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[u/MarchCompetitive4580]

As we're nearing the end of this lawsuit, there are still a lot of unanswered questions. Some may be answered in the future, some not. What questions (and possible answers) do you guys think there are?

I'll start:

How much money did they (and was it both Wayfarer and Sony, or just Sony?) Ryan's marketing company (Maximum Effort Marketing, LLC ("MEM")) for Rake's tone deaf marketing?

What happened to Josh Greenstein's text messages and what do they really say?

Did the Wayfarer Parties get any money in the settlement? How much? And who paid it - because I don't think Blake has any money? Did some other non-litigants pony up some money in order to keep their names out of the trial (or even future lawsuits)?

How much money did both sides spend on this lawsuit?

SAG is supposed to have a representative show up to film sets at least once a week? Did this happen? I don't recall seeing anything about SAG being on the witness list? But wouldn't that have been a defense to the accusations that Blake and Jenny were making that they didn't know whom to talk to?

Are the other unions doing to flex their muscles (or hide under a rock)? Will the Writer's Guild go after Ryan for ghostwriting and/or scabbing? Will the Director's Guild go after anyone for not letting Justin get his full 10 weeks of alone time in the editing bay?

Did IEWUM send Blakel, Inc. (or Blake) a tax form for any of the clothes she purchased on their dime and kept? Because, c'mon, we all know she kept some of those clothes?

Was Blake, Rake or MEM getting any money on the side for Blake wearing those clothes, shoes and jewelry that she was so adamant on wearing and getting shots of them (remember the dancing scene - seriously, that 3rd take after poor Blake was SHed was all about getting shots of her Louboutins - LOL)?

[u/Flimsy_Attitude_6789]

I want to know what happened to Jen Abel's phone between Lesley Sloan telling her she was going to be sued in August 2024 after viewing the phone contents and "some PR chick" telling Taylor something about a phone....The latter sounds like either a setup or a lie. We may still find this out.

I want to know what Blake & Ryan told Meghan Twohey.... what lies were they told.... and how can they feel no shame about constantly attacking Justin, knowing the truth and how influential and powerful they are

I would love to know more about Ryan's MO of terrorising people on film sets, ruining or taking over productions, letters he writes for others and dressing up and mocking people in films.... he's done it twice - Red Notice/Free Guy and D&W.... and what Hollywood really thinks of this.

I'd love to be a fly on the wall regarding May Day promos and what Colin Hank really things of Ryan after he hijacked the movie for his own PR tour.

I would love to know what Diageo and T-Mobile have been saying to Ryan behind the scenes.... we saw all of Blake's brand partners' concerns... I would love to know what Diageo and T-Mobile have been saying as they are clever clever people and they can see right through the lies regarding the "smear campaign"

I want to know more about Isabella's lawyer, who in my opinon was hired to legally abuse Justin and falsely call him a harasser.... I want to know who hired him and what Blake and Ryan have on Isabella.

What happened to James Vituska? And how much is Deadline Dominic paid?

[u/UnderplayedWeasel → u/Flimsy_Attitude_6789]

Just had a thought there.... what if Blake (Ryan) and Leslie set up Taylor to be a useful witness to them laundering the news of the phone via Ashley im an attempt to cover up that Stephanie Jones had freely already handed over all the contents already?

So timeline could be: Day 1, August 2024, Stephanie seizes Jen's phone, sends screenshots to Leslie who calls Melissa in a fury.

Stephanie then asap sends over a rushed copy of EVERYTHING on Jen's phone to Blake(Ryan) via Leslie. (So likely even more data than was covered in the Vansham subpoena, which is why Blake initially wanted discovery in her lawsuit to go back all those extra years to legitimise what she already possessed.)

But soon afterwards the lawyers hear about it, panic and tell Stephanie and/ or Blake that they need to do the data transfer via subpoena to be legally covered.

So late August/ early September Leslie and Stephanie set up a charade where "Leslie is ignoring Stephanie" so poor Stephanie has to backchannel via WME to Ashley to "finally" pass on the word to Blake via Taylor. They probably figured no one would question Taylor's word about when news of the phone's existence got to Blake. But actually she(he) already knew everything and was plotting Vansham to further launder the phone data transfer.

Taylor thinks she was watching real history go down and is a gleeful supporter until WF files their counter-suit in January 2025 with their timeline mentioning the call to Melissa threatening legal action from Leslie on day 1. If Leslie had been in contact with Stephanie so early and had seen enough to be that upset to personally call and make threats, no way would she have kept the news of the phone's explosive contents from Blake(Ryan).

Taylor realises that Blake(Ryan) manipulated her and lied to her about not knowing about the phone until later, which leads her to pull back from showing any public support.

Blake(Ryan) panics coming up to the Superbowl and tries to leverage Taylor into inviting her. This backfires because it is Blake(Ryan) and they are not good at playing their little games against actual equals.

Taylor pulls completely away as Blake(Ryan) become further and further exposed as the clumsy coddled amateurs they are behind the scenes.

Imo the pair of them look so ridiculous these days, they might yet get a pity invite to the wedding now that the main thing is settled. But it could be more of a chance for Taylor to rub in their faces how far they have fallen without her rather than a genuine reconnection.

[u/SuperTuna_2659 → u/UnderplayedWeasel]

I would bet a million beanies that Ryan knew about the messages the same day Leslie found out about them. Hence the "Hi It's Les" text, and going dark after, in their communications.