What Bryan Freedman has said about Lively v. Wayfarer Studios

Freedman said the settlement agreement gives Judge Liman sole authority to rule on Lively's remaining 47.1 motion.

“which is that Judge Lyman will have the right to rule and only the right to rule on this particular motion”

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Freedman confirmed that the settlement involved no payment in either direction.

“And you're correct about the fact that there's no dollar figure that exchanged in either direction in this document”

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Freedman argued that Lively settling for no money undermines her lawyer's claims about the strength of her case.

“If it was so good Why do you settle a case exchanging no money? It doesn't make any sense. It doesn't pass the smell test”

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Freedman said he believes Baldoni will resume his acting and directing career.

“My belief is that he will renew his career. I don't know exactly”

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Freedman predicted in January 2025 that the case would get worse for Lively as people became comfortable telling the truth.

“my prediction is that this is going to get worse and worse for Blake Lively”

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