Johnny Depp’s lawyer reacts to Justin Baldoni, Blake Lively Legal Battle

Justin Baldoni’s brutal battle and Blake Lively has caught the attention of one of the high -profile lawyers that defended Johnny Depp in the actor The defamation trial against Amber Heard.

Benjamin Chew appeared in “Lateral bar of law and crime with Jesse Weber” Tuesday and intervened in the demand “ends with us”, including the Baldoni movement to launch A website with A amended version of his demand for $ 400 million against Lively, 37, as well as A relevant event timeline to the case.

“I think it’s very aggressive,” said Chew. “In general, you wouldn’t do something like that before an audience, but I’m sure they examined it carefully, they examined the material carefully.”

“But it is a novel approach, a bold approach,” added the lawyer.

Chew refused to say which star believes that he currently has a high hand in the legal battle.

“I will continue agnostic in terms of who has the advantage at this time,” he said.

Chew and Camille Vásquez They were Depp’s lawyers for their very publicized 2022 Virginia defamation case against Heard, 38.

The actor “Pirates of the Caribbean”, 61, demanded His ex -wife for defamation During an opinion article, he wrote about surviving domestic abuse despite not appointing the star in his article. The jury was put on the side of Depp, and after reaching an agreement, Heard was ordered paying $ 1 million in damages.

Based on his own experience of the Depp-Heard trial, Chew explained the type of evidence he will probably win in the Court in the case of Lively and Baldoni.

“I think the more they can quote the audio tape and the video tape, that is particularly persuasive evidence because everyone can see it, and I think that is more shocking than only the statements of the lawyers,” he said.

Chew was also asked about the text messages that Baldoni leaked on his website that showed Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds, (who is also being sued by Baldoni) tells the actor “Jane the Virgin”, 41, that “I adore you.”

“I think anything that shows it that is cordial, correct and normal is certainly evidence that you can quote to say: ‘Look, I am not the type of person so that someone’s wife or any woman feels uncomfortable in the set'” said Chew. .

“On the other hand,” added the lawyer, “I don’t think any respectful communication between the parties before the fact really counts against that person.”

Chew explained: “We had a witness in the case of Depp, for example, who said very good things about Amber. I think the other side was surprised, because this was our witness. But later after what remained where false accusations were made, he said: “I couldn’t talk to her anymore.” And I think that made his testimony more persuasive, because this is not someone who always had it for this person. So I think you really have to differentiate periods of time. “

In December, animated filed a lawsuit against Baldoni accusing the director of sexual harassment of “IT’s” with us ” Your lawyer, Bryan Freedman.

Baldoni, in turn filed a demand of $ 400 million Lively and Reynolds, 48, for alleged defamation, civil extortion, false light invasion of privacy and more. Lively’s lawyers denied Baldoni’s claims.

Last week, Baldoni filed the complaint amended to his lawsuit in court and included Explosive legal documents on your website. Baldoni’s statements include that Lively allegedly spent $ 430,000 of the “ends with us” budget on his wardrobe and that she A meeting allegedly jumped With the film’s intimacy coordinator.

Animated and Baldoni The trial has been scheduled for March 2026.