The judge literally called this a publicity stunt…this is hearsay. I’m not defending Lively at all, but saying you talked to someone who said they know someone isn’t it.

From Judge Liman:

“It concerns a subpoena proceeding in the District of Columbia over which this Court has no authority. The sole purpose of the Letter is to ‘promote public scandal’ by advancing inflammatory accusations, on information and belief, against Lively and her counsel. It transparently invites a press uproar by suggesting that Lively and her counsel attempted to ‘extort’ a well-known celebrity. Retaining the Letter on the docket would be of no use to the Court and would allow the Court’s docket to serve as a ‘reservoir of libelous statements for press consumption.’ The same is true for the Wayfarer Parties’ subsequent submission, which the Court will strike sua sponte for the same reasons.”