Blake Lively It has responded via its legal team to Justin Baldoni The studio filed a new lawsuit against her, her publicist Leslie Sloan And her husband Ryan Reynolds.
Deposit, which was obtained before Us Weekly On Thursday, January 16th He is seeking $400 million in damages She accuses Lively, 37, of being “determined to make Baldoni the true villain of her story” to avoid her alleged “tone-deaf” promotion of And it ends with usa film that Baldoni, 40, and Lively worked on together. The lawsuit also includes charges of civil extortion, defamation, and false invasion of privacy Among other claims.
Lively's legal team responded to the Baldoni camp's “desperate” strategy, sharing a statement with Us Weekly On Thursday, January 16, in response.
“This is the latest lawsuit From Justin Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios, and partners, this is another chapter in the abusive playbook. This is an old story: a woman speaks out with concrete evidence of sexual harassment and retaliation, and the attacker tries to turn the tables on the victim. This is what experts call Darvo. He denies. attacks. “The perpetrator mirrored the victim,” the statement read. “Wayfarer has chosen to use the resources of its billionaire founder to issue media statements, launch baseless lawsuits, and threaten litigation to overwhelm the public’s ability to understand that what they are doing is retaliation for sexual harassment allegations.”
Justin Baldoni's studio has filed a new lawsuit against It Ends With Us star Blake Lively and her publicist Leslie Sloan, demanding $400 million in damages. According to the profile obtained by Us Weekly on Thursday, January 16, Lively, 37, was “determined to make Baldoni the true villain of her story” to avoid[…]
Lively's legal team accused Baldoni's team of trying to “shift” the focus onto Lively and away from Baldoni himself.
“They are trying to shift the narrative to Ms. Lively by falsely claiming that she took creative control and alienated the actors from Mr. Baldoni. The evidence will show that the actors and others had their own negative experiences with Mr. Baldoni and Wayfarer. The evidence will also show that Sony asked Ms. Lively to supervise the Sony version of the film, which they then picked up for distribution and was a huge success.
The statement continued: “Their response to the sexual harassment allegations: She wanted it, and it’s her fault. Their justification for what happened to her: Look what she was wearing. In short, while the victim focuses on the abuse, the abuser focuses on the victim. “The strategy of attacking the woman is desperate, does not refute the evidence in Ms. Lively’s complaint, and will fail.”
Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively.
(Photo by Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)Baldoni claimed that the dispute between him and Lively began in May 2023 when the film began. He claimed that Lively devised a “takeover strategy” as they struggled for creative control.
The documents include emails between Baldoni and Lively before filming began, in which Baldoni claimed Lively “expressed warm gratitude” for the preparation but thought she would try to get things under control.
Baldoni claimed Lively I didn't read And it ends with us. “She even tried Googling her character’s hair color instead of picking up the book,” the lawsuit says.
After the lawsuit, Baldoni's lawyer said: brian Friedman, Share a statement to we“This lawsuit is a legal action based on a massive amount of untampered evidence detailing Blake Lively and her team’s duplicitous attempt to destroy Justin Baldoni, his team, and their companies by releasing new, grossly altered, and unsubstantiated information to the media.”
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Updated 1/16/25 at 12:43 PM ET: Justin Baldoni's Wayfarer Studios filed a $400 million lawsuit against actor Blake Lively and her publicist, Leslie Sloan, on Thursday, January 16, in a 179-page filing that… Obtained. By Us Weekly, Baldoni claimed that Lively was “determined” to make him “a real villain in her story.” (…)
The statement continued: “It is clear based on our full willingness to present all of the full text messages, emails, video footage and other documentary evidence that was shared between the parties in real time, that this is a fight that will not be won and will not be won.” You will definitely regret it. Blake Lively was either severely misled by her team or she knowingly and intentionally misrepresented the truth.
“Ms. Lively will never again be allowed to continue to exploit actual victims of real harassment just to gain her personal reputation at the expense of those without power,” the statement read. “Let’s not forget that Ms. Lively and her team tried to destroy reputations and livelihoods for reasons Outrageously selfish in their dangerous manipulation of the media even before any actual legal action is taken. We know the truth, and now the public knows it too. “Justin and his team have nothing to hide, the documents don’t lie.”
Us Weekly I have reached out to Baldoni for comment.
