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Gareth Cattermole/Getty ImagesBlake LivelyLawyers denounce “more attacks” from… Justin Baldoni And his team.
New York Times Break the news On December 21, Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldoni – her actor and director in the film. And it ends with us – Due to sexual harassment. Baldoni denied all the accusations against him in the lawsuit that was He got it Us WeeklyDays later, he was among 10 plaintiffs who launched a campaign $250 million lawsuit against New York Times For her coverage of Lively's accusations.
On New Year's Eve, the lively, 37-year-old… I filed a lawsuit v. Baldoni, 40, in federal court in New York, reversing her previous claims she filed with the California Department of Civil Rights. In addition to Baldoni, Lively is suing her publicists Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Appelas well as Wayfarer Studios, Baldoni's production company.
The actress's lawyers said the people In a statement on Monday, January 6, Lively said that Lively's “serious allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation” are “supported by concrete facts.”
The reported feud between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni made headlines months before the It Ends With Us stars filed lawsuits. While Lively and Baldoni promoted the film in August 2024, rumors began swirling about an alleged feud between the duo. Fans noticed that Lively was promoting the film with some of her actors while Baldoni, who (…)
“This is not a ‘dispute’ arising out of ‘creative differences’ or a ‘he said/she said’ situation,” the attorneys’ statement read, according to the outlet. “As alleged in Ms. Lively’s complaint, and as we will demonstrate in the lawsuit, Wayfarer (Studios) and its partners engaged in Illegal and retaliatory false business activity against Ms. Lively simply for trying to protect herself and others on the movie set. Their response to the lawsuit has been to launch more attacks against Ms. Lively since it was filed.
“Sexual harassment and retaliation are illegal in every workplace and in every industry,” the statement noted. The classic tactic to deflect attention from allegations of this type of misconduct is to “blame the victim” by suggesting that they were the ones who encouraged the behavior, brought it on themselves, misunderstood the intentions, or even lied.
“Another classic tactic is to mirror the victim and perpetrator, and suggest that the perpetrator is actually the victim,” Lively’s team continued. “These notions normalize and trivialize allegations of serious misconduct.”
In conclusion, they wrote: “More importantly, the media statements are not a defense of Ms. Lively’s legal claims. “We will continue to prosecute her claims in federal court, where the rule of law determines who prevails, not exaggeration and threats.”
The knives are well and true when it comes to the professional relationship between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. Both Lively, 37, and Baldoni, 40, have claimed in their legal battles that each had a hand in creating different clips of the film at the heart of the drama, It Ends With Us. in (…)
Us Weekly I contacted Baldoni's lawyer, Brian Friedmanfor comment.
Friedman said on Thursday, January 2 NBC News He “absolutely” intends to sue Lively on behalf of his client.
“We plan to publish every text message between them,” Friedman told the outlet. “We want the truth to be out there. We want the documents to be out there. We want people to make their decision based on the receipts.”
Previously, he shared a statement with wevowing to “overthrow” New York Times Because of the “vicious smear campaign.”
As for timesA spokesman said we That the outlet plans to “vigorously defend” itself.
“The role of an independent news organization is to follow the facts wherever they lead,” a Dec. 31 statement said. Our story has been reported accurately and responsibly. It was based on a review of thousands of pages of original documents, including text messages and emails that we carefully and extensively quote in the article. Those texts and emails were also the core of Blake Lively's discrimination lawsuit in California against Justin Baldoni and his associates.
