8. This is a huge first step on what is likely to be a long road and one in which I hope they ultimately prevail, bringing justice for Travis and a hopefully a measure of closure for the family regarding Baldoni and Freedman's history of unethical and exploitative behavior.
5. Travis passed in 2024, but his family and friends continued to advocate, demanding answers from Baldoni who refused to even talk to the grieving family.
4. In 2022, under the advice of his lawyers, Flores voluntarily dismissed his case, being told that Baldoni had the money and means to destroy Flores' finances and health.
3. Flores, a writer, activist and advocate was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. In 2019 he appeared on Baldoni's CW Show "My Last Days", which explored the stories of those living with terminal illnesses
2. In 2021 Travis Flores sued Baldoni and Wayfarer for copyright infringement, claiming Baldoni's "Five Feet Apart" was strikingly similar to his own screenplay, "Three feet distance", written years earlier.
Justin Baldoni's Lawyer, Bryan Freedman, who previously encouraged Travis Flores to drop his lawsuit against Baldoni, is now being sued for malpractice by Flores’ husband, Clément Souyri... 🧵
5. What is concerning is this is exactly what was predicted. If the general public with no formal legal training can understand Judge Liman's rules and Federal Court procedure...
Why are Wayfarer's (highly paid) legal professionals consistently getting it so wrong?
3. The Judge called Wayfarer's opposition "meritless" shredding their due diligence argument by pointing out Jones provided ample communication, while it was Wayfarer who failed to exercise any diligence in raising their objections.
2. Liman argues that all parties operated under the assumption Heath's deposition was a joint deposition as an individual and as Wayfarer's corporate designee.
Given that, Liman's ruling granting an extension to Heath's deposition was with that in mind.
11. Meaning we might see motions asking for a second deposition in light of the new discovery.
This is nothing other than Wayfarer continuing to obstruct, delay and avoid their discovery obligations. Clearly they do not believe trial will go well for them at all.
10. And that Wayfarer continue to produce belated discovery materials well after the deadline and even after Baldoni, Nathan and Abel have been deposed.
9. We do now know why the Wayfarer parties were only available for a single day in sequence, this is apparently so they can all attend each other's depositions in order to keep their story consistent.
7. As a neon sign of how poorly Wayfarer think this is going to go, the opposition is a rare signing from Freedman, who typically steps in to sign the ludicrous ones. Such as the Taylor Swift blackmail nonsense.
6. Wayfarer attempt to argue using Liman's only wording back at him saying Jones was not "generally diligent" and didn't take Wayfarer's consent to take Wayfarer's deposition out of time... despite Jones' Counsel attaching multiple emails where they did exactly that.
5. Wayfarer claim that Liman's extension of depositions named specifically Sarowitz, Heath and Baldoni only. It did not apply to Heath as Wayfarer's 30(b)(6) representative, despite the fact Wayfarer agreed that it did.
4. At 5:27pm last night, two days before those depositions, Wayfarer suddenly served objections on every topic, refused to comply with Wayfarer's deposition, withdrew Heath as Wayfarer's corporate designee and refused to provide an alternate.
2. Since August, Jamey Heath has been on notice that he was being deposed both as an individual and also as the 30(b)(6) representative to give testimony on behalf of Wayfarer itself.
Given Wayfarer's refusal to comply with discovery deadlines this got pushed back...
