Blake Lively.
Gareth Cattermole/Getty ImagesBlake LivelyLawyers condemn ‘more attacks’ from Justin Baldoni and his team.
new york times Break the news On December 21, Lively sued Baldoni, her co-star and director on the film It all ends with us – sexual harassment. Baldoni denies all allegations leveled against him in the lawsuit Obtained from US Weeklydays later he was one of 10 plaintiffs in a lawsuit $250 million lawsuit be opposed to new york times for its reporting on the allegations against Lively.
New Year’s Eve, lively, 37 years old, File a lawsuit The lawsuit filed against Baldoni, 40, in New York federal court is consistent with claims she previously filed with the California Civil Rights Division. In addition to Baldoni, Lively also sues publicist Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abeland Baldoni’s production company Wayfarer Studios.
Actress’ lawyer told people In a statement on Monday, January 6, Lively’s “serious allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation” were “supported by concrete facts.”
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s feud made headlines just months before the “Besides Us” costars filed a lawsuit. When Lively and Baldoni were promoting the film in August 2024, rumors began to circulate about an alleged feud between the two. Fans noticed that Lively was promoting the film with some of her costars, while Baldoni […]
“This is not a ‘feud’ arising out of ‘creative differences’ or a ‘he said/she said’ situation,” the attorney’s statement read, according to media reports. “As alleged in Ms. Lively’s complaint , and we will prove in the lawsuit that Wayfarer [Studios] Ms. Lively was simply trying to protect herself and others on the film set, so the company and its associates engaged in an unlawful retaliatory attack on Ms. Lively. Since Ms. Lively filed the lawsuit, they have responded to the lawsuit with more attacks on her.
“Sexual harassment and retaliation are illegal in every workplace and every industry,” the statement states. “A classic tactic to deflect attention from allegations of such misconduct is to ‘blame the victim,’ implying that they invited the behavior , caused this behavior themselves, misunderstood the intention, and even lied.
Lively’s team continued, “Another classic tactic is to invert victim and perpetrator and imply that the perpetrator is actually the victim. These concepts normalize and trivialize allegations of serious misconduct.
Finally, they wrote: “The bottom line is that the media statements do not defend Ms. Lively’s legal claims. We will continue to prosecute her claims in federal court, and the rule of law, not hyperbole and threats, will determine who wins.”
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s professional relationship is already on edge. Lively, 37, and Baldoni, 40, both claimed in their respective legal proceedings that they each had a hand in creating different cuts of the film at the center of the drama “This Is Us.” exist […]
US Weekly Contacted Baldoni’s lawyer, Brian Friedmanfor comments.
On Thursday, January 2, Friedman told nbc news He “absolutely” plans to sue Lively on behalf of his client.
“We plan to release every text message between the two of them,” Friedman told the outlet. “We want the truth to come out. We want these documents to be made public. We want people to make decisions based on receipts.
Previously, he had worked with usvowing to “take it” new york times Because of its “malicious smear campaign.”
As for eraa spokesperson told us The outlet is planning to “vigorously defend” itself.
“The role of independent news organizations is to follow the facts where they lead,” the Dec. 31 statement read. “Our story was reported carefully and responsibly. It is based on a review of thousands of pages of original documents, Including the text messages and emails we quoted in detail in our article, which are also at the crux of Blake Lively’s discrimination claims against Justin Baldoni and his associates in California.
