Jack Schlossberg The troll continued Justin Baldoni on social media amid a legal battle with the actor And it ends with us com. costar Blake Lively.
“Justice for Justin!!! All of our communications have the privilege of an attorney-client relationship, a protection that only a client may wave. Instagram On Sunday, January 5. “I am bound and gagged by Mr. Baldoni until he releases me.”
Along with his comment, there was a screenshot of a news article covering Baldoni's real lawyer's response regarding Schlossberg's online trolling.
Earlier this week, the writer and grandson of former President john f. Kennedy He claimed He took Baldoni40 years old, as a client.
“I have agreed to take on Justin Baldoni as a client. Why? Fairness,” he wrote via X on Thursday, January 2. “Everyone is entitled to a fair trial and a zealous defense. Justin has nothing to hide, justice will be his revenge. After the Boston Massacre, John Adams represented the British at trial. Same day, different day.”
“My personal feelings about Justin Baldoni are irrelevant,” added Schlossberg, who graduated from Harvard Law School and passed the bar exam in 2023. Justin is my client, and I am his attorney. Even the most heinous individuals have the right to have a lawyer defend them. I'm not a hero. “I'm just doing my job.”
While Schlossberg was — and still is — joking, both fans and some members of the media believed his initial claims, and some media outlets even ran stories claiming that a Vogue political correspondent was Baldoni's actual lawyer.
Baldoni's real lawyer Brian Friedmansaid L Daily Mail Schlossberg's stunt was “ridiculous,” explaining that “no one on my team talked to him.”
Currently, Baldoni prosecution New York Times For $250 million, the publication is accused of defamation and false invasion of privacy over its coverage of Lively, 37, and her allegations of sexual harassment against the director.
Friedman shared in an interview with NBC News on Thursday that he did, too She plans to sue Lively On behalf of Baldoni. “We plan to post every text message between them,” Friedman said at the time. “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.”
Baldoni filed his lawsuit against times on December 31, 2024. On the same day, Lively filed her own lawsuit against Baldoni, his publicist. Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Appeland Baldoni's Wayfarer production company, were charged with sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy, and loss of wages.
“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,” Lively said in a statement to Us Weekly on December 21. I filed a complaint With the California Department of Civil Rights regarding similar allegations.