Blake Lively: Her legal team responds to Justin’s lawsuit Baldoni – “Another chapter in the abuser’s manual”

There is no end to the actress’ argument with her director and co-star in the film “It Ends With Us” Justin Baldoni with the lawsuits and being responders. Blake Lively has recently been at the heart of a dispute with Justin Baldoni and his company, Wayfarer Studios, about the production of the film “It Ends With Us”. His actress sued him for sexual harassment, creating an enemy working environment and trying to slander, aiming to destroy her reputation. CORVERSE Now for slander and extortion against the actress. Baldoni’s new lawsuit comes after suing the New York Times on December 31 by filing a $250 million lawsuit accusing them of misleading reporting on sexual harassment charges by his co-star in “It ends with us”, Blake Lively. Blake Liveley’s legal team did not leave Baldoni’s lawsuit unanswered and proceeded to a statement: “This last lawsuit by Justin Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and their associates is another chapter in the abuser’s manual”. CORVERSE They added that the case follows a well-known pattern, in which “a woman speaks openly with specific evidence of sexual harassment and in retaliation, the abuser tries to reverse the roles of perpetrator and victim.” They also explained, that this pattern is known as DARVO (Denny, Attack, Reverse Victor Offender). But let’s look from the beginning at this Lively and Baldoni conflict… Blake Liveley’s lawsuit against Justin Baldoni Blake Lively accused Baldoni of sexual harassment, creating an enemy working environment and trying to slander, with the aim of destroying her reputation. According to the lawsuit filed by the 37-year-old actress, while filming the film “It Ends With Us”, a meeting of all members was held to examine her claims. Some of the requests made at this meeting, included “not to replay naked videos or images of women in Livly, there should be no further reference to Baldoni’s alleged addiction to pornography, there should be no more talk of sexual experiences in front of her and others, there should be no more references to the genitals of actors and associates, no further questions on Blake’s weight and no further mention of the actor’s dead father.” Justin Baldoni’s lawyer, Brian Friedman, in a statement to the New York Times, condemned Blake Lively’s charges as false and outrageous, considering them a hopeless attempt to improve her reputation. “It is a shame that Mrs. Livley and her representatives would make such serious and categorically false accusations against Mr. Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and its representatives”. Once it became known that Blake Lively filed a lawsuit against Justin Baldoni, the Vital Voices Foundation announced the withdrawal of the Solidarity Award that had awarded Baldoni two weeks ago. The award is given to men who display “treat and compassion for women and girls’ rights”. The organization stated that complaints against Baldoni are contrary to its values. At the same time, the WME talent agency discontinued its collaboration with the 40-year-old actor. Justin Baldoni is suing the New York Times for an article about Blake Lively Justin Baldoni went through the counterattack and filed a lawsuit for slanderous defamation against the New York Times, arguing that the newspaper published an article “full of inaccuracies, falsifications and omissions” based on Livli’s “self-serving narrative”. Livley’s complaint was first reported to The New York Times, who published an article entitled “We can bury anyone: The Hollywood defamation engine”, on December 21. The 4,000-word article contained content from the Civil Rights Department complaint, which usually remain confidential. The New York Times defended their article as “school and responsible”. Baldoni asks for $400 million from Lively and Reynolds for defamation and intimidation One month after her charges, the director again went into counterattack and accused her and her husband, Ryan Reynolds of slandering and violating the silent good faith agreement, filing a lawsuit against them. Justin Baldoni is now suing Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, journalist Leslie Sloane, and Sloan’s PR public relations firm, Inc. for slanderous libel and extortion, asking for $400 million. Lawyers of 40-year-old actor-director filed the lawsuit in the Southern District of New York on Thursday, January 16 on behalf of Justin Baldoni, producer Jamie Heath, journalist Jennifer Abel and crisis management journalist Melissa Nathan, where they claim that 37-year-old Livly was intended to gain control of the successful film “It Ends With Us”, co-starred. The suit was filed for libel, false slight violation of privacy, breach of a silent good faith agreement and fair trade, intentional intervention in contractual relations, intentional intervention in future economic advantage and negligent interference in future economic advantage. In a statement, Justin Baldoni’s lawyer Brian Friedman says: “This lawsuit is a legal lawsuit based on an overwhelming number of inviolable evidence detailing Blake Lively’s dual attempt to destroy Justin Baldoni, his team and their respective companies, spreading grossly processed, unfounded, new and older media information. It is clear that our willingness to provide all the full text, email, video and other evidence communicated between the parties in real time, because this is a battle that will not win and for which he will regret. Blake Lively was either seriously misled by her team deliberately or knowingly misinterpreted the truth.” “Let’s not forget, that Mrs. Lively and her group tried to destroy Baldoni’s reputation and property for hideous selfish reasons through their own dangerous media manipulation before they even took any legal action. We know the truth, and now the public knows it,” the statement continues. “Justin and his team have nothing to hide, documents lie”. The same lawyer previously said they were planning to press charges during an interview on January 2nd on NBC News, saying then: “We want the truth to be out there. We want the documents to be out there. We want people to make their identification based on evidence.” Livley’s answer: Another chapter in the abuser’s manual Lively’s lawyers did not leave his move unanswered. Her legal group went on to state: “This last lawsuit by Justin Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and their associates is another chapter in the abuser’s manual”. They added that the case follows a well-known pattern, in which “a woman speaks openly with specific evidence of sexual harassment and in retaliation, the abuser tries to reverse the roles of perpetrator and victim.” They also explained, that this pattern is known as DARVO (Denny, Attack, Reverse Victor Offender). Livly’s team also accused Baldoni of using “unfounded lawsuits” to confuse the public image and disorient the world from complaints of sexual harassment against him. They also argued that the director is trying to change the narrative, falsely accusing Livly of taking control of the creative process and alienating the actors from him. In particular, they stated: “The evidence will show that the cast and others had their own negative experiences with Mr. Baldoni and Wayfarer. They will also show that Sony asked Mrs. Livley to oversee the film’s editing, which was eventually selected for distribution and was very successful.” In addition, the actress’s legal team accused Justin Baldoni of responding to sexual harassment complaints on charges against the actress. “His reaction to the complaints: ‘she wanted it, it was her fault’. The justification: “Look what he was wearing”. In short, while the victim focuses on abuse, the abuser focuses on the victim,” they stressed. They concluded by saying that the tactics of attacking the actress are “desperate”, does not negate the elements contained in her complaint and is doomed to fail.