Justin Baldoni
Greg Doherty/Getty ImagesJustin Baldoni He is leaning on his loved ones amid his ongoing legal battle against him Blake Lively.
“We're grateful to be with family, man,” Baldoni, 40, told photographers on Friday, January 17, at Los Angeles International Airport in a video obtained by the website. TMZ. “We have amazing friends, family and faith.”
Baldoni shares daughter Maya, 9, and son Maxwell, 7, with his wife. Emily. According to photos published by TMZ, the Baldoni families joined on Friday.
A day ago, news broke that Baldoni had named Lively, 37, In a $400 million lawsuit. In the deposit, which he received weBaldoni's legal team claimed that Lively was “determined to make Baldoni the true villain of her story” to hide her alleged “tone-deaf” promotion of the film.
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 “true villain in her story.” (…)
Baldoni directed and starred in 2024 And it ends with us,adaptation Colin HooverA novel about an abusive relationship. Lively also starred in the film, playing the protagonist Lily Bloom, and served as an executive producer. (Baldoni played Lily's husband, Ryle Kincaid.)
Months after the film's August 2024 premiere, Lively accused Baldoni of sexual harassment and fostering a “hostile work environment.” As claimed in Her lawsuit is due in December 2024 That Baldoni attempted to coordinate a focused campaign to destroy her reputation.
“This lawsuit is a legal action based on a vast amount of untampered evidence detailing the case of Blake Lively and her team.” A double attempt at destruction Justin Baldoni, his team, and their companies by publishing new, blatantly manipulated and baseless information to the media. Brian Friedman He said in a statement to: we On Thursday, January 16th. “It is clear based on our full willingness to provide 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 you will not win and will certainly regret. Blake Lively has been severely misled by her team or She deliberately and intentionally distorted the truth.
“Ma’am,” Friedman continued. Never again will Lively be allowed to continue exploiting actual victims of real harassment just to gain her personal reputation at the expense of those without power. Let's not forget Ms. Lively and her team They tried to destroy reputations and livelihoods For hideous selfish reasons through 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.”
Justin Baldoni's lawsuit against The New York Times has shed more light on 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, claiming defamation and false invasion of privacy due to the newspaper’s reports of a lawsuit being filed against him on sexual charges (…)
Live, through a spokesperson, He denied the accusations In a statement.
“This latest lawsuit filed by Justin Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios, and its partners is another chapter in the abuser's playbook. This is an old story: A woman speaks out with concrete evidence of sexual harassment and retaliation, and her abuser tries to turn the tables on the victim. we In a statement. “This is what experts call a Darvo. Deny. Attack. Reverse perpetrator-victim. Wayfarer has chosen to use its billionaire founder's resources 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.” .
Lively's lawyers also claimed that Baldwin's camp was “trying to change the narrative” by falsely claiming that she took over the production and alienated the audience. And it ends with us Actor from Baldoni.
“The evidence will show that actors and others had their own negative experiences with Mr. Baldoni and Wayfarer,” Lively’s statement continued. “The evidence will also show that Sony asked Ms. Lively to supervise Sony's production of the film, which they then selected for distribution and became a huge success. 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.”
Baldoni's team did not respond to Lively's response. we I have reached out for comment.
