Justin Baldoni's statement in full as he blasts Blake Lively's 'shameful' allegations
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The attorney of Justin Baldoni, 40, has released a statement in response to a lawsuit filed by his ‘It Ends With Us’ co-star Blake Lively. Blake, 37, and Justin reportedly had a contentious time working together on the Hollywood movie, which was released in August. Blake is now suing Justin for “sexual harassment" on the set of the film, alongside claims that the actor made a concerted effort to “destroy her reputation.” Bryan Freedman, representing Justin and Wayfarer Studios (Justin’s production company), has shared his reaction to the legal case.
“It is shameful that Ms. Lively and her representatives would make such serious and categorically false accusations against Mr. Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and its representatives, as yet another desperate attempt to ‘fix’ her negative reputation which was garnered from her own remarks and actions during the campaign for the film; interviews and press activities that were observed publicly, in real time and unedited, which allowed for the internet to generate their own views and opinions,” Freedman wrote.
“These claims are completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt and rehash a narrative in the media. Wayfarer Studios made the decision to proactively hire a crisis manager prior to the marketing campaign of the film, to work alongside their own representative with Jonesworks employed by Stephanie Jones, due to the multiple demands and threats made by Ms. Lively during production which included her threatening to not showing up to set, threatening to not promote the film, ultimately leading to its demise during release, if her demands were not met.”.
