Gavel Gavel

We've walked through the factual allegations of the Jones v Abel lawsuit, but we called in for legal reinforcements to walk us through the law! We are thrilled to be joined by MJ Morley (@morewithmj) who has extremely relevant experience in New York employment law, and has also been covering the Lively v Baldoni suits online from a neutral perspective and allowing the facts to inform her position.

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We finish our thorough review of the Jones v Abel complaint. In the next episode, we'll be speaking to a lawyer with expertise in this specific area of law in this jurisdiction. But from where we're sitting, this looks really bad for Abel et al...

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While the It Ends with Us controversy carried out in front of the world, there was significant drama behind-the-scenes in the PR world, culminating in a breach of contract lawsuit filed against Jennifer Abel, Melissa Nathan, Justin Baldoni, and Wayfarer Studios. Lydia kicks off the episode with some background on the Plaintiffs in that suit - Stephanie Jones and Jonesworks - before we dive head first into the complaint that honestly not enough people are talking about that could have tremendous implications for the other lawsuits in this ordeal: Jones et al. v Abel et al.

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This begins a chunk of episodes on Jones v Abel. But you know us, we first need to lay a lot of foundation.

After Blake Lively's CRD complaint and the story in the New York Times became public, folks spoke out in support of Lively, and expressed shock at the alleged actions of Justin Baldoni and the Wayfarer team. We detail the fallout in timeline order, and discuss the repercussions of Jennifer Abel's text behavior for the Public Relations industry; and, in one of the many parallels between this saga and ours, we break down our own experiences with a crisis PR firm and the absolute hollowness of a statement like "I'm sticking with my client."

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It's high time we had some real law talkin folk back on this show. So, Anne Linder joins us to answer some of my law theories, including THE MISSING SUBPOENA, and then give us a breakdown of the legal claims in Blake's complaint. Anne talks us through the law on what Blake would need in order to prevail on each cause of action!

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We finish out Blake's complaint talking about the alleged retaliatory campaign.

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This part of Lively's complaint involves a truly horrendous document for Baldoni. One that it seems very difficult to overcome. Next episode, we'll be onto the retaliation campaign.

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We start to dive into Blake Lively's complaint. Specifically, the sexual harassment allegations.

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The legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni might feel like just "celebrity gossip," but there is so much here. It has fiercly divided the internet, with one group certain that Justin Baldoni is a sexual harsser, and the other group certain that Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are devious plotters who lied about an innocent man in order to take over a movie. How are we to know the truth? Well, fortunately there are going on thousands of pages of legal documents to comb through. The answers are there, for the few among us that are willing to actually read them. This series will do just that.