Justin Baldoni's former agent Danny Greenberg is weighing in on the actor-director's ongoing drama with Blake Lively ... describing in a deposition why he compared the situation to extortion.
00:00Well, we are now finding out a little bit of the deposition that went down in the battle between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively.
00:08We know that they both sat for depositions and scores of other people connected to this case.
00:15And we got some.
00:16But not Taylor Swift.
00:18Not Taylor Swift.
00:19She seemed to dodge that one successfully.
00:23But we are getting some transcripts from those depositions that occurred last month.
00:27And Justin's former agent said something interesting when asked about extortion.
00:34Because, remember, one of the allegations that Justin made is that he felt like he had to do things Blake's way or else.
00:44But the or else is what's interesting.
00:45Right.
00:46That's right.
00:47His agent, Danny Greenberg.
00:49Former agent now, right?
00:49Former agent of Justin Baldoni.
00:51We got a portion of his deposition transcript where he described sending an email or text message, some sort of written communication, where he described what Blake Lively was doing to extortion.
01:02And he was referencing what the studio, Sony, Wayfarer, and Justin were having to deal with.
01:07He likened it to extortion.
01:09But what's the extortion?
01:10What is the or else?
01:12Her behavior trying to shake down what she would do with the movie.
01:15Do it my way or else, because she was saying to Sony that it's got to make the movie the way I want it.
01:22Correct.
01:22So what's the or else?
01:24Well, that was the or else.
01:25The or else was Blake Lively was saying, I'm the star here, and if you don't go my way, bye-bye.
01:31And the or else is, we'll fire you.
01:34Fire him or, I mean, reportedly.
01:36Well, that's what I'm asking.
01:36What is the or else?
01:37That's what I believe.
01:38It's not in the transcript, but that's what I believe is implied by this deposition transcript.
01:42The excerpt we have doesn't say that.
01:44Remember, she made a cut of the movie after seeing his cut, and I believe they went with her cut.
01:49They went with her cut.
01:50I believe they went with her cut.
01:51They did go with the one that went through.
01:52So that it was effective, the extortion effort was effective in some sense.
01:56Her, his agency, his talent agency, dropped him after she filed the lawsuit.
02:03Is he in that agency?
02:05Danny Greenberg, that's a good question.
02:06I don't know the answer to it offhand.
02:07Well, the reason I'm saying is, if he's saying, my client was extorted,
02:11why did they drop him?
02:15Well, for probably the same reasons.
02:16Well, yeah, I think because he became kind of radioactive.
02:19Well, no, because top dogs.
02:21Top dogs win.
02:22That's right.
02:23That's right.
02:23And I think you're right.
02:24Look, this is.
02:25Why am I prompting him?
02:27I mean, I'm trying to blame.
02:29I've been prompting him.
02:31I feel like you do have your arm on my back and sort of treating me like Topo Gigio or something.
02:37That's right.
02:38Look what he does.
02:39He's kind of worried.
02:40He's kind of complaining.
02:41I hate he's eating.
02:42I don't know what it is.
02:43But I think him, he's pretending.
02:44I don't know what it is.
02:45I don't mean I do think he's де to no ego.
02:47I don't know when he tries and I don't understand who his about it.
02:49Hefters.
02:51And he doesn't want to get into it because if I do investigación,
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