Freedman Blatantly Lied About Leslie Sloane (Lively’s PR Agent)
TL;DR: Freedman accuses Sloane of telling a reporter that Lively was sexually assaulted, when he knows for a fact its a lie.
(I labeled each screenshot except the last one. Sorry!)
(Pg 128 of amended complaint) Freedman argues that Sloane, Lively’s PR Agent, told a Daily Mail reporter that Lively was sexually assaulted.
He uses screenshots of this text from the reporter to “prove” his assertion. I highlighted in yellow the part where the reporter makes that statement. But notice the sentence right after the highlighted portion- he specifically says, “why wouldnt she say anything about that then?”.
The reason he mentions “then” is because he then goes on to explain what Sloane told him in the past.
This is a text thread between the reporter, Nathan, and Freedman! This is not in the amended complaint- it’s in the NYT lawsuit! As you can see, the reporter again states that Sloane never told him that there was any sexual harassment.
This is the continued thread between the reporter, Nathan, and Freedman. Twice he states that Sloane never mentioned sexual assault.
If you go back to the second photo, you can now read it correctly- this is the reporter giving Nathan this information in December, after everything happened. He reached out to Nathan because he was pissed that Sloane never said anything about sexual harassment/assault when he texted with her on August 8th. He thinks because she never said anything to him about the harassment, Lively must be lying. Which is, of course, ridiculous. When the reporter says, “now she’s saying Blake was sexually assaulted”, he is referring to the Lively lawsuit filed in December. He mistakenly describe her complaint as sexual assault, not sexual harassment. But he isnt saying Sloane told him that Lively was sexually assaulted, he’s arguing Sloane never said anything to him about it!
Freedman. Is. Lying. And he knows it because he was on the text thread where the reporter makes it clear that he’s upset that Sloane NEVER TOLD HIM ABOUT THE HARASSMENT! Thats the opposite of what Freedman accuses Sloane of doing.
I think this is egregious! How can Freedman knowingly lie about this?! Why isnt anyone calling out Freedman for his blatant manipulation of the texts? This is IMO, so much worse than a missing emoji!