Blake Lively Responds to Justin Baldoni’s $250 Million Lawsuit
‘s lawyers have responded to ‘s $250 million lawsuit that the filmmaker and actor filed earlier this week, saying the entire thing is built upon a false premise.
Speaking to Deadline in a statement following Baldoni’s lawsuit, which was filed on Tuesday, Lively’s Manatt, Phelps & Phillips attorneys and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP firm said that “nothing in this lawsuit changes anything about the claims advanced in Ms. Lively’s California Civil Rights Department Complaint, nor her federal complaint.”
The lawyers went on to claim that the entire suit is based on the “false premise” that Lively’s complaint is fake and that they won’t continue to litigate matters in the media.
“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,” Lively’s attorneys said in a statement. “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’s lawsuit was filed just ahead of the new year and alleges that Lively’s public relations team began pushing an “unverified and self-serving narrative” against Baldoni while using “cherry-picked and altered communications stripped of necessary context” to paint him in a bad light. The lawsuit sees Baldoni seeking at least $250 million while claiming fraud and breach of contract as well as libel.
“In this vicious smear campaign fully orchestrated by Blake Lively and her team, the New York Times cowered to the wants and whims of two powerful ‘untouchable’ Hollywood elites, disregarding journalistic practices and ethics once befitting of the revered
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