Blake Lively has responded to the lawsuit that her “It Ends With Us” co-star Justin Baldoni filed yesterday.
The 179-page lawsuit was filed in a New York federal court against Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and two publicists. The suit alleged crimes including extortion, defamation, and claims related to breach of contract, per Variety.
“This is an age-old story: A woman speaks up with concrete evidence of sexual harassment and retaliation and the abuser attempts to turn the tables on the victim. This is what experts call DARVO. Deny. Attack. Reverse Victim Offender,” a statement from Lively’s lawyers to The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday said in response to the suit.
The drama between Lively and Baldoni has been ongoing after rumors of issues between the two persisted last year.
Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman said the lawsuit is “based on an overwhelming amount of untampered evidence detailing Blake Lively and her team’s duplicitous attempt to destroy Justin Baldoni, his team and their respective companies by disseminating grossly edited, unsubstantiated, new and doctored information to the media.”
“It is clear based on our own all out willingness to provide all complete text messages, emails, video footage and other documentary evidence that was shared between the parties in real time, that this is a battle she will not win and will certainly regret,” he said.
This lawsuit comes on the heels of Lively suing Baldoni and his public relations team for sexual harassment, retaliation, and attempting to “destroy” her reputation.
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At first, Baldoni responded by suing The New York Times for $250 million in a defamation claim for an article about the drama, which he says is “rife with inaccuracies, misrepresentations, and omissions.” He promised to countersue Lively, too, which he did on January 16.
“In over three decades of legal practice, I’ve never witnessed such unethical behavior, fueled by those who abuse their power and manipulate the truth,” Freedman’s statement said of the lawsuit against the Times. “This isn’t an isolated case; it’s a recurring pattern in Hollywood and the mainstream media where careers and reputations are destroyed to maintain control.”
The lawyer added, “Legacy media has long weaponized their platforms to distort the truth, exploit vulnerabilities, and destroy lives without accountability.”
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Blake Lively has responded to the lawsuit that her “It Ends With Us” co-star Justin Baldoni filed yesterday.
The 179-page lawsuit was filed in a New York federal court against Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and two publicists. The suit alleged crimes including extortion, defamation, and claims related to breach of contract, per Variety.
“This is an age-old story: A woman speaks up with concrete evidence of sexual harassment and retaliation and the abuser attempts to turn the tables on the victim. This is what experts call DARVO. Deny. Attack. Reverse Victim Offender,” a statement from Lively’s lawyers to The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday said in response to the suit.
The drama between Lively and Baldoni has been ongoing after rumors of issues between the two persisted last year.
Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman said the lawsuit is “based on an overwhelming amount of untampered evidence detailing Blake Lively and her team’s duplicitous attempt to destroy Justin Baldoni, his team and their respective companies by disseminating grossly edited, unsubstantiated, new and doctored information to the media.”
“It is clear based on our own all out willingness to provide all complete text messages, emails, video footage and other documentary evidence that was shared between the parties in real time, that this is a battle she will not win and will certainly regret,” he said.
This lawsuit comes on the heels of Lively suing Baldoni and his public relations team for sexual harassment, retaliation, and attempting to “destroy” her reputation.
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At first, Baldoni responded by suing The New York Times for $250 million in a defamation claim for an article about the drama, which he says is “rife with inaccuracies, misrepresentations, and omissions.” He promised to countersue Lively, too, which he did on January 16.
“In over three decades of legal practice, I’ve never witnessed such unethical behavior, fueled by those who abuse their power and manipulate the truth,” Freedman’s statement said of the lawsuit against the Times. “This isn’t an isolated case; it’s a recurring pattern in Hollywood and the mainstream media where careers and reputations are destroyed to maintain control.”
The lawyer added, “Legacy media has long weaponized their platforms to distort the truth, exploit vulnerabilities, and destroy lives without accountability.”
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