Justin Baldoni plans to sue his “It Ends with Us” co-star Blake Full of life, in line with his lawyer.
Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freeman, was requested by NBC Information if his consumer plans to sue Full of life.
“Absolutely … yes,” Freeman stated within the interview, which aired on Thursday, Jan. 2.
“We plan to release every single text messages between the two of them. We want the truth to be out there. We want the documents to be out there,” he continued. “We want people to make their determination based on receipts.”
The legal professional didn’t give a timeline, however famous their motion can be “soon.”
In line with Folks, the plaintiffs will embody Baldoni, his manufacturing firm, Wayfarer Studios, his publicist Jennifer Abel, and disaster publicist Melissa Nathan.
Per the outlet, they plan to call Full of life within the go well with, her publicist Leslie Sloane, and Baldoni’s former publicist, Stephanie Jones – who herself sued Baldoni, Abel, Nathan, and Wayfarer Studios on Dec. 24.
The collection of lawsuits started on Dec. 20, when Full of life, 37, filed a lawsuit towards Baldoni, 40, who not solely co-starred in “It Ends With Us” but additionally directed it.
The film is a couple of home violence relationship between their characters, and it’s based mostly on a best-selling novel by Colleen Hoover. It premiered over the summer time, and it was successful, grossing over $300 million on a $25 million funds.
Full of life’s lawsuit alleged that Baldoni sexually harassed her on the set.
In line with the authorized docs, the “Gossip Girl” star additionally accused Baldoni of “a coordinated effort to destroy her reputation” after the film was launched.
Full of life stated within the docs that the alleged smear marketing campaign precipitated hurt to her enterprise and led to her household experiencing “severe emotional distress.”
On the time that “It Ends With Us” got here out, there have been rumors of a feud between Full of life and Baldoni, as they didn’t seem collectively to advertise the movie.
Full of life alleged within the go well with that “things got so bad during filming, there was an all-hands-on-deck meeting to address what she claims was a hostile work environment.”
The “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” actress additionally claimed that Baldoni and his allies “engaged in a ‘social manipulation’ campaign to ‘destroy’ her reputation.”
As proof, she included texts from Baldoni’s publicist to a studio publicist saying the actor “wants to feel like [Ms. Lively] can be buried.”
After the go well with turned public, Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman informed The Submit: “It is shameful that Ms. Lively and her representatives would make such serious and categorically false accusations against Mr. Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and its representatives, as yet another desperate attempt to ‘fix’ her negative reputation.”
“These claims are completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt and rehash a narrative in the media,” Baldoni’s lawyer informed The Submit in a press release.
Baldoni’s upcoming lawsuit towards Full of life follows his lawsuit towards The New York Instances, which first reported Full of life’s allegations in Dec. 21 article “‘We Can Bury Anyone’: Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine.”
On Dec. 31, Baldoni filed a $250 million lawsuit towards the Instances, alleging that the paper used “‘cherry-picked’ examples of tales and Baldoni and Full of life’s alleged communications on the set.
For instance, Full of life’s accusation alleges, “[Baldoni] repeatedly entered her makeup trailer uninvited while she was undressed, including when she was breastfeeding.”
In his go well with, Baldoni alleges that Full of life despatched him a textual content message saying, “I’m just pumping in my trailer if you wanna work out our lines,” to which he responded, “Copy. Eating with crew and will head that way.”
A spokesperson for the Instances stated, “The role of an independent news organization is to follow the facts where they lead. Our story was meticulously and responsibly reported. It was based on a review of thousands of pages of original documents…We plan to vigorously defend against the lawsuit.”
Baldoni’s lawsuit additionally accuses Full of life’s husband, actor Ryan Reynolds, of allegedly berating him throughout a heated assembly at their Tribeca penthouse in New York, during which he accused the director of “fat shaming” his spouse.
The “Jane the Virgin” actor additionally claimed Reynolds pressured Baldoni’s company, WME, to drop him — allegedly throughout the “Deadpool & Wolverine” premiere in July, which came about earlier than Baldoni employed his disaster PR staff.
A WME rep denied the accusations that Reynolds or Full of life pressured the corporate to drop Baldoni as a consumer.
Full of life’s attorneys informed The Submit concerning the Instances 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. 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.”
Freeman informed Folks about Baldoni suing Full of life, “This lawsuit will uncover and expose the false and destructive narrative that was intentionally engineered by a trusted media publication who relied upon nefarious sources and neglected a thorough fact checking process to confirm the validity of these texts.”
