The heated case ofBlake Lively vs. Justin Baldoniis getting more complicated after the latter’s team fired back at Lively for requesting agag orderagainst their lawyer, calling it an“intimidation tactic.”
Three days ago on January 21, the legal team of Lively andRyan Reynoldsput in a request to Judge Lewis J. Liman, asking to prohibit Bryan Freedman from talking to the media. This demand was made after he released uneditedIt Ends With Usfootage to “refute Ms. Lively’s characterization of his behavior.”
HighlightsBaldoni’s team calls Lively’s request for a gag order against their lawyer an “intimidation tactic.“Freedman’s actions were deemed necessary to protect Baldoni, as per his legal team.Baldoni accused Lively and Ryan Reynolds of civil extortion and defamation seeking at least $400M in damages.Initial Pretrial Conference set for February 12, 2025, unless more claims are made.
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Baldoni’s legal team is firing back after Lively’s gag order demand against his lawyer
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“As Ms. Lively’s counsel have attempted, repeatedly, to caution Mr. Freedman, federal litigation must be conducted in court and according to the relevant rules of professional conduct,” the letter from Lively’s team demanded, asking for a gag order.
But Baldoni’s team now has a response.
“It is tactical gamesmanship, and it is outrageous,” they stated.
Baldoni’s team believes Freedman’s moves were necessary in order to protect their client.They pointed outThe New York Timesarticle reporting that Lively had accused Baldoni and his team of trying to “bury” her reputation was leading to major fallout.
It wasn’t tactical ground for Lively’s team to “defend themselves privately” when her allegations were already made public, said Baldoni’s team
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Additionally, the actress’s very public and “ruinous” accusations have caused Baldoni to be “exiled from polite society” and amassed damages of hundreds of millions of dollars, his lawyers claimed.
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Blake Lively first accused Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment in a civil rights lawsuit during the filming of Colleen Hoover’s best-selling book adaptionIt Ends With Us.
She additionally claimed he and his associates devised a “sophisticated plan to undermine her reputation,” according toThe Hollywood Reporter.
Just last week, the director filed his own complaint against Lively and her husband for civil extortion and defamation. He sought least$400 millionin damages after claiming he was “pressured” in accepting the mother-of-three’s rewrites of the film.
Justin Baldoni was initially accused of sexual harassment during production ofIt Ends With Us
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“At bottom, this is not a case about celebrities sniping at each other in the press,” the lawsuit read. “This is a case about two of the most powerful stars in the world deploying their enormous power to steal an entire film right out of the hands of its director and production studio.”
Unless either of the celebrities makes more allegations against one another, the Initial Pretrial Conference for the case will be held on February 12, 2025.
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