Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are attempting to secure a court order prohibiting Justin Baldoni’s legal team from continuing their defamatory public statements about Lively and her spouse. They claim these statements constitute an ongoing effort to tarnish their reputation.
The request for a gag order, reported by THR and issued by Lively’s team, aims to halt Bryan Freedman, Baldoni’s lawyer, from disseminating information pertaining to the case. This comes as a response to Baldoni’s team’s recent release of It Ends With Us videos. The gag order request alleges that Baldoni’s legal team is persistently attempting to tarnish Lively’s reputation in the media.
Baldoni’s legal representative remained silent regarding the action taken, however, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter, individuals close to Baldoni asserted that it was extremely unjust for a gag order to be imposed following the defamation of Justin by The New York Times in an article. They claim this article cost him three jobs and potentially hundreds of millions of dollars.
As the source explains, Justin’s main intention is to make public videos and messages as evidence to debunk the accusations. The source also finds it hard to believe that Blake Lively would launch an attack on Justin, only to later seek a restraining order preventing him from responding to her actions.
Baldoni’s video alleges that Lively lied about complaint
The video was provided by Baldoni’s legal team, who shared some exclusive backstage clips from the movie “It Ends With Us” production. In these clips, you can see Baldoni and Lively dancing on set for one of the movie’s scenes.
In the video, the duo engages in conversation, humorously debating if they chat while dancing with their partners and playfully commenting on Baldoni’s nose size. The significance of this video, as stated by Baldoni’s legal team, lies in Blake Lively’s initial allegations of sexual harassment against the filmmaker.
As stated in Lively’s grievance, during a scene where they were slow dancing, Baldoni deviated from his character and made comments about Lively’s appearance and scent that were out of character and irrelevant to the film. However, according to Baldoni’s legal representatives, the video disproves these allegations and counters some of Lively’s claims. It remains uncertain how much of the video has been released and whether any additional footage exists that could support Lively’s accusations.
Lively’s complaint alleges that Baldoni created a hostile work environment
The legal action originates from a formal grievance that Blake Lively filed against Baldoni last month, detailing issues that occurred during the filming of It Ends With Us. In this complaint, she expressed concerns about a toxic work environment, leading to an urgent meeting being convened to address her allegations. During this gathering, Lively requested that Baldoni cease displaying nude videos or images of women, stop sharing information about his pornography addiction, refrain from discussing explicit experiences in her presence, and also desist from commenting on her weight.
As a gamer putting on my director’s hat for a moment, let me share an insight from behind the scenes of my latest movie project. Initially, there was an understanding between Wayfarer Studios and our talented cast, including myself, that the promotional strategy would emphasize the strength and resilience of my character rather than labeling it as a story about domestic violence. However, during interviews, I found that the director, Baldoni, seemed to stray from this agreement, focusing more on the film’s heavy themes instead.
In the documents submitted by Lively, it’s stated that Baldoni and his public relations manager, Melissa Nathan, allegedly brainstormed ideas for a social media smear campaign intended to tarnish her reputation. The filing includes approximately 22 pages of text exchanges between Baldoni’s representative and Nathan, in which they express a desire to “bury” Lively.
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