It Ends in Court (Part 1)
The Bravo Docket
Cesie and Angela
4.7 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2025
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
It’s time to tackle the headlines, Legal Team! You’ve been asking, and we’re delivering. Today, we’re diving into the pop culture lawsuit that’s taken over everyone’s feeds: Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni. This case offers a fascinating look at Hollywood’s inner workings, from PR strategies to revealing text messages and everything in between.
With so many details to cover, this will be a two-part episode. Stay tuned for the full breakdown!
What’s on the docket?
- Background information on Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively
- Details of the initial complaint filed by Lively on December 31st, 2024
- A breakdown of the alleged campaign to take down Blake orchestrated by Baldoni
- Astroturfing: What it means and how it pertains to this case
- The alleged text messages between Baldoni and his PR team
- The details of Baldoni’s alleged inappropriate behavior on set
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. |
| 0:13.7 | Welcome to the Bravo Docket. |
| 0:15.6 | We're your favorite reality TV drama meets the courtroom. |
| 0:19.3 | I'm Sessie. |
| 0:20.3 | And I'm Angela and we're two attorneys with a passion |
| 0:22.7 | for pop culture here to dive into the juiciest lawsuits and legal battles in the world of reality |
| 0:27.5 | TV. Whether you're here for the facts, fun, or just some law 101. Let's get into today's case. |
| 0:36.1 | Hi everyone. Welcome back to the Bravo docket. Today, by popular demand, we are going to be |
| 0:42.0 | covering a lawsuit in pop culture that has seeped its way into probably everyone's feeds and |
| 0:49.5 | awareness. And it's the lawsuit that Blake lively has filed against Justin Baldoni over the filming of their movie. |
| 0:58.3 | There's a lot going on with this one. |
| 1:00.1 | There's many competing lawsuits, even one against the New York Times, which is a major publication that itself was reporting on the lawsuit. |
| 1:09.3 | So there's many moving parts. |
| 1:10.8 | I think it's a interesting look into. that itself was reporting on the lawsuit. So there's many moving parts. |
| 1:17.0 | I think it's a interesting look into how a portion of Hollywood functions. |
| 1:19.6 | I mean, it's definitely fascinating. |
| 1:26.7 | I probably like most people just have seen random snippets of things as they've come out. |
| 1:30.4 | Not going to lie. I first heard about it on TikTok. |
| 1:37.7 | So I think in this one, we just want to kind of introduce all three legal claims that have been filed and then go over Blake's lawsuit. So I think we'll at a high level talk about each one who the players involved are and then |
| 1:45.7 | dive into Blakes because hers is the one that kicked it off and probably not has the most |
| 1:50.1 | information, but has the background information that we need to then dive into it. |
| 1:54.1 | Okay. So I will be also very honest. I had never heard of Justin Baldoni before this. |
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