Jones v. Abel: Reconciled Timeline of events and allegations.

# Fully Reconciled Master Timeline of events and allegations. With what each party claims about it.

### Key

* **✓ AGREED / ADMITTED**

* **⚠ DISPUTED INTERPRETATION**

* **✖ DIRECT CONFLICT**

* **🆕 BALDONI CONFIRMATION**

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# **2020–2021: Relationship Formation**

| Date | Jones | Abel | Wayfarer | Nathan | Baldoni | Reconciliation |

| --------------- | ------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ------ | ------- | ----------------- |

| **May 7, 2020** | — | — | Jonesworks hired by Wayfarer | — | — | ✓ Contract begins |

| **July 2020** | Abel hired | ✓ Same | Abel becomes lead contact | — | — | ✓ Undisputed |

| **July 2020** | — | Personal phone number ported to company phone | — | — | — | ⚠ Important later |

| **Nov 2021** | Confidentiality agreement | ✓ Same | — | — | — | ✓ Undisputed |

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# **Early 2024**

## **Nathan launches independent PR firm**

| Jones | Abel | Wayfarer | Nathan | Baldoni | Reconciliation |

| ------------------ | ---- | -------- | ------------------------------------ | --------------------- | -------------------- |

| Outside consultant | — | — | **Admits TAG PR launched Jan. 2024** | Implicitly consistent | ✓ Nathan independent |

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# **Summer 2024 – *It Ends With Us* PR crisis begins**

## **Crisis emerges**

| Jones | Abel | Wayfarer | Nathan | Baldoni | Reconciliation |

| ------------------------------- | ------------------------ | -------------------- | ------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | -------------------------- |

| Crisis exploited by Abel/Nathan | Legitimate client crisis | Genuine PR emergency | **Admits crisis PR engagement** | **Admits PR crisis existed** | ✓ Crisis itself undisputed |

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## **Nathan retained**

| Jones | Abel | Wayfarer | Nathan | Baldoni | Reconciliation |

| ------------------------ | ----------------------- | ------------------------- | --------------------------- | ------------------------- | ------------------- |

| Nathan aligned with Abel | Abel recommended Nathan | Nathan brought in to help | **Admits she was retained** | **Admits Nathan engaged** | ✓ Fully established |

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## **Abel + Nathan working together**

| Jones | Abel | Wayfarer | Nathan | Baldoni | Reconciliation |

| --------------- | -------------------- | ---------------- | ------------------------ | ----------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |

| Secret alliance | Professional PR work | Trusted handling | **Admits collaboration** | **Acknowledges both were involved** | ✓ Collaboration is no longer disputed; only motive |

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# **Early August 2024**

## **Scenario-planning memo**

| Jones | Abel | Wayfarer | Nathan | Baldoni | Reconciliation |

| ----------------------------- | ------------------- | ----------- | ----------------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |

| Proof of anti-Lively campaign | Legitimate planning | Not central | **Admits memo existed** | **Admits memo existed** | ✓ Memo existence confirmed by multiple defendants |

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# **August 8, 2024 — Daily Mail turning point**

## **Who was working with media?**

| Jones | Abel | Wayfarer | Nathan | Baldoni | Reconciliation |

| --------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- |

| Abel/Nathan planted stories | Jones contacted *Daily Mail* | Jones “left word” with *Daily Mail* | **Admits articles published; denies planting** | **Does not admit improper media manipulation** | ✖ Responsibility remains sharply disputed |

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# **August 8–9, 2024**

## **Wayfarer loses trust in Jones**

| Jones | Abel | Wayfarer | Nathan | Baldoni | Reconciliation |

| ------------------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------- | ------ | ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |

| Abel falsely blamed Jones | Wayfarer turns on Jones | Jones told to stop acting | — | Does not contradict | **✓ Abel + Wayfarer aligned; Baldoni does not challenge** |

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## **Jones contacts Sony**

| Jones | Abel | Wayfarer | Baldoni |

| ------------------------------- | --------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ---------------- |

| Trying to preserve relationship | Improper interference | Contacted Sony despite instructions | Does not dispute |

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# **August 12–15, 2024**

## **Business Insider / Katie Warren article**

| Jones | Abel | Wayfarer | Nathan | Baldoni | Reconciliation |

| ------------------------------------------ | ---------------------- | ----------- | ----------------------------- | ----------------- | ------------------------ |

| Abel/Nathan coordinated anti-Jones article | Not directly addressed | Not central | **Denies close coordination** | Does not add much | ⚠ Strong dispute remains |

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## **“Going out of JW with a BANG” texts**

| Jones | Nathan | Baldoni | Reconciliation |

| ----------------- | --------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------- |

| Proof of sabotage | **Admits many texts, disputes meaning** | Likely acknowledges communications exist | ✓ Authenticity increasingly uncontested |

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# **Mid-August 2024**

## **Abel prepares to leave**

| Jones | Abel | Wayfarer | Baldoni | Reconciliation |

| ----------------------- | -------------- | ------------------ | --------------------- | ------------------- |

| Secret competitive move | Open departure | Jones reacts badly | No meaningful dispute | ⚠ Motive unresolved |

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# **August 21, 2024 — Phone seizure**

## **Confrontation / termination**

| Jones | Abel | Wayfarer | Nathan | Baldoni | Reconciliation |

| -------------------------- | --------------------- | --------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- | ---------------- |

| Abel caught stealing files | Unexpected accusation | Abel terminated | Limited knowledge | Limited knowledge | ✓ Termination happened |

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## **Phone surrendered**

| Jones | Abel | Wayfarer | Nathan | Baldoni | Reconciliation |

| ------------------------ | ------------------------ | -------------------- | ------- | ------- | -------------------------- |

| Legitimate evidence hold | Only for number transfer | Jones obtained phone | Neutral | Neutral | ✖ Consent remains disputed |

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## **Phone data accessed**

| Jones | Abel | Wayfarer | Nathan | Baldoni | Reconciliation |

| ---------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- | ---------------------- | -------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |

| Internal investigation | Unauthorized access to texts/iCloud | Jones obtained private communications | No meaningful rebuttal | **No meaningful rebuttal** | **Abel + Wayfarer remain aligned and largely unrebutted** |

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# **Late August–Fall 2024**

## **Communications allegedly shared with Lively / Leslie Sloane / Ryan Reynolds**

| Jones | Abel | Wayfarer | Nathan | Baldoni | Reconciliation |

| ------------ | --------------------------- | --------------- | ----------------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |

| Not wrongful | Jones shared communications | Same allegation | No strong contradiction | **Does not contradict** | **Abel + Wayfarer aligned; others silent** |

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## **“Smear campaign” accusation**

| Jones | Wayfarer | Nathan | Baldoni | Reconciliation |

| --------------------------------------- | -------------------------- | ------------------------- | ----------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |

| Abel/Nathan/Wayfarer ran smear campaign | Jones falsely accused them | Disputes characterization | **Disputes characterization** | ⚠ Major legal battle over interpretation |

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# **September–October 2024**

## **Vanzan lawsuit / subpoena**

| Jones | Abel | Wayfarer | Nathan | Baldoni | Reconciliation |

| ------------------------ | ------------ | ---------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- |

| Legitimate legal process | Sham lawsuit | Same “veneer of legitimacy” theory | Neutral | Does not meaningfully rebut | **Abel + Wayfarer aligned; little opposition beyond Jones** |