Blake Lively responds to ‘abuser’ Justin Baldoni’s countersuit, calls it ‘age-old story’
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‘It Ends with Us’ actor’s legal team addressed Baldoni’s new lawsuit in a statement. Blake Lively’s legal team has addressed Justin Baldoni’s countersuit, calling it an “age-old story.”. The Independent has contacted Baldoni’s lawyer for comment.
Baldoni, who also directed the 2024 Colleen Hoover adaptation, sued Lively and Reynolds for $400 million, accusing the couple of civil extortion, defamation, false light invasion of privacy, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, intentional interference with contractual relations, intentional interference with prospective economic advantage, and negligent interference with prospective economic advantage.
The Jane the Virgin alum’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, added in a statement to The Independent: “This lawsuit is a legal action based on an overwhelming amount of untampered evidence detailing Blake Lively and her team’s duplicitous attempt to destroy Justin Baldoni, his team and their respective companies by disseminating grossly edited, unsubstantiated, new and doctored information to the media.”.
Freedman continued: “It is clear based on our own all out willingness to provide all complete text messages, emails, video footage and other documentary evidence that was shared between the parties in real time, that this is a battle she will not win and will certainly regret. Blake Lively was either severely misled by her team or intentionally and knowingly misrepresented the truth.
“Ms Lively will never again be allowed to continue to exploit actual victims of real harassment solely for her personal reputation gain at the expense of those without power. Let’s not forget, Ms Lively and her team attempted to bulldoze reputations and livelihoods for heinously selfish reasons through their own dangerous manipulation of the media before even taking any actual legal action. We know the truth, and now the public does too. Justin and his team have nothing to hide, documents do not lie.”.
