Victoria Burke, the architect of California’s survivor-protection law, has publicly condemned Blake LivelyLegal strategy in ongoing dispute with ‘It End’s With Us’ director and co-star Justin Baldoni. Responding to the actress’ latest filing, Burke discussed her concerns on ‘The Megyn Kelly Show’ about how the law has become part of a high-profile legal battle.In a clip shared by the official handle, Burke was asked ‘Is Blake Lively completely abusing the purpose of the California Survivor Act in her legal fee claim?’ To this he shared, “You made it about the worry that most survivors have, that a lot of times a defamation lawsuit is used to silence them, because whoever gets it realizes that it could cost five, six or seven figures over many years to defend them, and it’s always cheaper to keep quiet. So the concern was that if you were to go ahead and defend it and you win, and show that you did not have malice, you would recover your attorney’s fees and damages.”“Also the purpose I believed in was to get lawyers to take on these very difficult cases, and so that has been my main concern with the bill.”Burke, who drafted the law, said the law is designed to protect victims who come forward with allegations of sexual assault, harassment and discrimination. “Never imagined that my bill would become a story that everyone will be watching,” he wrote in a statement publicly shared on megynkelly.com.Criticizing the actress and her team, she said, “As the architect of the bill, I strongly believe in the constitutionality of our bill. I am unhappy with Blake Lively weaponizing it as a PR redemption tool.” [and] His team. “To be honest, I don’t think the judge should award attorney fees in this case.”Burke further argued that the focus on the law had shifted away from the survivors it was designed to protect. “I was worried that this was just going to be a PR campaign for him, and it wasn’t going to be about the survivors anymore. I didn’t want him turning my bill into the Met Gala,” she was quoted as saying.Lively’s legal battle with Baldoni came back into the news after the actress claimed she faced retaliation after making sexual harassment claims on the production of their 2024 film ‘It End’s With Us’. Elaine Garofalo, the attorney representing Baldoni, filed a petition before U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Lyman that Lively was trying to make “one last run around a jury trial” through an application for attorney’s fees, which was dropped when an agreement was reached before the trial began in May.