Attorney Justin Baldoni: Blake Lively Countersuit ‘Shocks Everyone’

After the news swirled Justin Baldoni would submit to his legal proposal It ends with us costar Blake Livelyhis lawyer issued a statement.

“I’m not going to talk about when or how many lawsuits we file, but when we do file the first lawsuit, it will shock anyone who has been manipulated into believing a demonstrably false narrative,” Baldoni’s attorney, Bryan Freedmanhe said Period on Saturday, December 28. “It will be supported by real evidence and tell a real story.”

He added: “In over 30 years of practice, I have never seen this level of unethical behavior deliberately driven by media manipulation.”

Live, 37, sued Baldoni (40) for sexual harassment earlier this month, accusing him of causing her “serious emotional distress” and fostering a “hostile work environment” while they were filming It ends with us. (Lively and Baldoni played a couple in the film about an abusive relationship, which he also directed.)

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Gotham/GC Images Justin Baldoni is already dealing with major outages after Blake Lively filed a lawsuit against him. The New York Times reported on December 21 that Lively filed a lawsuit on December 20 accusing him of sexual harassment and launching a campaign of “social manipulation” against her to “destroy” her reputation (…)

Lively also claimed that Baldoni launched a campaign of “social manipulation”. in an attempt to destroy her career and reputation.

“I hope my legal action will help pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics designed to harm people who speak up about wrongdoing and help protect others who may be targeted,” Gossip Girl the alum said The New York Times in a statement earlier this month.

Baldoni, through attorney Freedman, categorically denied the allegations. According to Freedman, the claims were “completely false, inflammatory and deliberately disgraceful” and the court motion was reportedly filed to “correct her negative reputation” and “reframe the story” surrounding the film’s production.

Freedman also argued Our at the time Lively made “multiple demands and threats” while filming. It ends with us including “threatening not to show up for the shoot, threatening not to promote the film, ultimately leading to its demise during release if her demands were not met.”

on saturday Daily Mail stated that Baldoni planned to file a countersuit and suggested that Lively’s publicist was trying to tarnish his image by leaking the stories to the press.

“I was contacted on 8/11 by Sara Nathan (Melissa Nathan’s sister) and forwarded an anonymous tip that Page Six received regarding allegations of HR complaints on scene It ends with us“, Lively’s representative, Leslie Sloanhe says My Weekly in the statement. “I was then contacted by various press outlets asking about the allegations of HR complaints. When contacted, I responded to press inquiries by referring them to Wayfarer or Sony for information regarding HR complaints.”

Sloane added: “It is clear that Mr Baldoni and his Wayfarer Associates are implying that I created press releases about HR’s complaints about filming, which is untrue. Please read Ms. Lively’s complaint and the complaint filed by Jonesworks LLC and Stephanie Jones, which provides details of the campaign against my client.”