The Settlement: What Justin Baldoni’s Lawyer Doesn’t Want Us to Know

About this episode

The episode discusses the settlement of Blake Lively's case against Justin Baldoni and the media portrayal by Baldoni's lawyer.

Blake Lively’s case against Justin Baldoni has settled. Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman has been doing a media tour in an attempt to frame this as a “victory.” Yet, for all Freedman has been talking, he doesn’t seem to be giving us the full story.

People in this episode

Host: Tess Barker

Topics covered

• legal settlement
• celebrity news
• media representation
• lawyer tactics
• pop culture

Keywords

• Blake Lively
• Justin Baldoni
• Bryan Freedman
• settlement
• celebrity lawyer
• media tour
• victory narrative

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