Justin Baldoni has responded to Blake Lively’s request for a gag order, with her lawyers calling her latest legal move an attempt to “intimidate” him into staying quiet because she is “petrified” of the world knowing the “truth.”
The It Ends With Us co-stars have been embroiled in a legal battle since Blake, 37, filed an explosive lawsuit against Justin, 40, in December in which she alleged he sexually harassed her on set.
Justin then responded by filing his own explosive lawsuit against the Gossip Girl alum, which was filled with its own share of shocking claims.
In the latest turn of events, Blake and her husband, Ryan Reynolds’ legal team requested a gag order to stop what they called “inappropriate conduct” by Justin’s lawyers earlier this week, citing an alleged ” media campaign of harassment and retaliation” against the couple. .
Now, Justin’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, has responded to his request, telling DailyMail.com that his only goal is to “defend his clients with pure, unedited facts” following his “disturbingly false and well-calculated article” against Justin.
“The irony is lost on no one that Ms. Lively is so petrified of the truth that she has decided to gag it,” he said in a fiery statement given to DailyMail.com.
Justin Baldoni responded to Blake Lively’s request for a gag order, and his lawyers called her latest legal move an attempt to “intimidate” him into staying quiet because she is “petrified.”

The It Ends With Us co-stars have been embroiled in a legal battle since Blake, 37, filed a lawsuit against Justin, 40, in December in which she alleged he sexually harassed her.
“The immense power she wielded in Hollywood based on sheer fear of her husband and his powerful friends came to an end the moment Ms. Lively planned mass distribution of a disturbingly false and well-calculated article in The New York Times”.
Following her 80-page lawsuit, which was filed with the California Department of Civil Rights last month, the New York Times published an article about the ordeal and called her “Hollywood’s Smear Machine”; In addition to his lawsuit against Blake, Justin is now suing the publication for defamation.
‘EM. “Lively did this with the sole intention of ruining the lives of innocent people, and then went the extra mile to blame it on a fictitious smear campaign, all because she simply couldn’t accept that the public had organically seen through her facade,” Bryan continued.
‘When innocent people are accused of something as disturbing as sexual harassment without thinking about the destruction it would cause not only them, but the entire domestic violence community, this is where responsibility must be taken for such petty actions.
‘We will always respect the court; However, we will never be intimidated by those who suggest that we cannot defend our clients with pure, unedited facts.
‘All we want is for people to see the real text messages that directly contradict their accusations, the videos that clearly show there was no sexual harassment, and all the other powerful evidence that directly contradicts any false accusations of sexual harassment and the subsequent campaign of defamation.
“It seems that in a time of universal deception, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
Blake and Ryan’s gag order request came after Justin’s lawyer released shocking behind-the-scenes footage from the set of It Ends With Us.

Justin then responded by filing his own explosive lawsuit against the Gossip Girl alum, which was filled with its own share of shocking claims.

In the latest turn of events, Blake and her husband, Ryan Reynolds’ legal team requested a gag order to stop what they called “inappropriate conduct” by Justin’s lawyers earlier this week.
The explosive video, published exclusively by DailyMail.com, showed three takes of a dance scene between the co-stars, revealing that the pair were apparently getting along well before the actress accused him of sexual harassment.
Blake then responded to the clip’s release, and her lawyers said it actually showed she was uncomfortable during the scene.
“Justin Baldoni and his lawyer may hope that this latest stunt preempts the damaging evidence against him, but the video itself is damning,” his legal team shared in a statement with DailyMail.com.
His team claimed that the video “showed Mr. Baldoni repeatedly leaning toward Ms. Lively, attempting to kiss her, kissing her on the forehead, rubbing his face and mouth against her neck, smacking her lip with his thumb, caressing her, telling her how nice she was.” was”. It smells bad and talking to her is unusual.
“Every frame of the published images corroborates, to the letter, what Ms. Lively described in paragraph 48 of her complaint,” they added.
Blake’s lawyer also insisted that none of the intimacy shown in the video for the film, which Justin directed and starred in alongside Blake, was choreographed.
“Every moment of this was improvised by Mr. Baldoni without discussion or prior consent and without any privacy coordinator present,” they said.
‘Mister. Baldoni was not only Ms. Lively’s co-star, but also the director, the head of the studio and Ms. Lively’s boss.

Now, Justin’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, has responded to his request, telling DailyMail.com that his only goal was to “defend his clients with pure, unredacted facts.”

He said in a statement to DailyMail.com: ‘We will always respect the court; However, we will never be intimidated by those who suggest that we cannot defend our clients with pure, unedited facts.
Blake’s legal team claimed that her “walking away” from Justin during the scene was not acting, and that the clips show her “repeatedly asking the characters to just talk.”
“Any woman who has been touched inappropriately in the workplace will recognize Ms. Lively’s discomfort,” they continued.
‘They will recognize your attempts at frivolity to try to deflect unwanted contact. No woman should have to take defensive measures to avoid being touched by her employer without her consent.’
His team said releasing the video to the media “was another example of an unethical attempt to manipulate the public” and “a continuation of his campaign of harassment and retaliation.”
“We continue our efforts to hold Mr. Baldoni and his associates accountable in court, under oath, rather than through fabricated media stunts,” his attorney said.
In a letter dated January 23 and obtained by PeopleAnother member of Justin’s legal team, Kevin Fritz, asked the judge to deny the order, writing that Blake’s “desire to force the Wayfarer Parties to defend themselves privately against publicly made allegations is not an appropriate basis for an order of silence”. “It is a tactical game and it is scandalous.”
Blake and Ryan then doubled down, and their attorney sent a letter to Judge Lewis J. Liman on Friday reiterating the need for the protective order, according to Deadline.
‘Requiring that lawyers respect the ethical rules that bind them is not a gag order; “It is a mechanism that would ensure that the proceedings in this Court are not harmed by the attorney’s conduct outside the courtroom,” attorney Esra Hudson wrote on behalf of the couple, according to the outlet.
“The Wayfarer Parties are attempting to establish a false and dangerous equivalence that may have profound consequences not only for this case, but also for other women who are sexually harassed in the workplace, given the high profile of this matter,” the letter continues. four pages.
Ersa also suggested that Justin’s alleged smear campaign against Blake may still be ongoing.
‘Even more troubling, however, is that the campaign of retaliation that Ms. Lively alleged in her complaint, with significant supporting documentation, includes highly destructive behind-the-scenes elements, including the regular engagement of (the public relations chief of Baldoni crisis) Melissa Nathan with her vast tabloid media sources to influence a constant stream of negative media regarding Ms. Lively, as well as a sophisticated and “untraceable” digital social media manipulation campaign designed to shock the social media algorithms against Ms. Lively,” said the actress’s lawyer.
‘The Lively-Reynolds Parties are informed and believe that these efforts have continued unabated since the CRD complaint was filed, and may even have accelerated. “The administration of justice in this case will be seriously compromised if this behavior continues.”