Justin BaldoniFormer agency WME insists so Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively They have nothing to do with bringing down the actor and director.
Talent agency Baldoni, 40, was dropped as a client last month Just one day after Lively, 37, filed a complaint with the California Department of Civil Rights, Baldoni accused of sexual harassment And a hostile workplace on the set of their film, And it ends with us. On Tuesday, December 31, Baldoni She filed a $250 million lawsuit against New York Times — which covered Lively's Dec. 21 complaint — alleged, in part, that Reynolds pressured Baldoni's agent to drop him in the Deadpool Wolverine Premiere last year in an attempt to “destroy Baldoni's professional and personal life.”
WME said on Wednesday, January 1 Hollywood Reporter“In Baldoni’s file, there is an allegation that Reynolds pressured Baldoni’s agent to… Deadpool Wolverine Premiere. This is not true. Baldoni's former representative was not present Deadpool Wolverine premiere and at no point was there any pressure from Reynolds or Lively to drop Baldoni as a client.
Baldoni files a lawsuit against New York Times For defamation and false invasion of privacy, among others.
Getty Images (2) Justin Baldoni retracts the accusations made by It Ends With Us star Blake Lively in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, December 31. Baldoni, 40, is suing The New York Times for $250 million, alleging defamation, lying, and a minor violation of privacy due to a story the newspaper published in December (…)
The lawsuit he obtained Us Weeklyclaims that Lively “systematically marginalized him from the marketing of his own film.”
Baldoni also claimed so Lively tried to block him from the film's premiere Last summer.
“Further undermining Baldoni’s role, Lively initially refused to allow him to attend the film’s premiere,” the lawsuit said. “Only after significant pressure did I reluctantly agree to allow Baldoni and the Wayfarer team to attend, but under humiliating conditions. The Wayfarer team and their families, including Baldoni and (producer Jamey) Heath, were separated from the main cast, banned from attending the exclusive ceremony, and forced to They can organize their own event at an additional cost.
The lawsuit also describes Lively's alleged efforts to ostracize Baldoni and his family at the film's premiere.
“Baldoni’s participation on the red carpet was cut short, and his family and friends were detained in a temporary holding area in the basement before being escorted to a separate theater after Lively’s departure,” the lawsuit continues. “Not only did Lively steal the film, she also denied Baldoni and his team any real opportunity to celebrate their hard work.”
vitality She filed a lawsuit against Baldoni In the Southern District of New York on Tuesday. we can be confirmed. In addition to Baldoni, the actress is also suing the publicist Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Appelalong with Wayfarer Studios.
Updated 12/31/21 at 11:30 PM ET: Justin Baldoni was one of 10 plaintiffs filing a $250 million lawsuit against The New York Times following its reporting on actor Blake Lively after she sued him for sexual harassment. The plaintiffs in the suit, which also includes publicists Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Appel as well as It Ends With Us (…)
The lawsuit alleges sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy and loss of wages. The claims parallel those made in Lively's complaint filed with the California Department of Civil Rights 11 days ago.
“Nothing in this lawsuit changes anything regarding the allegations made in Ms. Lively’s California Department of Civil Rights complaint, nor her federal complaint, which was filed earlier today,” Lively’s attorney responded to Baldoni’s lawsuit in a statement to we. “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 its 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.
