Justin Baldoni detailed an alleged “aggressive” confrontation he had with Ryan Reynolds about Blake Energetic final yr — in his new lawsuit towards the New York Instances.
Baldoni, 40, claimed 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.
The “Jane the Virgin” star allegedly requested how a lot Energetic, 37, weighed earlier than he was purported to elevate her in a scene. Baldoni claimed he had again points and wished “to ensure he could safely perform the lift without injury.”
In response, Reynolds “aggressively berated” Baldoni throughout their assembly.
“The confrontation that followed was so aggressive that Baldoni felt compelled to offer repeated apologies,” the lawsuit learn.
“Baldoni, in an effort to avoid further confrontation with Lively and Reynolds and rebuild rapport with his co-star, continued to bend to her will,” the authorized submitting added.
A producer on the film who was on the assembly allegedly later mentioned “that in his 40-year career he had never seen anyone speak to someone like that.”
Energetic allegedly “refused to perform” the scene with Baldoni regardless of rehearsing “with a stunt double.”
Baldoni additionally claimed Reynolds pressured Baldoni’s company, WME, to drop him — allegedly in the course of the “Deadpool & Wolverine” premiere in July, which came about earlier than Baldoni employed his disaster PR crew.
A WME rep denied the accusations that Reynolds or Energetic pressured the corporate to drop Baldoni as a consumer.
Baldoni’s $250 million lawsuit was filed on Tuesday afternoon. The swimsuit contains 10 plaintiffs who’re suing the Instances for libel and false mild invasion of privateness over the Dec. 21 article titled “‘We Can Bury Anyone’: Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine.”
The piece painted Energetic as a star who endured months of alleged sexual harassment from Baldoni, claiming she allegedly confronted retaliation of a smear marketing campaign when she voiced her considerations.
Baldoni was dropped by WME after the Instances article got here out.
The actor’s lawsuit states it was Energetic who allegedly launched into a “strategic and manipulative” smear marketing campaign, utilizing false “sexual harassment allegations to assert unilateral control over every aspect of the production.”
Energetic’s attorneys reacted to Baldoni’s lawsuit in an announcement to The Publish.
“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,” the assertion learn.
Energetic has since filed a lawsuit towards Baldoni in a New York federal courtroom, accusing her co-star of inflicting her “severe emotional distress and pain, humiliation, embarrassment, belittlement, frustration and mental anguish,” along with misplaced wages.
The “Gossip Girl” alum is searching for punitive damages at “an amount to be determined at trial.”
