Ex-NYPD detective John Connolly and longtime partner Dorothy Carvello in New York City in 2005. Patrick McMullan via Getty Images

We told you yesterday that famed Hollywood reporter John Connolly’s archive is being shopped, sending shivers through a town all too familiar with the late journo’s exposés. Connolly’s longtime partner, music industry veteran and author Dorothy Carvello , told Page Six Hollywood exclusively that she is shopping his reporting and intellectual property that covered all manner of Tinseltown maleficence and had engaged an unnamed lawyer.

We’ve learned that the lawyer who is representing Carvello is none other than Bryan Freedman . The legal eagle seems to be involved with every high-profile matter of the moment, including the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni settlement that went from civil to frosty, as well as a rift involving “60 Minutes” correspondent Sharyl Alfonsi , who is being shown the door by CBS News topper Bari Weiss at the end of the month when her contract expires.…