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12 minutes ago, Chopper said:

Freedman?

And if you're going to tell me he didn't admit liability, I'll say in 1986 a college student didn't pay $40k to make a sexual assault charge disappear. The /s part was thatas someone who's committed sexual assault he therefore knows how it feels to be a victim of sexual harassment or whatever the fuck he's being accused of in this circumstance. 

If I recall correctly you guys are dickriding Freedman because he rep'd Oprah -- do I have that right? I'm not going back in the thread to look -- against the Texas Beef Council in a bogus lawsuit that you think gives him some gloss for some reason I can't fathom, the article lists some of the scumbags he's also rep'd.  Perez Hilton, Bam Margera, David Dobrik, Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly. Seems like he reps a lot of garbage people. 

The guy who repped Oprah was Chip Something from Texas.

Yeah, I am going to say he didn't admit liability because the article is pretty damn clear on that. He fought it for years in fact until 1991

The article you posted links to this article:

https://www.businessinsider.com/bryan-freedman-hollywood-lawyer-sexual-assault-lawsuit-college-2022-11

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At the time of the settlement, Freedman had recently been admitted to the State Bar of California and was a first-year attorney at a Los Angeles law firm, according to a filing.

I don't know how much he was making at that time, but I do know he had probably spent a lot in those years until he reached a "fuck it " point.

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Weird. Somehow I made it through undergrad in the 80's without being accused of sexual assault or even knowing anyone who was accused, let alone paying $40k. I'd expect someone who reps Megyn Kelly and Tucker Putin to be into sexual assault or other types of antisocial behavior, but ymmv.

Also wow the hell he went through to defend himself. You really have strong feelings for the guy, eh?

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He made the mistake of attending a frat party while untoward things were happening. The only thing I took issue with was you claiming an article had a bombshell revelation when, in fact, it did not.

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On 2/25/2025 at 4:45 PM, Chopper said:

I'd expect someone who reps Megyn Kelly and Tucker Putin to be into sexual assault or other types of antisocial behavior, but ymmv.

I think you make a good argument about the sexual assault settlement. I’m also wondering if you actually read the lawsuits filed by each side, or are you just making judgments based on what you hear on the news and social media? Are you on Blake Lively’s side just because she’s being attacked by people like Megyn Kelly and Fox? Not trying to give you a hard time I’m just curious how your views about this situation came to be. 

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13 hours ago, MrBig said:

I think you make a good argument about the sexual assault settlement. I’m also wondering if you actually read the lawsuits filed by each side, or are you just making judgments based on what you hear on the news and social media? Are you on Blake Lively’s side just because she’s being attacked by people like Megyn Kelly and Fox? Not trying to give you a hard time I’m just curious how your views about this situation came to be. 

Me? I'm just shitposting and wondering why anyone (not you) on surly would have such strong feelings about some random actress who has no connection afaik to Texas. edit - if she's being attacked by a scum like Megyn Kelly, that pretty much tells me all I need to know, but I didn't know it until you pointed it out because I haven't watched tv news in 20+ years.

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I think the strong feelings about Lively in a lot of places online, not necessarily the posters here, is due to her appearing with Taylor Swift at those football games last year so they're kindof attacking her by proxy.

The pr strategy has been positioning Baldoni as David vs Goliath. Poor little helpless Baldoni (with his online fembot army and billionaire best friend/ride or die business partner) just trying to make a big important movie, going up against a Lively/Reynolds/Swift (CLOAK ROOM) and their iron grip on Hollywood

Taylor distanced herself from the whole mess, to her credit

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Candance Owens and Megyn Kelly are covering this because it's great for views. This has been the strategy for a lot of content creators, not just right wing grifters. The fact they are siding with Baldoni probably has more to do with adapting their content to align with public opinion. Like being a Yankees fan, wanting to back a winner, and to use that popularity as a gateway to a new audience to whom they can spread their hate.

We'll see how much of the evidence makes its way to the public, but so far Baldoni has been the clear winner in the "battle of receipts." The initial wave of anti-Lively stories and sentiment was undoubtedly the work of his PR team but what we're seeing today is mostly organic support. Lively's camp has been unable to beat the "mean girl" and "bully" allegations. Of course, her being a mean girl and being a bully are not an excuse or justification for subjecting her to SH or SA, so she can still win this if she proves she was harassed or abused.

Unfortunately for her in the court of public opinion she has lost a ton of credibility, and the whole thing about being wed at a plantation and her general reputation for being manipulative has worked against her in a big way. Nobody will just take her word that any of these horrible things happened to her. She really needs these other employees to back up her version of events. Doesn't look good for her so far.

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6 hours ago, chainsaw said:

Candance Owens and Megyn Kelly are covering this because it's great for views.

I'm seriously pleased for you that you enjoy watching their garbage. Personally I'd rather put my stiff dick down a working garbage disposal.

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1 minute ago, Chopper said:

Personally I'd rather put my stiff dick down a working garbage disposal.

username checking out in a very morbid way.

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17 minutes ago, Steel Shank said:

Look, I've banged a lot of hot celebrity chicks, and let me tell you, this is par for the course. 

I respect that although myself, I'm not particularly into narcissists. But how many of 'em had a husband who wanted to bang your former colleague's gay husband?

 

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8 hours ago, Chopper said:

I respect that although myself, I'm not particularly into narcissists. But how many of 'em had a husband who wanted to bang your former colleague's gay husband?

It's a short list, I can tell you that. lol!!

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Like I said, content creators of all stripes are covering this.

Here's a video from a law firm discussing a new ruling

I think this means her subpoena is DOA or mostly DOA

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On 2/27/2025 at 10:45 PM, Chopper said:

I'm seriously pleased for you that you enjoy watching their garbage. Personally I'd rather put my stiff dick down a working garbage disposal.

Oddly specific. 

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All Baldoni, All The Time

https://variety.com/2025/tv/global/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-he-said-she-said-doc-1236339145/

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Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni Legal Saga to Be Explored in ‘He Said, She Said’ Doc for Channel 5, Investigation Discovery

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The 90-minute “He Said, She Said: Blake Lively vs Justin Baldoni,” which is unlikely to be the only doc to emerge about the still rumbling legal battle between the actress and her “It Ends With Us” director, will premiere in the U.K. on Channel 5 Monday night. A shorter 60-minute version, acquired by Investigation Discovery in the U.S., is set to air on March 31 and will stream on Max and Discovery+.

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“This story has captivated the world, perpetuated by social media which is still gaining momentum,” said Denise Seneviratne, commissioning editor at 5. “It feels really pertinent for us as a channel to be making this film within the context of ‘#Me too’. We’re very happy to be working with ITN on this UK feature length version.”

 

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5 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

 Chip and Joanna imo

that's actually the hotel where it happened, some boutique hotel for the sort of people who would voluntarily endure any amount of time in Waco because they're Chip and Joanna fans

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52 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

that's actually the hotel where it happened, some boutique hotel for the sort of people who would voluntarily endure any amount of time in Waco because they're Chip and Joanna fans

Those Gaines mother fuckers bought Larry McMurtry's bookstore in Archer after he passed just so they could put the books in the "library" of their stupid ass hotel and give it some gravitas even though they stand diametrically opposed to everything Larry believed in.   One has to wonder what they did with all of the books their book-burning asses didn't approve of, as he had that bookstore, in part, to make sure folks in his hometown had access to books other than the Bible and other evangelical-approved literature (whatever that is).  Plenty of stuff on his shelves was too "progressive" or too "gay" for the Gaines.  I suppose the obvious answer is they had a bonfire with the "bad" books and roasted marshmallows with Scott Drew and other local Antioch cult members.  Of course, that didn't stop them from using McMurtry's status to boost their hotel's "genuine" Texan flavor.  Fuck those assholes. 

The silver lining is that a local group repurchased the actual bookstore from the Waco cult dipshits and has turned it into a nonprofit literary center, something both of the Gaines could likely benefit from utilizing.

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