Justin Baldoni claims Blake Full of life tried to ban him from attending the premiere of his movie “It Ends With Us.”
In accordance with the bombshell lawsuit Baldoni filed on Tuesday, Full of life allegedly “systematically sidelined [him] from the marketing of his own Film” and didn’t cease there.
“Further undermining Baldoni’s role, Lively initially refused to permit his attendance at the Film’s premiere,” his authorized submitting obtained by The Publish learn. “Only after significant pressure did she reluctantly agree to allow Baldoni and the Wayfarer team to attend, but under humiliating conditions.”
Baldoni went on to assert that he was “segregated” from his co-stars.
“The Wayfarer team and their families, including Baldoni and [producer Jamey] Heath, were segregated from the main cast, barred from the exclusive after-party, and forced to organize their own event at additional cost,” the lawsuit alleged.
In his authorized submitting, the “It Ends With Us” director additionally claimed that Full of life allegedly tried to ostracize him and his household on the premiere.
“Baldoni’s participation on the red carpet was cut short, and his family and friends were confined to a makeshift holding area in the basement before being escorted into a separate theater after Lively’s departure,” the swimsuit learn. “Not only had Lively stolen the Film, but she also robbed Baldoni and his team of any genuine opportunity to celebrate their hard work.”
Her attorneys beforehand informed The Publish of the lawsuit, “Nothing in this lawsuit changes anything about the claims advanced in Ms. Lively’s California Civil Rights Department Complaint, nor her federal complaint, filed earlier today,” the assertion learn. “This lawsuit is based on the obviously false premise that Ms. Lively’s administrative complaint against Wayfarer and others was a ruse based on a choice ‘not to file a lawsuit against Baldoni, Wayfarer,’ and that ‘litigation was never her ultimate goal.’ As demonstrated by the federal complaint filed by Ms. Lively earlier today, that frame of reference for the Wayfarer lawsuit is false. While we will not litigate this matter in the press, we do encourage people to read Ms. Lively’s complaint in its entirety. We look forward to addressing each and every one of Wayfarer’s allegations in court.”
Baldoni — who directed and starred alongside Full of life within the movie — was by no means photographed with Blake and they didn’t market the flick collectively regardless of being the celebrities of “It Ends With Us.”
In addition they watched the movie in numerous film theaters on the New York premiere on Aug. 6. Full of life took her visitors into one theater and Baldoni, his household and buddies watched in one other.
On Tuesday, Baldoni, 40, additionally accused Full of life’s husband, Ryan Reynolds, of utilizing bullying ways in an effort to “exile” him from the film and allegedly tried to make use of his star energy to get him dropped from his company, in keeping with the lawsuit.
He claimed in courtroom docs that Reynolds, 48, “berated” him throughout a heated assembly on the couple’s Tribeca penthouse in New York, during which he accused the director of “fat shaming” his spouse.
“Baldoni and [Wayfarer Studios] grew increasingly fearful of what Lively and Reynolds were capable of, as their actions seemed aimed at destroying Baldoni’s career and personal life,” the swimsuit said.
Full of life additionally filed a lawsuit towards Baldoni in a New York federal courtroom, accusing him of inflicting her “severe emotional distress and pain, humiliation, embarrassment, belittlement, frustration and mental anguish,” along with misplaced wages.
Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, beforehand denied the same allegations Full of life made in a individually filed California lawsuit.
The Publish reached out to Baldoni’s lawyer for extra remark.
