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Justin Baldoni Algees Blake Lively’s The intentions of submitting a civil rights complaint instead of a demand “were deliberate.”
Lively, 37, initially filed a complaint against Baldoni before the California Civil Rights Department on December 21, accusing Baldoni of sexual harassment while working on “ends with us.” He also said that after raising concerns, he, together with a crisis public relations team, orchestrated a reprisal campaign aimed at ruining his career.
Baldoni, 41, launched a website that included a modified version of its Demand demand for $ 400 million Against her co -star and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, which included an updated demand and a timeline of the events to counteract the statements that she was sexually harassed in the set of the drama for which she served as director.
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Justin Baldoni said Blake Lively “never intended” to file a lawsuit against him. (Getty images)
In his amended lawsuit, Baldoni said, “Lively never intended to submit a civil law In which Lively filed a lawsuit against Wayfarerer parties, the damage to the Wayfarer parties was made by virtue of Lively’s months to Colude with the New York Times in a false and malicious narrative without shielding for any privilege.
Celebrity lawyer Christopher C. Melcher Exclusively he told Fox News Digital Baldoni had “a very good reason” to affirm that Lively’s actions were intentional.
“Because it was just a request for the government to investigate and not a lawsuit against Baldoni, he had no right to quote witnesses or force Blake or Ryan to sit down for a statement,” said Melcher. “The suspicion is that she leaked this request for research to the media with all these text messages there to be able to obtain public sympathy but not exposed to any scrutiny for their accusations.”
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Months after the speculation of problems in the set between Baldoni and Lively, the “Gossip Girl” actress He filed a complaint on December 21, presenting accusations of sexual harassment, reprisals, intentional affliction of emotional anguish, negligence and more.
Lively filed a complaint against Baldoni in December after the rumors of a dispute on the “ends with us” set. (Images José Pérez/Bauer-Griffin/GC)
Melcher specified the importance of Baldoni declared Lively “never intended to file a civil demand” in its modified demand shared online.
“Usually, if someone makes a false statement against someone, it is a defamation and can be sued,” said Melcher. “But if the declaration is made in a claim or in the contemplation of an immediate demand that is presented, it is protected by the privilege of litigation, that is the Civil Code, Section 47.
“Then, the Civil Code of California, section 47 says that the statements made on the one hand in the course of a law Well, literally, if you are presenting tomorrow, and maybe they give you a press release or a demand letter, it can be covered by that umbrella that must be contemplated immediately. ”
“Then, this ‘never intended’ is the word of the code for him that says that the filtrations to the press are not covered by this privilege of litigation because they were not made in the context of a demand, and that is what the right to sue.
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Justin Baldoni starred in the film adaptation of the novel and directed the film. (Getty images)
Justin Baldoni is demanding Blake Lively and husband Ryan Reynolds for $ 400 million. (Cindy Ord)
Neama Rahmani, former federal prosecutor and president of Litigating lawyers of the west coastHe gave more information about the presentation of a complaint to the California Civil Rights Department.
“Before submitting a demand for sexual harassment in California, you must file a complaint with the Civil Rights Department (CRD) of California and obtain a right to sue the letter,” Rahmani told Fox News Digital. “This is the equivalent of the EEOC state, except that they enforce California’s state law instead of the federal law. Just because it presents a complaint to the CRD does not mean that you have to file a lawsuit. You can use the investigation process CRD internal in place.
“There is the possibility that Lively has never intended to file a lawsuit and I would only like to file a complaint against CRD and make the New York Times execute the story to ruin Baldoni’s reputation.”
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On December 31, Lively filed a federal lawsuit shortly after Baldoni filed his $ 250 million defamation suit Against The New York Times, who said he published an article “plagued with inaccuracies, misrepresentations and omissions.”
Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively starred in the film based on Colleen Hoover’s novel. (Images José Pérez/Bauer-Griffin/GC)
“Nothing in this lawsuit changes anything about the advanced claims in the complaint of the Civil Rights Department of California of Mrs. Lively, or her federal complaint, presented today,” said the representatives of Lively Fox News Digital at that time.
He “Travelers’ Brotherhood” Alleged in its federal presentation that Baldoni, the Wayfarer Studios cinematographic production company and a handful of associates were involved in a “carefully elaborate, coordinated reprisal scheme and with resources to silence it and others, to speak.”
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“This case is obviously both the Court of Public Opinion and the Court Chamber,” Rahmani added. “Lively could have been trying to scare Baldoni with CRD complaint or send him a message. Communications between Lively and his publicists will be very revealing. It was only a public relations movement that failed, or was really the precursor to file a demand ?
Fox News Digital has communicated with Lively representatives to comment.
