Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.
(Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Michael Kors/Photo by Fraser Harrison/Getty Images)Knives are good and true when it comes to Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni Professional relationship.
Both Lively, 37, and Baldoni, 40, have claimed in their legal battles that they each had a hand in creating different pieces. The film is at the heart of the drama, And it ends with us.
in Her complaintvivid details of the changes Baldoni allegedly made while filming the film Colin Hoover Book adaptation.
She claimed that additional “graphic” scenes were added that were not originally in the script.
Star and director Justin Baldoni has sued The New York Times after it reported on actor Blake Lively after she sued him for sexual harassment. Baldoni, 40, filed a $250 million lawsuit against Lively, 37, on Tuesday, December 31, in Los Angeles Superior Court, Us Weekly confirms. (…)
One of the allegedly graphic scenes described in the complaint was one that required Lively to “orgasm on camera” — a scene that did not appear in the original script.
“After Ms. Lively signed off on the film based on the draft script, Mr. Baldoni, without Ms. Lively’s knowledge or consent, personally added graphic content, including a scene in which
“Ms. Lively was having an orgasm on camera,” the complaint states. “When Ms. Lively objected to these additions, Mr. Baldoni insisted on adding them because he was making the film “through the female gaze.”
The legal document went on to describe the concurrent climax scene that Lively claimed Baldoni called for to be included.
“Although he agreed to remove the scenes, he made a final attempt to keep a scene in which a couple orgasms together on their wedding night, which he said was important to him because he and his partner climax simultaneously during intercourse.” He reads. “Mr. Baldoni then intrusively asked Ms. Lively whether she and her husband reached climax simultaneously during intercourse, which Ms. Lively found offensive and refused to discuss.
According to Lively's complaint, Baldoni also allegedly added a scene involving the younger version of her character Lily (played by Isabella Ferrer) Losing her virginity.
“Mr. Baldoni added an elaborate scene to the film in which the underage version of Ms. Lively's character, Lily, loses her virginity. In both the book and the film script, there was no sex scene; instead, the details of this moment were left to the audience's imagination,” read the complaint.
She continued: “But Mr. Baldoni added significant details, including both the dialogue between Young Lily and her boyfriend (Atlas) about losing her virginity, as well as a simulated sex scene that Mr. Baldoni filmed and included in his initial cut of the film, a close-up of Young Lily’s face.” , accompanied by audible gasping at the moment of penetration. Ms. Lively was told that when that scene was being filmed, after Mr. Baldoni said “cut,” he turned to the actors and said, “I know I'm not supposed to say this, but that was exciting.” “Have you ever done this before?”
Baldoni filed a $250 million lawsuit against New York Times On Tuesday, December 31st. The actor and director filed a lawsuit for defamation and false invasion of privacy New York Times' Reporting on costar Lively after she sued him for sexual harassment.
The manager was one of 10 plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which also includes publicists Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Appel Besides And it ends with us Producers James Heath and steve Sarawicz, Who initiated legal action against the media.
In his complaint, Baldoni alleged two different and competing amendments to And it ends with us They appeared during the production – one supervised and the other commissioned by Lively. Baldoni claimed that his version tested significantly superior to Lively's with focus groups.
Justin Baldoni's lawsuit against The New York Times has further highlighted the clear creative differences between him and It Ends With Us star Blake Lively. Baldoni (40 years old) is suing The Times for $250 million on claims of defamation and false invasion of privacy due to the newspaper’s reports of a lawsuit being filed against him on sexual charges (…)
On the same day, Baldoni filed a lawsuit against him New York Times, Lively has officially filed a lawsuit v. Baldoni, Nathan & Abel, along with Wayfarer Studios in the Southern District of New York.
The lawsuit alleged sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy and loss of wages. These allegations parallel those made in Lively's complaint filed with the California Department of Civil Rights last week.
Lively addressed her legal action via a statement on Saturday, December 21 to Us Weekly.
“I hope my legal action will help draw the curtain on these evil retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak out about misconduct, and help protect others who may be targeted,” she said.
A New York Times The spokesman said Us Weekly in a statement on Tuesday, December 31 that the outlet plans to “vigorously defend against the lawsuit.”
“The role of an independent news organization is to follow the facts wherever they lead,” the statement said. “Our story was reported accurately and responsibly. It was based on a review of thousands of pages of original documents, including text messages and emails that we accurately and extensively quote in the article. Those texts and emails were also at the core of Blake Lively's discrimination lawsuit in California Against Justin Baldoni and his companions.
The statement continued: “To address some inaccuracies in the lawsuit, when requesting comments from Mr. Baldoni and others who will be mentioned in the article, The times We shared the information we intended to release, including references to specific text messages and documents, and asked them to identify any inaccuracies, provide additional context, and speak with our team. Mr. Baldoni, Wayfarer and the other subjects chose not to have any conversations with The Times or address any of the specific text messages or documents and instead sent a joint email response, which has been published in full. (They also sent their response to The Times at 11:16 p.m. ET on December 20, not 2:16 a.m. ET on December 21 as the complaint says.)
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.
(Photo by Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)In response to Baldoni's filing, Lively's attorney said: we on Tuesday, December 31, that the lawsuit was based on a “patently false premise.”
“Nothing in this lawsuit changes anything regarding the allegations made in Ms. Lively’s complaint with the California Department of Civil Rights, nor her federal complaint filed earlier today,” the statement read. “This lawsuit is based on the patently false premise that Ms. Lively’s administrative complaint against Wayfarer and others was a sham based on a choice “not to sue Baldoni, Wayfarer,” and that “litigation was never her ultimate goal.” As the complaint states According to the Federal Reserve, which Ms. Lively filed earlier today, this frame of reference for the Wayfarer lawsuit is incorrect. Although we will not litigate this matter in the press, we encourage people to read Ms. Lively's complaint We look forward to fully addressing all of Wayfarer's claims in court.
Updated 12/31/21 at 11:30 PM ET: Justin Baldoni was one of 10 plaintiffs filing a $250 million lawsuit against The New York Times following its reporting on actor Blake Lively after she sued him for sexual harassment. The plaintiffs in the suit, which also includes publicists Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Appel as well as It Ends With Us (…)
Baldoni's lawyer Brian Friedman Also share a statement with Us Weeklypledging to “take down” New York Times Because of the “vicious smear campaign.”
“In this vicious smear campaign entirely orchestrated by Blake Lively and her team, New York Times “They submitted to the desires and whims of two of Hollywood's powerful 'untouchable' elite, ignoring journalistic practices and ethics that were once befitting the venerable publication by using manipulated and manipulated texts and deliberately deleting texts that conflicted with their chosen PR narrative,” he said in a statement. . we On Tuesday, December 31st. Online audience. The irony is rich.
He continued: “But make no mistake, we are all united to bring down The New York Times By no longer allowing them to deceive the public, we will continue this crusade of authenticity by prosecuting individuals who abused their power to try to ruin my clients' lives. While their side espouses partial truths, we embrace the full truth – and we have all the communications to back it up. “The public will decide for themselves, as they did when this first started.”
