't know for certain, we weren't there. 

Blake only claims Baldoni "made her feel uncomfortable" in a number of scenarios which in some cases, were proven as either exaggerated, or misrepresented on her end. She has no evidence of sexual harrassment, emotional distress, or the alleged "smear campaign" which she insists is "untraceable". Her case is basically the legal equivalent of "go girl give us nothing", at least to me. 

And she continues to play legal chess to avoid coming up with evidence. I was sexually harrassed, a million times in my life, If I was being sued for speaking my truth, I would be HAPPY to subject myself to ALL the necessary psychological tests legally required, because I know I would be telling the truth. 

Her attitude makes me feel like she's just buying time with all these legal strategies, because she actually has nothing. When the backlash against her started brewing online, her first claim was that Baldoni "body shamed her". That was her original narrative, after people started dragging her online, she leaked to the press that he called her fat. It was only after this interview went viral: 

And the negative press for her reached an all time high, that she came with her New York Times article, alleging sexual harrassment. It was a public accusation, not a legal filing. 

She went from "he called me fat", to "he actually sexually harrassed me" when it got worse for her on social media. TO ME, and this is my BIASED opinion, because I don't believe her, it seems like she thought that calling Baldoni a creep on The New York Times would deflect all the negative press she was receiving. She stretched the definition of "sexual harrassment" to suit her narrative, and thought that would be the end of her online lynching. That is my BIASED interpretation of this case. 

I think she never imagined that Baldoni would actually take her to court, and the audience would side with him instead of her. So now she's in this position, trying to come up with evidence for an offence she knows never happened, and her only hope is to drag this case for as long as possible, hoping to financially exhaust Baldoni into dropping the case, by drowning him in legal fees. Which is unlikely to happen because Baldoni himself is not rich, but he is being backed by a billionaire, and that's the plot-twist Blake wasn't counting on, IN MY OPINION. 

Like I said: all of these is my biased understanding, and opinion, of this drama. I'm not "rooting" for Baldoni because I couldn't care less about that man, but I objectively can't find Blake's story to be believable. And these little legal strategies that she's putting out, to continue dodging evidence or investigation, make it harder as well. 

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1 hour ago, salty like sodium said:

no those are T.V. (Taylor's Version). The T.V. of this case is likely more entertaining than the actual case though.  (Swifties don't hit me this was a joke)

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24 minutes ago, PartySick said:

SHE?!

All this time I thought Blake Lively was a male country music singer...

 

 

 

Oh god I was thinking of Blake Shelton  

Girl... no one finds this admirable.

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Everyone should watch this video that explores the drama and the way that the "Amber Heard effect" is influencing the way people are led to already believe (via their social media feeds) Blake Lively is guilty and Baldoni is innocent. 

Blake Lively is not very likable. But we have to start interrogating the ways that even supposedly liberal/leftist/feminist people like ourselves can end up facilitating misogyny and sexism by letting our sexist biases determine whether we believe a woman or not.

 

 

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2 hours ago, OliviaRodrigoStan said:

god this is still so painful to watch

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At the end of the day it’s such a shame because the movie is actually good and got overshadowed by all of this. 
 

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Blake Deadly 

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1 hour ago, ode said:

Blake Lively is not very likable. But we have to start interrogating the ways that even supposedly liberal/leftist/feminist people like ourselves can end up facilitating misogyny and sexism by letting our sexist biases determine whether we believe a woman or not.

That's a terrible premise. Based on your brief description, it sounds like "Iteration #1.000.000 of why a woman can solely be a victim, and if you don't see each and every single one as such, you're benefiting the patriatchy". Blake Lively is not likeable, and has been proven a liar, on this specific case, about her specific allegations. With evidence. 

That is the number one reason why people don't believe her, not the patriarchy. So any hypothetical scenario about internalized sexism is irrelevant to this case, when actual evidence is the main factor why she's not being believed. 

Dismissing irrefutable evidence because "we can't let the patriarchy win, a man always has to be in the wrong" is not feminism, nor is it the way to dismantle sexism.

4 minutes ago, Gagaism said:

At the end of the day it’s such a shame because the movie is actually good and got overshadowed by all of this. 
 

Is it? I never watched it, dramas and romance films bore me to death, and I think this film is both, but I kinda want to watch it for the fantasy .

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23 minutes ago, OliviaRodrigoStan said:

That's a terrible premise. Based on your brief description, it sounds like "Iteration #1.000.000 of why a woman can solely be a victim, and if you don't see each and every single one as such, you're benefiting the patriatchy". Blake Lively is not likeable, and has been proven a liar, on this specific case, about her specific allegations. With evidence. 

That is the number one reason why people don't believe her, not the patriarchy. So any hypothetical scenario about internalized sexism is irrelevant to this case, when actual evidence is the main factor why she's not being believed. 

Dismissing irrefutable evidence because "we can't let the patriarchy win, a man always has to be in the wrong" is not feminism, nor is it the way to dismantle sexism.

Is it? I never watched it, dramas and romance films bore me to death, and I think this film is both, but I kinda want to watch it for the fantasy .

Did you even watch any of the video before writing this? Even just 10 minutes? Please do, if only to further disagree with me and go off. I think this video does a much better job of explaining things than I could ever do. It definitely helped change my mind and make me better understand where my former feelings about Blake Lively were coming from… But:

This post is the kind of "I'm above being influenced, I know what's up and when patriarchy is at play" kind of thinking that we need to all learn to stop buying into as we catch ourselves doing it. 

Also, nothing I said remotely suggested that women can only be victims. I am simply stating the fact that our unconscious biases — and the biases of the media we consume — have the power to influence whether or not we believe someone. 

Also, you saying that we have "actual evidence" capable of determining whether she's telling the truth or not — this is exactly the sort of misinformed rush-to-judgment that only seems possible because almost every aspect of our culture and upbrining has already primed us to disbelieve women and especially a certain kind of woman that Blake Lively embodies… We do not have access to all of the evidence, and no trial has taken place. To vociferously take the side of either is foolish.

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People need to realize that you can dislike both parties and also not believe either side. Baldoni’s team is so shady it’s hard to believe they aren’t trying to ruin Blake but her case is not looking very good, it’s like she didn’t think she was gonna have to actually proof any of the stuff that she claims that happened actually happened. We should always try to believe victims but do we just blindly believe them when they have been caught lying multiple times ? Not really. There’s nothing feminist about believing a woman just because she a woman 

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8 hours ago, PartySick said:

I still have no idea who these people are and at this point I feel like getting caught up would be the equivalent of trying to catch up to a boring Netflix series in its 8th season

they’re just milking this whole PR for clout. that’s what they do.

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She is so insufferable.