Justin BaldoniMy attorney has responded blake bioHe recently applied for a gag order amid the pair's ongoing legal drama.
According to the message received US Weekly On Friday, January 24, Baldoni's attorney Kevin Fritz He asked the judge to dismiss the gag order if formally requested by Lively's team. Fritz argued that Lively, 37, started a “media feeding frenzy” and claimed she provided The New York Times With a copy of Her original complaint Which included her allegations against Baldoni, 41, and his studio, Wayfarer.
“The results were so completely overwhelming to Mr. Baldoni and the other Wayfarer parties, that they immediately became objects of public scorn and contempt,” the letter read. “Already, Wayfarer parties have been banished from polite society and suffered hundreds of millions of dollars in damage due to Ms. Lively's media-scorching campaign.”
Fritz claimed that this move by Lively's legal team was an “intimidation tactic” especially after Baldoni's team recently released unseen footage of Ends with us This includes Baldoni and the lively interaction during the dance scene.
“The desire of vital parties to force parties down the road to defend themselves privately against allegations made publicly is not an appropriate basis for a gag order.” “They're tactical games, and they're outrageous.”
The decision will be discussed at a conference scheduled for February 12.
we Contact reps for Baldoni and Lively for comment.
Earlier this week, Brian Friedmanwho is an additional lawyer for Belladoni, Release the video In an attempt to refute Lively's side of the story.
Footage obtained by we On Tuesday, January 21, he began with a statement that read, “Mrs. Ms. Lively's description of his behavior is clearly designed to show the two people falling in love and longing to be close to each other The actors behave well within the scope of the scene and the interoperability and professionalism of all three takes on the portrayal of the sequence.”
The footage showed a scene that appeared in both Lively and Baldoni's lawsuits. In the video, Lively and Baldoni are seen discussing his nose and the smell of her spray. (Baldoni claimed in his court documents that the pulse told him that Get a nose job. She claimed, for her part, that Baldoni was out of character when he complimented her scent.)
After the video made headlines, Lively's legal team responded to the clip, claiming it was “toxic” because it confirms her narrative.
Blake Lively's legal team has responded to the new US video footage released by Justin Baldoni's lawyer. “Justin Baldoni and his lawyers may hope that this latest trick will advance the devastating evidence against him, but the video itself is damning. Every frame of footage released proves, to[…]
“The video shows Mr. Baldooni repeatedly leaning toward Ms. Lively, trying to kiss her, kissing her forehead, rubbing his face and mouth on her neck, them lifting her lip with his thumb, and them supporting her, telling her how she smelled,” Lively’s team said in a statement to we Tuesday.
the next day , we She got a lively letter and her husband, Ryan Reynoldspresented in court on Tuesday, Desire for a protective order To prevent Friedman from engaging in “inappropriate conduct” against the couple. The couple claimed that Friedman was violating court rules that prohibit a lawyer from addressing the press with statements that are not related to the case and could prejudice a jury trial.
The legal drama for Event and Baldoni began last month when she litigate Against the director, she claims that he sexually harassed her and created a hostile work environment while she was on set Ends with us. Baldoni has strongly denied the allegations. Then he filed a lawsuit New York Times For $250 million, the outlet reports on Lively's claims against him. Baldoni also filed a lawsuit against Reynolds, Lively's publicist, Leslie Sloanand Searching for $400 million In damages.
