Justin Baldoni’s lawyer just responded to Blake Lively’s legal team’s statement regarding the countersuit she filed against her and her husband, Ryan Reynolds.
For context, the Finish with us The star and the director sued their co-star and the deadpool actor for defamation, particularly accusing Lively of hatching a scheme to ruin his career by making false claims of sexual harassment.
according to daily mailLegal documents claim the Hollywood couple used their combined influence in the industry to hijack production of the Colleen Hoover adaptation, in which Baldoni co-starred and directed.
Now, as reported Deadline, After Lively’s team responded rather fiercely to the countersuit, the jane the virgin The star’s attorney, Bryan Freedman, responded.
“After my clients filed a comprehensive lawsuit replete with nearly 200 pages of undeniable facts and documentary evidence that crushed their false accusations of a smear campaign by providing manipulated communications to the New York Times“Blake and his legal team have only one egregious turn left, and that is to double down on the sickeningly false sexual allegations against Mr. Baldoni,” he said.
Freedman continued: “The mere fact that Ms. Lively feels she can publicly destroy Mr. Baldoni’s reputation in an attempt to devastate his future career and then deny him or his team their own ability to defend themselves against her is absurd.”
“Mr. Baldoni never publicly attempted to call out Ms. Lively for her many wrongdoings during filming, he graciously addressed all of her concerns during filming in the right way even though he strongly disagreed, he himself was committed to doing things differently and to keep the peace as she specifically admitted in her own lawsuit,” he further clarified.
“Not only will we continue to defend our clients against Blake’s power, privilege, and all of her lies, but we will now fight even harder for those who have no voice in the DV community and who suffer unjustly as she continues to push for her own self-interest. and Selfish Vendetta in the media,” Freedman concluded.
The new comments from Justin Baldoni’s lawyer come after Blake Lively’s team labeled their lawsuit under the umbrella of victim blaming, telling the Daily Mail: “This latest lawsuit from Justin Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and their associates is another chapter in the abuser’s playbook.
