Contrary to previous claim that the 'Ted Lasso' star 'had no prior knowledge of the time or place' that the legal papers would be served, a legal expert says it's not 'probable' that he wasn't consulted beforehand.

• May 3, 2022

AceShowbiz - The moment Olivia Wilde was served with legal papers from Jason Sudeikis at CinemaCon was apparently caught on camera. Nearly a week after news broke of the incident, a video of the embarrassing situation has surfaced online.

In the clip obtained by TMZ, the actress was talking about her new film "Don't Worry Darling" onstage in Las Vegas when she noticed an envelope placed right down next to her at her feet. She paused her presentation to pick up the manila envelope.

"This is for me? Is this a script?" she asked. She took a peek inside the envelope, which was labeled "personal and confidential," before she said, "Ok got it. Thank you." She then continued the presentation like nothing happened.

After it was revealed that the envelope contained legal papers from Olivia's ex Jason, a source close to the "Saturday Night Live" alum told Vanity Fair, "Papers were drawn up to establish jurisdiction relating to the children of Ms. Wilde and Mr. Sudeikis."

The source claimed, "Mr. Sudeikis had no prior knowledge of the time or place that the envelope would have been delivered as this would solely be up to the process service company involved and he would never condone her being served in such an inappropriate manner."

However, a legal expert begs to differ. Family law specialist David Glass tells Variety, "This is highly unlikely" that Jason was unaware of when and where the papers would be served. "While an attorney is not required to consult with a client before deciding how and when to serve, it is routinely done in the field to avoid these kinds of appearance mistakes," the legal expert explains, adding that while it's "possible" the comedian wouldn't have known, it's not "probable."

Backing up this claim, tickets for CinemaCon, which is a trade event, are upwards of $1,200, meaning it's unlikely that a process server would have paid it with their own money or made their own way into the event without clearing it first. "The family law attorney will usually consult with his or her client on where and when the other party can be found and how it will be serviced," David adds.

Moreover, as the site points out, neither CinemaCon nor Warner Bros. announced the lineup in advance, meaning members of the public would not have known that Olivia would be attending the convention. So the process server would have been given prior information about the "Tron Legacy" star's whereabouts by someone from her inner circle.

"Usually the attorney gives several ideas of where and when to serve, a photo, perhaps the description of the car and instruct the process server how you would like it done," David says. "It is extremely rare that a process server would, on their own, do research and figure out how to serve."

Neither Olivia nor Jason has spoken up on the matter.