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Getty Images (2)Blake LivelyThe company’s legal team responded to the new It ends with us posted the video Justin Baldonilawyer.
“Justin Baldoni and his attorney may be hoping this latest stunt will preempt the damaging evidence against him, but the video alone is damning.” Every frame of the released footage corroborates to the letter what Ms. Lively described in paragraph 48 of her complaint,” Lively’s legal team said in a statement. My Weekly on Tuesday, January 21. “The video shows Mr. Baldoni repeatedly leaning toward Ms. Lively, attempting to kiss her, kissing her forehead, rubbing his face and mouth against her neck, thumbing her lip, caressing her and saying how beautiful she smells, and talking to her rude.”
The statement continued: “Every moment of this was improvised by Mr. Baldoni without prior discussion or consent and without the presence of an intimacy coordinator. Mr. Baldoni was not only Ms. Lively’s actor, but also Ms. Lively’s director, studio head, and boss.”
The report also noted that in the clip, Lively, 37, “leaned in and repeatedly asked the characters to just talk.”
“Any woman who has been touched inappropriately in the workplace will recognize Ms. Lively’s discomfort,” the statement concluded. “They will recognize her attempts at frivolity to try to ward off unwanted touches. No woman should have to take defensive measures against being touched by an employer without her consent.”
Lively’s legal team also attacked Baldoni, 40, who also directed the film, and his legal time on video posting public rather than holding them in court.
“This matter is in active litigation in federal court. The release of this video to the media, rather than presenting it as evidence in court, is another example of an unethical attempt to manipulate the public,” the statement said. “It is also a continuation of their harassment and retaliation campaign. While they focus on misleading media narratives, we focus on the legal process. We continue our efforts to hold Mr. Baldoni and his associates accountable in court, under oath, rather than through artificial media stunts.”
In response to Lively’s legal team’s latest statement and claims regarding the footage, Baldoni’s attorney Bryan Freedman he said Our“Prior to filing her lawsuit, Ms. Lively went to The New York Times in an attempt to publicly destroy Justin Baldoni. When Mr. Baldoni exercises his right to publicly defend himself by presenting real facts and evidence, it immediately becomes morally and ethically wrong for Ms. Lively and her team. Ms. Lively wants to be held to a very different standard, but thankfully truth and authenticity apply to everyone and they can never be wrong. Looking at the video and other evidence, I understand why Ms. Lively would not want this to happen in public.
Footage that was captured Our earlier on Tuesday, featuring the costars romantically slow dancing and laughing in character for a dialogue-free montage during the film. However, the duo could be heard exchanging ideas for the scene as they swayed back and forth.
“Ms. Lively’s complaint alleges that during a scene where Mr. Baldoni and Ms. Lively filmed a slow dance montage, Mr. Baldoni behaved inappropriately,” the statement at the beginning of the video read. .The scene in question was designed to show how two characters fall in love with each other and long for each other’s closeness the actors are clearly behaving well and with mutual respect and professionalism within the scene. That’s all three shots of the sequence.”
Justin Baldoni’s lawsuit against The New York Times has shed even more light on the apparent creative differences between him and It Ends With Us actress Blake Lively. Baldoni, 40, is suing The Times for $250 million, accusing him of defamation and invasion of privacy in a false light over reports that Lively is suing him for sexual (…)
In addition to releasing the video, Baldoni’s lawyer also shared the plans create a website which will include “relevant videos” and “correspondence” between Baldoni and Lively.
“Justin and the team have the right to defend themselves with the truth,” Freedman’s statement read. “And that is what we will continue to show on the upcoming website containing all the correspondence and relevant videos that directly refute her claims.”
Alive and Baldoni ongoing legal drama started last month when she filed a lawsuit against the director. In her filing, Lively claimed that Baldoni sexually harassed her and created a hostile work environment while filming It ends with us.
Baldoni, for his part, vehemently denied the allegations. He subsequently he sued New York Times for $250 million after the outlet reported Lively’s claims against him.
As Justin Baldoni’s legal battle with Blake Lively continues, his attorney Bryan Freedman says the actor did not approach the situation with any ill will toward his co-star. In an interview with NBC News’ Liz Kreutz on the Friday, January 3 episode of Today , Freedman denied Lively’s claim that Baldoni coordinated smears against her after (…)
Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios as well filed a lawsuit last month directly against Lively, her husband, Ryan Reynoldsand Lively’s publicist, Leslie Sloaneis seeking $400 million in damages. On paper, Baldoni he accused the group civil extortion, defamation, invasion of privacy in false light and more.
After news of Baldoni’s legal filing broke, Lively broke her silence with a statement through her legal team.
“This latest lawsuit by Justin Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and their associates is another chapter in the abuser’s playbook. This is the age-old story: A woman comes forward with concrete evidence of sexual harassment and retaliation, and the abuser tries to turn the tables on the victim. Experts call this DARVO. Refuse. Attack. Reverse Victim Offender,” the message read. “Wayfarer has chosen to use the resources of its billionaire co-founder to issue media statements, launch frivolous lawsuits and threaten lawsuits to overwhelm the public’s ability to understand that what they are doing is retaliation for sexual harassment allegations.”
