Justin Baldoni’s lawyer plans to sue Blake Lively after the NYT lawsuit

Justin Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman “absolutely” intends to sue Blake Lively on behalf of his client.

Freedman was asked NBC News In an interview on Thursday, January 2, he asked if he planned to sue Lively, 37, on behalf of the company It ends with us Director. Freedman replied: “Absolutely…yes.”

“We plan to release every single text message between the two of them,” Freedman told the outlet. “We want the truth to come out. We want the documents out there. We want people to make decisions based on evidence.”

It comes after Baldoni, 40, filed a $250 million lawsuit against The New York Times on Tuesday, December 31st. The actor and director is suing for libel and invasion of privacy The New York Times’ Coverage of co-star Lively after she sued him for sexual harassment.

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It Ends With Us director and star Justin Baldoni has filed a lawsuit against The New York Times after it reported on co-star Blake Lively after she sued him for sexual harassment. Baldoni, 40, filed a $250 million lawsuit against Lively, 37, in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, December 31, Us Weekly can confirm. (…)

Baldoni was one of ten plaintiffs the lawsuitwhich also includes publicists Melissa Nathan And Jennifer Abel as well as It ends with Us producers James Heath And Steve Saraowitzwho initiated legal proceedings against the media company.

On the same day, Baldoni sued The New York Times, Lively officially filed a lawsuit against Baldoni, Nathan and Abel, along with Wayfarer Studios in the Southern District of New York.

The lawsuit alleged sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy and lost wages. The allegations echo those made by Lively in his complaint filed last week with the California Department of Civil Rights.

Lively talked about it their legal actions by statement dated Saturday, December 21st Us weekly.

“I hope my legal action will help lift the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak out about wrongdoing and protect others who may be targeted,” she said.

A New York Times said a spokesman Us weekly In a statement on Tuesday, December 31, the company said it intends to “vigorously defend” the lawsuit.

“The role of an independent news organization is to follow the facts where they lead,” the statement said. “Our story has been reported carefully and responsibly. It was based on a review of thousands of pages of original documents, including the text messages and emails that we quote accurately and extensively in the article. These texts and emails were also at the heart of a discrimination lawsuit filed by Blake Lively in California against Justin Baldoni and his associates.”

The statement continued: “To address some inaccuracies in the lawsuit, when requesting comments from Mr. Baldoni and others who would be mentioned in the article, The Times shared the information we intended to publish, including references to certain text messages and documents. asked them to identify any inaccuracies, provide additional context, and speak to our team. Mr. Baldoni, Wayfarer and the other subjects chose not to speak to the Times or respond to any of the specific text messages or documents and instead sent a joint email response that was published in full. (Furthermore, they sent their response to The Times at 11:16 p.m. ET on December 20, not at 2:16 a.m. ET on December 21, as stated in the complaint.)”

In response to Baldoni filing the lawsuit, Lively’s attorney said Us on Tuesday, Dec. 31, that the lawsuit was based on a “manifestly false premise.”

“This lawsuit does not change the claims raised by Ms. Lively in the California Department of Civil Rights complaint, nor her federal complaint filed earlier today,” the statement said. “This lawsuit is based on the patently false assumption that Ms. Lively’s administrative complaint against Wayfarer and others was a ruse based on the decision “not to file a lawsuit against Baldoni, Wayfarer,” and that “litigation was never her ultimate goal. “ As the federal complaint filed today by Ms. Lively shows, this framework for the Wayfarer lawsuit is incorrect. While we are not discussing this matter in the press, we still encourage people to read Ms. Lively’s complaint in its entirety. We look forward to addressing each of Wayfarer’s allegations in court.”

Freedman also shared a statement Us weeklyvowed to “put down” The New York Times for his “vicious smear campaign.”

“In this vicious smear campaign, entirely orchestrated by Blake Lively and her team, the New York Times He has bowed to the wishes and whims of two powerful, “untouchable” Hollywood elites while disregarding journalistic practices and ethics that once belonged to the prestigious publication by using manipulated and manipulated text and deliberately omitting text that furthered their chosen PR narrative questioned,” he said in a statement Us on Tuesday, December 31st. “In doing so, they predetermined the outcome of their story and aided and abetted their own disastrous PR inhibition campaign aimed at reviving Lively’s self-inflicted, faltering public image and counteracting the organic groundswell of criticism in the online public. The irony is rich.”

He continued: “However, make no mistake, for we all unite to defeat The NY Times By no longer allowing them to deceive the public, we will continue this campaign of authenticity by also suing those individuals who have abused their power to destroy the lives of my clients. While their side advocates partial truths, we advocate the full truth – and have all the means of communication to back it up. The public will decide for themselves, as they did at the beginning.”