6-2-26 Morning Rush - Baldoni Attorney Speaks, Bachelorette TFP Update & Trump Drops Scam Fund!
The Rush Hour With Dave Neal
Dave Neal
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🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
On this morning's episode of The Rush Hour Podcast, we break down the latest developments in the Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni legal battle as Baldoni's attorney speaks out following discussions with the judge, with the dispute now shifting toward attorneys' fees, damages, and what both sides are claiming is a victory after their settlement. We'll unpack the newest courtroom drama, the public statements, and what could happen next. Plus, breaking political news as Donald Trump appears to abandon his controversial $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund after a wave of backlash, court challenges, and criticism from both Republicans and Democrats. Is this a major retreat, or simply a temporary pause? We cover the legal, political, and cultural fallout from both of today's biggest stories on The Rush Hour Podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey folks, we have breaking news to get to with the Justin Baldoni versus Blake Lively lawsuits. |
| 0:06.2 | Now, technically it's Blake Lively versus Wayfarer Studios, but of course it's Baldoni and the |
| 0:12.2 | accusation she made against him. 10 out of the 13 claims were thrown out by the judge and then they |
| 0:17.6 | ended up settling. But is it a settlement if they then have to argue who's going to foot |
| 0:22.2 | the bill? Well, now we have what Brian Friedman had to say. This is literally moments ago, like quite |
| 0:29.0 | literally seconds ago. We've been waiting for this coverage here. They were meeting in the courthouse |
| 0:34.1 | on Pearl Street or Pearl Avenue in New York City to discuss these claims. |
| 0:39.2 | And it's pretty bombshell stuff. |
| 0:40.9 | We don't have a decision by the judge just yet. |
| 0:43.5 | But how about this headline, vengeful Blake lively heads back to court to demand damages from Baldoni weeks after it ends with us. |
| 0:50.7 | Lawsuit was settled. |
| 0:51.9 | That's the big question. |
| 0:53.2 | How can you settle something, |
| 0:55.0 | which means it never went to trial, which means we never have a jury deciding if there's a |
| 0:59.9 | preponderance of evidence that any of this even happened? How can you then ask the judge for money, |
| 1:06.9 | for claims that were never really litigated through the entire court system. They never made it to |
| 1:12.4 | the finish line. This is like Blake saying, all right, rather than run the race, let's just agree not to. I would like the trophy. I would like the trophy for winning. They're like, we don't even know if you were going to win. We never even raced. And she's like, well, but I was kind of, I was going to win the race. it's insane so the judge gave them them till like what, 5 p.m. on Sunday to get a two |
| 1:30.3 | pager in. The judge said you have two pages, single space, 12 font, times new, whatever. And Blake |
| 1:37.2 | lively reads like a manifesto. It's insane. The formatting. I mean, get out your reading glasses and then |
| 1:43.6 | some. And then we've got just the |
| 1:45.7 | summary here that Blake lively was relying on Jack Pocket v. Lotto Matrix, asking the judge to |
| 1:52.7 | build a procedural bridge from a footnote. The way I look at these types of things, it's you |
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