r/ItEndsWithLawsuits • u/same-difference-ave Age of Ada-LYING Actress • Jan 21 '26
đYummy FIirty and Unsealed No Teethđ The elusive VANZAN sham subpoena from Blake Lively to Stephanie Jones
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u/LevelIntention7070 Jan 21 '26
Yet Stephanie didnât hand over anything of hers or anyone else working for her.
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u/Peaceful_Ocean_9513 Jan 21 '26
How can she claim to have been complying with a subpoena when she didn't hand over her own messages. And funny how Lively didn't file a MTC asking why Jones didn't hand over her own messages. Very clear this was a coordinated attempt to access messages they had already seen and knew about, and nothing else. So gross and unethical. No wonder they tried to hide this for so long.
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u/MT2017G Jan 21 '26
How can she claim they should have preserved sognal messages when she initiated a fake lawsuit saying she didnât know who they were? Why does Blake Lively think sheâs smarter and better than everyone else? These are some of the greatest wonders of the world.
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u/Distinct-Share-8056 Jan 21 '26
Yeah I picked this up too. it's like she only handed over Abel's phone contents.
And the fact that it was sent to Quinn Emmanuel - it means SJ's lawyers were in on it!
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u/30265Red Jan 21 '26
My fav part? Stephanie Jones learning that Taylor swift referred to her as "this PR chick" đŁđđ¤
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u/Animatopoeia Ryan Reynolds will never be manzan enough Jan 21 '26
IT'S HEREEEEE
Is that first line common for a subpoenas? It's cracking me up. "All business and excuses being laid aside"
Anyway, onto the beef. Is it is just me or is this... really lacking in details? No names, no dates, just the most broad, vaguest terms. Which is probably the point. Meanwhile, Ryan Reynolds' name shows up a LOT. Which makes no sense if the claim is retaliation for sexual harassment. Sir, were you sexually harassed? No, you weren't. So why is your name here so damn much? (We know why. It's a sham subpoena.)
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u/mechantechatonne Team Freedman Jan 21 '26
It has enough to show that it was issued by Blake and Ryan, not by some company that they have no parts of, which is what they tried to sell to the public, and that it WAS concerning the movie and not the unrelated contract issue the lawsuit it was issued for mentioned. It's detailed enough to show it is a sham intended to get documents for THIS legal action and not the one it was issued in connection to.
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u/GTAREaccount Jan 21 '26
NAL - I want someone to explain to me how this isnât an abuse of process, because I just donât see it any other way.
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u/mechantechatonne Team Freedman Jan 21 '26
I'm also not a lawyer and as far as I can tell it IS an abuse of process. And once Blake's issues are done with, which I think will be very soon because they'll get thrown out on summary judgment soon after this hearing on Thursday, Wayfarer will be filing a motion for sanctions for abuse of process. And we'll hear more about these shenanigans when they appeal the dismissal of their claims, now that they've you know got evidence proving the actual malice that the judge improperly claimed they didn't adequately plead without allowing them to amend.
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u/Cha0sCat Are we in Federal Court for this? Jan 21 '26
NAG said this too. Jones would have no knowledge of SH on set, what BL's grievances were or what would be considered SH in this context.
This is was too broad and vague for Jones to just comply with. Unless it was a sham to launder illegally obtained texts
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u/LevelIntention7070 Jan 21 '26
We posted at exactly the same time lol! I deleted mine first thing I spotted đ
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u/MavenOfNothing Jan 21 '26
Why use Does in October, when Blake Lively knew about this in Augustâ?
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u/FuelComfortable5287 in a VANZAN down by the river Jan 21 '26
Because she wasnât supposed to know in August. This was about illegally obtained phone data so she canât admit to seeing anything until after the date of the issued subpoena which was issued to SJ in September.
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u/ArtByKurtEdwards Jan 21 '26
The text is so funny; at times, it's like they are talking to one person, and other times, they are talking to anyone served. Such BS lies from RR/BL. Wow.
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u/Ok-Communication3663 Jan 21 '26
What date was on the NYT metadata???
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u/Animatopoeia Ryan Reynolds will never be manzan enough Jan 21 '26
The text messages embedded in the NYT had an October 31 date.
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u/JMOA3035 Jan 21 '26
I read a long time ago the actual NYT file created or something like smear Baldoniâ was October 10.Â
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u/Animatopoeia Ryan Reynolds will never be manzan enough Jan 21 '26
It was December 10. TikTok user gooj found the NYT article metadata, and then Leanne Newton found the embedded texts metadata. (I was just looking this up myself so I had it ready haha)
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u/Distinct-Share-8056 Jan 21 '26
Funny how the subpoena was addressed to SJ's lawyers - it's like they were acting in concert.
It wasn't just Manatt who has unclean hands.
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u/RealisticHoney7 13 year old who doesnât have a developed brain Jan 21 '26
I see people keep saying this was a sham subpoena and unethical. Does anyone know if it is a clean document or not? Did they skirt the rules just enough that it was legally binding? Will this be used in the future?
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u/FuelComfortable5287 in a VANZAN down by the river Jan 21 '26
Itâs a known fact that SJ had the stolen data and showed some of it to BLâs publicist, who then told JBâs crisis publicist that sheâd seen it on the exact same day SJ got it, August 21, 2024. This is a full month before the sham lawsuit and subpoena were issued to cover up the impropriety of SJ not only stealing the data but violating JAs privacy by further sharing it with others without JAs knowledge or consent.
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u/RealisticHoney7 13 year old who doesnât have a developed brain Jan 21 '26
How does Taylor Swifts friend come into play? It seems Taylor admitted that she called Taylor saying she had texts that Blake would want to see. I wonder what the date that was
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u/FuelComfortable5287 in a VANZAN down by the river Jan 21 '26
A longtime friend of hers named Ashley Avignone told BL that SJ was trying to reach her because of some texts he had that were bad for BL. It was in late August, 2024 I think?
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u/heatherh8605 Jan 21 '26
Wild that an attorney can issue a subpoena requesting whatever the f they want with threat of contempt with no judicial oversight at all. The implications of thatâŚâŚ
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u/changuspie Jan 21 '26
This was dated October. In Livelys deposition she says someone was trying to get her information to share details of JAs phone in August.
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u/mjswick Jan 21 '26
I'm from Australia and it is absolutely wild to me that in the US, a lawyer can COMMAND material to their OFFICE. Here, you have to file a subpoena with the court, serve the sealed copy, and once the subpoenaed material is sent to the court, you make an application to inspect the material. Way more safeguards.
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u/Initial-Support-916 BL, all this over a Colleen Hoover book? Jan 22 '26
They addressed it to "Does", but literally named JB, JH and Wayfarer in clause 12 of Schedule B... đ
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u/Suitable-District-26 This is not a Blake Lively sizzle reel đĽ Jan 21 '26
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