What Victoria Burke has said about Speak Your Truth Act

3 quotes · 1 episode · Jun 2, 2026

Victoria Burke, Attorney, adjunct law professor at Southwestern Law School, and architect of California's Speak Your Truth Act, has been quoted on Speak Your Truth Act 3 times in 1 episode of The Megyn Kelly Show, most recently on June 2, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

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
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 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

Episodes

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
The 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.

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