Justin Baldoni has no ill will towards Blake Lively according to his lawyer Bryan Freedman.
During a segment in today’s program On Friday, she denied allegations that Baldoni had orchestrated a smear campaign against her designed to damage Lively’s reputation after the release of It Ends With Us.
“One hundred percent no,” he said. “Justin Baldoni, from the beginning, said, ‘I don’t want to do anything negative to him. “I don’t want to hurt her.”
That said, the Jane the Virgin star, 40, ‘absolutely’ plans to counter the Gossip Girl alum, 37.
Freedman said they “plan to release all text messages” between the former co-stars.
He claimed that text screenshots shared by the New York Times in Lively’s sexual harassment lawsuit against Baldoni were presented without context.
Justin Baldoni has no ill will towards Blake Lively according to his lawyer Bryan Freedman
“I’m not asking anyone not to believe anyone,” Freedman said. “I’m more than willing to take every text message in existence, publish it, put it on a website for the world to see, have you see the truth and determine the truth for yourself.”
In the lawsuit Lively filed last month, she accused Baldoni of shaming her about her body, trying to add additional sex scenes to the film, showing her pornographic images and videos, breaking character and continuing to kiss her while filming, and engaging in “social manipulation.” . campaign against her to “destroy” her reputation.
Freedman was asked whether or not he recognizes that awkward behavior on the set of It Ends With Us.
“I think there’s always some behavior that can make people uncomfortable, and I don’t think anyone intends to do that,” he said.
“The question, really, in this case is: Does it rise to the level of sexual harassment?”
Baldoni has already filed a lawsuit against the New York Times for defamation.
The text messages published by the newspaper are particularly damning, but according to Baldoni’s legal team, completely taken out of context.
In Baldoni’s lawsuit, she claims the publication “rompously altered and selectively edited” text messages between Baldoni’s publicist, Jennifer Abel, and crisis communications representative Melissa Nathan that are contained in Lively’s sexual harassment complaint. .
During a segment on Friday’s Today Show, he denied allegations that Baldoni had orchestrated a smear campaign against him.
“One hundred percent no,” he said. “Justin Baldoni, from the beginning, said, ‘I don’t want to do anything negative to him. “I don’t want to hurt her.”
Lively also alleged that Baldoni entered her trailer on the set of It Ends With Us “uninvited while she was naked, including while she was breastfeeding.”
However, text exchanges in Baldoni’s defamation lawsuit appear to show Lively inviting Baldoni to go over lines from her trailer while she expressed breast milk.
Both lawsuits, as well as Baldoni’s impending lawsuit against Lively, are cases of he said/she said.
Blake claims Justin embarrassed her after she gave birth to their fourth child, Baldoni claims that never happened.
Baldoni accused Blake’s husband, Ryan Reynolds, of yelling at her during a production meeting at the couple’s apartment.
Reynolds denies this claim and witnesses said TMZ that while Reynolds was “angry and stern,” his behavior cannot be classified as yelling.
And while Blake accused Justin of a smear campaign, he accused her of doing the same to ban him from all screenings of the film he wrote, directed and starred in.
Baldoni claims Lively was trying to “undermine” his connection to the film by keeping him away from the premiere.
That said, the Jane the Virgin star, 40, “absolutely” plans to counter the Gossip Girl alum, 37. Freedman said they “plan to release all text messages” between the former co-stars.
He claimed that text screenshots shared by the New York Times in Lively’s sexual harassment lawsuit against Baldoni were presented without context. Seen here on August 8, 2024.
He claimed that text screenshots shared by the New York Times in Lively’s sexual harassment lawsuit against Baldoni were presented without context. Seen here on December 10, 2024.
He admitted in the lawsuit that Lively eventually allowed him and his Wayfarer Studios team to attend the premiere, but only “under humiliating conditions.”
His lawsuit against the Times follows Lively’s lawsuit against him for alleged sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy and lost wages, although he has denied her allegations.
She initially filed a complaint with the California Department of Civil Rights on December 21, before filing a federal lawsuit against him on December 31.
a source for People With knowledge of the case, he stated that Baldoni’s lawsuit against Lively will be initiated ‘soon’.