WME denies pressure from Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively to drop Justin Baldoni

Justin BaldoniFormer agency WME insists Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively It has nothing to do with them giving up actors and directors.
Last month, Lively, 37, filed a complaint with the California Civil Rights Division accusing Baldoni of sexual harassment and a hostile workplace on the film set, a day after the agency canceled Baldoni, 40. Customer identity. It all ends with us. On Tuesday, December 31st, Baldoni new york times — which reports on Lively’s Dec. 21 complaint — alleges in part that Reynolds pressured Baldoni’s agent to give up Deadpool and Wolverine Premiered last year, it sought to “destroy Baldoni’s career and personal life”.
On Wednesday, January 1, WME stated hollywood reporter“,” In Baldoni’s filing, Reynolds allegedly pressured Baldoni’s agent Deadpool and Wolverine Premiere. This is not true. Baldoni’s former representative was not present Deadpool and Wolverine At no point during the premiere was there any pressure from Reynolds or Lively to drop Baldoni as a client.
Bardoni sues new york times Defamation and false information, invasion of privacy, etc.
Winner of the lawsuit US Weeklyclaiming Lively was “systematically marginalized [him] Marketing from his own movies.
Baldoni also claimed Lively tried to ban him from the film’s premiere last summer.
“Lively’s initial refusal to allow him to attend the film’s premiere further diminished Baldoni’s role,” the lawsuit states. “Only under intense pressure did she reluctantly agree to allow Baldoni and the Walkers team to attend, but The conditions were humiliating for the Wayfarer team and their families, including Baldoni and [producer Jamey] Heath was isolated from the main cast, banned from exclusive after-parties, and forced to organize his own events at extra cost.
The lawsuit further describes Lively’s alleged behavior in ostracizing Baldoni and his family at a movie premiere.

“Baldoni’s red carpet participation was cut short and his family and friends were confined to a temporary holding area in the basement and then escorted to a separate theater after Lively left,” the lawsuit continues. “Not only did Lively steal the movie, he deprived Baldoni and his team of any real opportunity to celebrate their hard work.”
Lively filed the lawsuit against Baldoni on Tuesday in the Southern District of New York. us Can confirm. In addition to Baldoni, the actress is suing her publicist Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abeland Wayfarer Studios.
The lawsuit alleges sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy and lost wages. The claims are similar to those contained in Lively’s complaint filed 11 days ago with the California Civil Rights Division.
Lively’s attorneys responded to Baldoni’s lawsuit in a statement: “Nothing in this lawsuit changes the claims made by Ms. Lively in the California Civil Rights Division’s complaint, nor does it change the claims she made earlier this morning. Federal complaint filed at some time. us. “This lawsuit is based on the patently false premise that Ms. Lively’s administrative complaints against Wayfarer and others were a ruse based on a choice not to sue Wayfarer Baldoni and that the lawsuit was never hers.” The ultimate goal. As Ms. Lively’s federal complaint filed earlier today demonstrates, the Wayfarer lawsuit is framed in the wrong frame of reference. While we won’t be litigating this matter in the press, we do encourage people to read it in full. Ms. Lively’s Complaint. We look forward to addressing each of Wayfarer’s allegations in court.