Blake Lively Calls Out Justin Baldoni’s ‘Bullying Tactics,’ Supports The NY Times

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Blake Lively‘s legal representatives are supporting The New York Times as it seeks to exit the ongoing court case between Lively and Justin Baldoni.

In a statement made on Friday (as reported by Deadline), the paper stated that it should not be part of the legal dispute between Lively and Baldoni, as it was unintentionally named in Baldoni’s lawsuit due to an article published in December 2024, which originally detailed Lively’s initial grievance against Baldoni.

In simpler terms, “The story told by The Wayfarer Parties’ FAC is biased and has caused much discussion in the news.” However, “this matter should not involve The Times,” according to their filing.

What did Blake lively say about Justin Baldoni and the NY Times?

When asked about the issue, a representative from Lively commented in agreement with The Times, stating that Baldoni’s lawsuit is essentially just a “blatant public relations stunt.

In an attempt to discard his lawsuit, The New York Times accurately labels Justin Baldoni’s legal action as a self-serving public relations ploy that holds no validity in a court of law. For quite some time, Baldoni has encouraged men to empathize with and trust women. However, when a woman voiced her concerns about his conduct, both he and his wealthy patron Steve Sorowitz employed a social media strategy to annihilate and attempt to discredit not only her, but also the press reporting on the matter. Such aggressive tactics will not stand up in court, and it is crucial for everyone to recognize the baseless nature of their claims.

Lively’s initial complaint alleges that Baldoni created a hostile work environment

The entire situation originated from a formal grievance lodged by Lively against Baldoni in December. In this complaint, she detailed how the shooting of It Ends With Us became so intolerable that an urgent meeting was convened to address her accusations of a toxic work environment. During the gathering, Lively requested that Baldoni desist from displaying nude videos or pictures of women, cease discussing his pornography addiction with her, refrain from speaking about sexual experiences in her presence, and also stop making comments about Lively’s weight.

The lawsuit alleges that Wayfarer Studios and the cast had agreed to emphasize Lively’s character’s strength and resilience rather than portraying the movie as a depiction of domestic violence during promotion. However, Lively argues that Baldoni went back on this agreement and instead highlighted the film’s grave storyline in his interviews.

In the documentation provided by Lively, it’s stated that Baldoni and his PR manager, Melissa Nathan, allegedly brainstormed strategies for a social media smear campaign intended to tarnish her reputation. The filing contains approximately 22 pages of text exchanges between Baldoni’s representative and Nathan, where they express a desire to see Lively “discredited.

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2025-03-03 21:10