Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively.
(Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)Justin Baldonilawyer Brian Friedman She “definitely” intends to file a lawsuit Blake Lively On behalf of his client.
Friedman asked NBC News In an interview on Thursday, January 2, he asked whether he plans to sue Lively, 37, on behalf of… And it ends with us exit. “Absolutely… yes,” Friedman replied.
“We plan to release 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.”
This comes after Baldoni, 40 years old, She 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.
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. (…)
Baldoni was one of 10 plaintiffs in the case The suitwhich also includes advertising Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Appel Besides It ends with UProducers James Heath and Steve SarawiczWho initiated legal proceedings against the media outlet.
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 talked about it Its 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.
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.
(Photo by Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)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 of the inaccuracies in the lawsuit, when requesting comments from Mr. Baldoni and others who would be mentioned in the article, The Times shared the information we intended to publish, including references to specific text messages and documents, and asked them to identify any inaccurate information and provide context.” Additional and talk to 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.)
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.
Friedman also shared 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 overthrow 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.”
