This begins a chunk of episodes on Jones v Abel. But you know us, we first need to lay a lot of foundation.

After Blake Lively's CRD complaint and the story in the New York Times became public, folks spoke out in support of Lively, and expressed shock at the alleged actions of Justin Baldoni and the Wayfarer team. We detail the fallout in timeline order, and discuss the repercussions of Jennifer Abel's text behavior for the Public Relations industry; and, in one of the many parallels between this saga and ours, we break down our own experiences with a crisis PR firm and the absolute hollowness of a statement like "I'm sticking with my client."

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