Victoria Burke
Attorney, adjunct law professor at Southwestern Law School, and architect of California's Speak Your Truth Act
Victoria Burke (Attorney, adjunct law professor at Southwestern Law School, and architect of California's Speak Your Truth Act) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Speak Your Truth Act, Lively v. Wayfarer Studios.
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Speak Your Truth Act
Burke argues that fees under 47.1 require a showing regarding malice, which has not been established in the Lively case.
“For 47.1, it would not be. You would have to show malice in order to receive any attorney fees. That would have to be established”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Blake Lively's Legal Fees Ploy, and Mackenzie Shirilla's Shocking "Crash," with MK True Crime's Phil Holloway, Ashleigh Merchant, and Dave Aronberg | Ep. 1330 (Jun 2, 2026) · Listen from 29:51
Burke says the law has been enacted in four states and introduced in fifteen during the current legislative session.
“It's been now enacted in four states and I have introduced it in 15 states, this legislative session”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Blake Lively's Legal Fees Ploy, and Mackenzie Shirilla's Shocking "Crash," with MK True Crime's Phil Holloway, Ashleigh Merchant, and Dave Aronberg | Ep. 1330 (Jun 2, 2026) · Listen from 21:06
Burke says she drafted the law after being drugged and sexually assaulted in 2019 and being warned she could face a defamation suit for speaking out.
“It was made by me, who's a survivor, intended to protect survivors when speaking out because I myself had been drugged and sexually assaulted by acquaintance in 2019”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Blake Lively's Legal Fees Ploy, and Mackenzie Shirilla's Shocking "Crash," with MK True Crime's Phil Holloway, Ashleigh Merchant, and Dave Aronberg | Ep. 1330 (Jun 2, 2026) · Listen from 14:55
Lively v. Wayfarer Studios
Burke urges the judge to hesitate before awarding fees without factual findings on malice.
“I would say use hesitation on awarding something that has not had fact proven of malice”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Blake Lively's Legal Fees Ploy, and Mackenzie Shirilla's Shocking "Crash," with MK True Crime's Phil Holloway, Ashleigh Merchant, and Dave Aronberg | Ep. 1330 (Jun 2, 2026) · Listen from 31:28
Burke says she worried Lively's team taking the law national would turn it into a PR campaign rather than a survivor protection.
“I was worried that this is going to become just a PR campaign for her. And it wasn't going to be about survivors anymore”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Blake Lively's Legal Fees Ploy, and Mackenzie Shirilla's Shocking "Crash," with MK True Crime's Phil Holloway, Ashleigh Merchant, and Dave Aronberg | Ep. 1330 (Jun 2, 2026) · Listen from 21:53
Appearances
Blake Lively's Legal Fees Ploy, and Mackenzie Shirilla's Shocking "Crash," with MK True Crime's Phil Holloway, Ashleigh Merchant, and Dave Aronberg | Ep. 1330The Megyn Kelly Show · Jun 2, 2026 · 1 h 55 min
Megyn Kelly talks with law professor Victoria Burke about Blake Lively's fee bid, then with the MK True Crime hosts about the Karmelo Anthony trial, Mackenzie Shirilla, and Henry Nowak.
Discussed in
- Meltdown Over Patriotic UFC at White House, with Glenn Greenwald, and Justin Baldoni's Attorney Bryan Freedman Gives Exclusive Details of Settlement | Ep. 1339
The Megyn Kelly Show · Jun 15, 2026 · 1 h 42 min
Megyn Kelly talks with Bryan Freedman about the Baldoni–Lively settlement, then with Glenn Greenwald about the Iran deal, the White House UFC event, and celebrities at the Knicks' title run.
- Austin Metcalf's Father Speaks Out, Plus False Karmelo Anthony Narratives, and Blake Lively Legal Fees Ruling, with Mark Geragos and Arthur Aidala | Ep. 1338
The Megyn Kelly Show · Jun 12, 2026 · 1 h 42 min
Megyn Kelly fact-checks Karmelo Anthony's parents, interviews Austin Metcalf's father Jeff, then discusses the case, the Lively–Baldoni fee ruling and Nick Reiner with Mark Geragos and Arthur Aidala.
Often appears with
- Megyn Kelly · 1 shared episode
- Ashleigh Merchant · 1 shared episode
- Phil Holloway · 1 shared episode
- Dave Aronberg · 1 shared episode
- Mark Nowak · 1 shared episode