Blake Lively’s lawyers condemn ‘more attacks’ by Justin Baldoni
Blake Lively.
Gareth Cattermole/Getty ImagesBlake LivelyLawyers condemn “more attacks” from the side Justin Baldoni and his team.
The New York Times reported the news On December 21, Lively sued Baldoni, her co-star and director It ends with us — for sexual harassment. Baldoni denied all the allegations against him in the lawsuit that was filed obtained by Us Weeklyand a few days later was among 10 plaintiffs who launched a $250 million lawsuit against The New York Times for covering Lively’s allegations.
On New Year’s Eve, Zhivaya, 37, st. sued against Baldoni, 40, in New York federal court, mirroring her earlier lawsuits filed with the California Department of Civil Rights. In addition to Baldoni, Lively is suing PR people Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abelas well as Wayfarer Studios, Baldoni’s production company.
The lawyers of the actress told about it People in a statement on Monday, Jan. 6, it said that Lively’s “serious allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation” are “supported by concrete facts.”
The feud between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni made headlines months before the It’s Over with Us co-stars filed a lawsuit. While Lively and Baldoni were promoting the August 2024 film, rumors of an alleged feud between the pair surfaced. Fans noticed that Lively was promoting the film with some of her co-stars, and Baldoni, who (…)
“This is not a ‘feud’ arising out of ‘creative differences’ or a ‘he said/she said’ situation,” the lawyers said in a statement, according to the paper. “As Ms. Lively’s complaint alleges and as we will prove at trial, Wayfarer (Studios) and its partners engaged in illegal astroturfing in retaliation for Ms. Lively simply trying to protect herself and others on set. And their response to the lawsuit has been to launch more attacks on Ms. Lively since she filed.”
The statement said: “Sexual harassment and retaliation are illegal in every workplace and in every industry. A classic tactic to deflect attention from accusations of this type of misconduct is to “blame the victim” by suggesting that they suggested the behavior, caused it themselves, misunderstood the intent, or even lied.
Lively’s team continued: “Another classic tactic is to reverse the victim and perpetrator and suggest that the perpetrator is actually the victim. These concepts normalize and trivialize accusations of serious violations.”
And they concluded: “Most importantly, media statements are not a defense against Ms. Lively’s legal claims. We will continue to pursue her claims in federal court, where the rule of law determines who prevails, not hyperbole and threats.”
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Us Weekly turned to Baldoni’s lawyer, Brian Friedmanfor comments.
Friedman told about it on Thursday, January 2 NBC News that he “absolutely” planned to sue Lively on behalf of his client.
“We plan to release every text message between them,” Friedman said. “We want the truth to be revealed. We want the documents to be there. We want people to be defined on the basis of receipts.’
Earlier, he shared a statement with usswearing to “take off” The New York Times for his “vicious smear campaign”.
As for Timessaid the press secretary us that the publication plans to “defend itself vigorously.”
“The role of an independent news organization is to follow the facts, where they lead,” says the statement dated December 31. – Our story was scrupulously and responsibly published. It was based on a review of thousands of pages of original documents, including text messages and emails, which we quote accurately and in detail in the article. Those texts and emails were also at the heart of a discrimination lawsuit filed in California by Blake Lively against Justin Baldoni and his associates.”
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