Does it end with us?
More like…it’s just start between them.
As you may have already read, Blake Lively last month accused Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment on the set of her latest hit film; Claiming that his co-star created a hostile work environment on the sets of the film and subsequently participating in a defamation campaign against his colleague.
And now Baldoni has hit back.
Lawyers for the 40-year-old filed a $400 million lawsuit in the Southern District of New York on January 16 on behalf of Baldoni, producer Jamie Heath, publicist Jennifer Abel and Crisis publicist Melissa Nathan.
Baldoni Civil Extortion… Defamation… Invasion of privacy in a false light… Breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing… Intentional interference with contractual relations… Intentional interference with prospective pecuniary gain.. .and is taking legal action on charges of reckless interference with potential economic benefits. ,
The actor also directed It End’s With Us.
She states in these documents that Lively was “determined to make Baldoni the real-life villain of her story,” and that there were “false stories” of her sexual harassment, noting that following the film’s release the Gossip Girl alumnus The damaged reputation of “was”. Its own creation,” and not some smear campaign His The lawsuit states.
Baldoni cited “disastrous wrong decisions” made by Lively, who served as a producer on the film and who reportedly determined the final cut of the film.
“Working with her husband, her publicist, and Jones and others, Lively began a campaign to defame Plaintiff in the press,” the lawsuit states.
“They conspired and worked with the New York Times to produce a blockbuster news report that was devastating and false.”
Of course, Lively is married to Ryan Reynolds.
The lawsuit also documents a meeting at Lively and Reynolds’ New York City apartment sometime earlier, during which Taylor Swift came over to compliment Lively’s rewrites on a scene from the film.
Baldoni’s filing further claims that Lively “planned to destroy Plaintiffs’ livelihoods and businesses if they did not bow to his persistent demands, and when they refused to give way, he did exactly that.” did the same, and accused him of dishonesty and reprehensible sexual misconduct.”
Elsewhere in the lawsuit, Baldoni alleged that Lively “had a reputation for being difficult to work with,” and that “almost immediately” he “invested himself in the production process in intrusive ways beyond the scope of his contractual rights.” Started.”
This included examples of Lively taking control of her character’s wardrobe and rewriting the script.
Baldoni’s lawyer had previously denied the claims made against his client.
These claims include how Baldoni caused Lively “severe emotional distress” as a result of his behavior on set… which included “showing Blake nude videos or pictures of women”, as well as Baldoni’s past “pornography. Also included was discussion of “addiction” or “sexual conquest”. ,
In a new statement, the aforementioned lawyer says:
“This lawsuit is a legal action based on massive amounts of tampered evidence, including an attempt by Blake Lively and her team to destroy Justin Baldoni, his team, and their associated companies by circulating highly edited, unproven, new and doctored information in the media. Details of the dual effort are given.
“Based on our complete willingness to provide all full text messages, emails, video footage and other documentary evidence shared between the parties in real time it is clear that this is a battle she will not win and will certainly regret .
“Blake Lively was either seriously misled by her team or knowingly and knowingly misrepresented the truth.”
This latest message ends:
Let’s not forget, Ms. Lively and her team attempted to destroy reputations and livelihoods for despicably selfish reasons through their dangerous manipulation of the media before taking any actual legal action.
We know the truth, and now the public knows it too.
“Justin and his team have nothing to hide, the documents don’t lie.”