Blake Lively is so hell-bent on justifying her perceived victimhood, shes now angered actual victims
Blake Lively will concede when hell freezes over.Despite settling her contentious legal battle with Justin Baldoni just hours before she dramatically ascended the stairs at the Met Gala last month — with an army of minions to fluff her 13-foot Versace train for the cameras — the actress is still battling over damages.Also at stake: the victimhood status she so desperately craves.And she’ll happily lift other people’s hard work to get it.
On Monday, both sides argued in Manhattan Federal Court over whether Lively is entitled to potentially massive damages under a relatively new California law that’s meant to protect survivors of sexual assault and harassment from protracted retaliatory legal battles.But the woman behind the “Speak Your Truth” law doesn’t have kind words for Lively.Victoria Burke accuses the actress of using the legislation to mop up the mess she made of her once good name after accusing her “It Ends With Us” co-star Baldoni of sexual harassment and retaliation, in a blockbuster lawsuit that only exposed her empty hand.“Never thought my bill would be in the eye of the storm with all eyes watching,” Burke, an attorney, posted on Instagram.“As the architect of the bill, I strongly believe in the constitutionality of my bill.
[I’m] Unhappy with it being weaponized as a PR redemption tool by Blake Lively & her team.Honestly, I don’t think the judge should grant attorney fees in this matter.”Yikes.Burke, who is also a professor at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, drafted the legislation based on her own harrowing sexual assault, which she said occurred in 2019 after drinks with an acquaintance that landed her in the hospital.She believes he attacked her.“One minute I’m in this nice restaurant, and the next minute I’m waking up, coming out of a severe coma in the ER, not knowing how I got there,” she told NPR in 2024.
“It was absolutely terrifying.”Burke recalled a friend warning her not to name her...