{"id":7215,"date":"2026-01-22T19:43:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T19:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/blake-livelys-lawyer-says-case-should-focus-on-claims-not-celeb-pals\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T19:43:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T19:43:19","slug":"blake-livelys-lawyer-says-case-should-focus-on-claims-not-celeb-pals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/blake-livelys-lawyer-says-case-should-focus-on-claims-not-celeb-pals\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Lively&#8217;s Lawyer Says Case Should Focus on Claims, Not Celeb Pals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Blake Lively&#8217;s Attorney<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">This Case Is About Blake, Not Taylor!!!<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<p>        <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-01-22T11:20:55-08:00\"><br \/>\n                              January 22, 2026<br \/>\n                            11:20 AM PST<\/time>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<section id=\"cb-98d95cf3e22865a10b8852c7c737933c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-2f1bd6a7-1fed-4de2-9b2b-0d071d168159-907166359-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-2f1bd6a7-1fed-4de2-9b2b-0d071d168159-907166359-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/f6\/16by9\/2026\/01\/22\/f6d344a2fb6a4d0aa53bea60509b353e_md.jpg\" alt=\"012226_sigrid_mccawley_lively_lawyer_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-98d95cf3e22865a10b8852c7c737933c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4adf2cbca929bf9a02cf9b698b7e0d06\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>Blake Lively<\/strong>&#8216;s trying to keep her famous friends out of her lawsuit fracas &#8230; because this case isn&#8217;t about them, it&#8217;s about <strong>Justin Baldoni<\/strong>&#8216;s treatment of her &#8212; this according to her lawyer.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4adf2cbca929bf9a02cf9b698b7e0d06--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ae536a6870527cef7722e49aae68a0f9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>Sigrid McCawley<\/strong> &#8212; Lively&#8217;s high-profile attorney who famously represented victims of <strong>Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong> &#8212; spoke to reporters outside a Manhattan courthouse Thursday after a hearing in the case wrapped.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ae536a6870527cef7722e49aae68a0f9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-498aa45a6edc205974724a49a6b064a0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/f9\/4by3\/2025\/03\/20\/f9c8dff8bf974f988629959b604fa3cb_md.jpg\" alt=\"blake lively and justin baldoni getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-498aa45a6edc205974724a49a6b064a0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fa77154ab2baa489e88f69259df55d9e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>McCawley told the assembled media Lively&#8217;s standing up for all the young women out there &#8230; becoming a real-life example for those who might be afraid to reveal they&#8217;ve been sexually harassed in the workplace.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-fa77154ab2baa489e88f69259df55d9e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-554344c0100f12975834cfb6a6b1d27e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>This makes a settlement more difficult to come to, Sigrid explains &#8230; because she says this case is about more than money &#8212; there are principles at stake here, too.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-554344c0100f12975834cfb6a6b1d27e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c6593572e6e2faa9bac3577453cff1eb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-ec8c8403-a67f-41e2-9df4-1d279e43e33b-1089234389-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-ec8c8403-a67f-41e2-9df4-1d279e43e33b-1089234389-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/dc\/16by9\/2026\/01\/22\/dc7558deafd347dea17c5b05d7173ef0_md.jpg\" alt=\"012226_sigrid_mccawley_lively_lawyer_full_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c6593572e6e2faa9bac3577453cff1eb--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-da8f118f0d667350e704e1c3723d0add\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>In the same vein, McCawley says Lively is trying to protect her friends &#8212; like <strong>Taylor Swift<\/strong> &#8212; and their public images &#8230; but, ultimately, McCawley says it&#8217;s not about them. It&#8217;s about the harassment she faced on the set of &#8220;It Ends With Us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-da8f118f0d667350e704e1c3723d0add--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c5dff159a7f34e3fd2c800d5546ab06a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As you know &#8230; earlier this week, court documents came out containing a text Taylor <strong>sent<\/strong> to Blake referring to Baldoni as a &#8220;bitch.&#8221; We heard Taylor would be <strong>called<\/strong> as a hostile witness in the trial &#8212; though the Baldoni team later said they probably won&#8217;t need her.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c5dff159a7f34e3fd2c800d5546ab06a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-824fd47f8a889dc5effdd5e4cd229404\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Bottom line &#8230; celeb superfans may want all the tea about Blake&#8217;s famous friends &#8212; but her team says the court system just needs to focus on Lively herself.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-824fd47f8a889dc5effdd5e4cd229404--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blake Lively&#8217;s Attorney This Case Is About Blake, Not Taylor!!! 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