Blake Lively.
Gareth Cattermole/Getty ImagesBlake Livelylawyers condemn “more attacks”. Justin Baldoni and his team.
The New York Times reported On December 21, Lively sued Baldoni – her co-star and director Finish with us – for sexual harassment. Baldoni has denied all charges brought against him in the lawsuit obtained by We Weeklyand days later, it was among the 10 applicants that were launched $250 million lawsuit against The New York Times For covering Lively's accusations.
On New Year's Eve, Lively, 37, sued in New York federal court against Baldoni, 40, echoing previous lawsuits filed with the California Department of Civil Rights. In addition to Baldoni, Lively is also suing her publicists Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abelas well as Baldoni's production company, Wayfarer Studios.
This was reported by the actress's lawyers People In a statement released Monday, Jan. 6, Lively's “serious allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation” are “supported by concrete facts.”
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's reported split made headlines months before their It Ends With Us costars were sued. While Lively and Baldoni were promoting the film in August 2024, rumors of an alleged feud between the pair began to circulate. Along with Baldoni, fans spotted Lively promoting the film with some of her cast members […]
“This is not a 'litigation' arising out of 'creative differences' or a 'he said/she said' situation,” the lawyers said in a statement. “As alleged in Ms. Lively's complaint and as we will prove at trial, Wayfarer [Studios] and her associates engage in illegal, vindictive astroturfing against Ms. Lively simply for trying to protect herself and others on set. And their response to the lawsuit was to organize more attacks against Ms. Lively after she appealed.”
The statement stated: “Sexual harassment and retaliation are illegal in every workplace and every industry. A classic tactic to deflect such allegations of wrongdoing is to “blame the victim” by suggesting that they invited the behavior, brought it on themselves, misunderstood intentions, or even lied.
Lively's team continued: “Another classic tactic is to reverse the victim and the perpetrator and say that the perpetrator is actually the victim. These concepts normalize and trivialize allegations of serious violations.”
And finally, they wrote: “Most importantly, the media's statements are no defense to Ms. Lively's legal claims. We will continue to pursue his claims in federal court, where the rule of law determines who prevails, not hyperbole and threats.
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We Weekly He turned to Baldoni's lawyer, Bryan Freedmanfor comment.
On Thursday, January 2, Freedman said NBC News he said he “absolutely” plans to sue Lively on behalf of his client.
“We plan on leaving every text message between the two of them,” Freedman said. “We want the truth to be there. We want the documents to be there. We want people to make decisions based on receipts.”
Earlier, he shared a statement Uspromised to “fall”. The New York Times Because of the “violent smear campaign”.
That's all Time– the spokesman said Us that the outlet plans to “vigorously defend” itself.
“The role of an independent news organization is to follow the facts they lead,” said a statement issued on December 31. It was based on a review of thousands of pages of original documents, including text messages and emails, which we quote in detail and at length in the article. Those texts and emails were also the subject of a discrimination lawsuit filed by Blake Lively in California against Justin Baldoni and his associates.”
