The attorney for Johnny Depp claims that Justin Baldoni’s brash strategy in Blake Lively’s court case is very aggressive
Johnny Depp’s lawyer Benjamin Chew called Justin Baldoni’s decision to publish a website featuring links to his lawsuit against Blake Lively “a novel approach”
One of Johnny Depp’s lawyers is weighing in on Justin Baldoni’s latest legal moves in his ongoing legal battle with Blake Lively.
Benjamin Chew, who represented Depp, 61, during his 2022 civil trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, appeared on the Tuesday, Feb. 4 episode of the Law & Crime Sidebar with Jesse Weber podcast to discuss the latest updates in Baldoni and Lively’s legal battle.
When Chew was asked for his opinion on Baldoni’s decision to publish a website containing an amended complaint he filed in court on Friday, Jan. 31, as well as an exhibit labeled as “Timeline Of Events,” the lawyer said, “I agree — bold, aggressive, chutzpah, whatever the right term is. I think it is very aggressive, usually you would not do something like that before a hearing.”
Lively and Baldoni’s lawyers met in court for the first time since their clients sued each other in New York City on Monday, Feb. 3, where Judge Lewis Liman threatened to expedite the trial if both parties do not rein in their public relations war outside the courtroom.
“But I’m sure that they vetted it carefully, that they vetted the material carefully. Certainly, posting a pleading doesn’t seem to be out of bounds; these are pleadings made in the public records,” Chew added of Baldoni’s lawyers pre-hearing actions. “Whenever you’re getting into work product or advocacy pieces, then I think it’s getting closer to the line. So, it’s a novel approach. A bold approach.”
