Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni
Jose Perez/Bauer-Giffin/GC imagesJustin BaldoniLegal battle with Ends with us Kostar Blake lively allegedly leaves his mark on the actor.
During Searching hearing On Monday, February 3rd, Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman He said his “clients were devastated financially and emotionally” because of the situation. (Freedman also represents Ends with us producers Jamey Heath and Steve Sarowitztheir production company Wayfarer Studios and Publicists Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel.)
“It doesn’t sound like a four -year -old fight with a four -year -old with” they started “, but in such cases, when someone says something that becomes a fact: no way to fight it,” Freedman added on Monday, per People.
A lively lawyer Michael Gottlieb She used a similar language to describe her reaction to the case, saying the judge that the alleged “campaign of retaliation” Baldoni’s team was “devastating” for Gossip alum, According to CNN.
Lawyer Justin Baldonia, Bryan Freedman, fired Blake Lively’s response to a director of $ 400 million. “After my clients have filed a comprehensive lawsuit full of almost 200 pages of indisputable facts and documentaries that have overthrew their false allegations about the smear campaign, providing medical communications by New York Times, Blake and (…)
On Monday, the first hearing in the case, which will be trial, March 9, 2026. During the hearing, the judge Lewis J. Liman He warned both sides that he had the power to move the trial date if the complaints were still “litigated in the press”.
Chief Advisor Justin Baldonia, Bryan Freedman.
Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty ImagesAfter the procedure on Monday, both Lively and Baldoni’s lawyers said they were pleased with how things went.
“We are satisfied with the results of today’s hearing and eager to move forward with Discovery in this case,” Repni for Lively (37) Our in a statement. “The court approved our request that all lawyers actually follow the rule of the law in this regard and do not make any statements that could make a pre -fee of the jury. This case deals with serious allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation. We will consider the accused responsible and we are convinced that after all the evidence is submitted in this issue, Mrs. Lively will prevail. “
The war of words between Justin Baldonia and Blake Lively shows no signs of stopping. Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman issued a fiery response to Lively’s claims that he was trying to abolish the jury pool in his upcoming trial, especially expiring information in attempting to deny the foreign story of the actress. (…)
In the meantime, Baldoni’s team said Our“Our clients are devastated and want to move the case as quickly as possible. We just couldn’t be more satisfied with the way the case is being resolved today, how it was managed. We will move as fast as we can to prove our innocence, in a world where people sometimes judge you before they give you the opportunity. And we’ll change that. “
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni
Kind Sony Pictures Ent.Months after the rumor, they turned on the split between the vibrant and the Baldonia on the set Ends with usIn December 2024, the actress filed a lawsuit against her director, accusing him of sexual harassment and creating an insecure work environment. Baldoni, 41, denied his allegations.
Baldoni and other prosecutors continued to sue New York Timeswho broke the story, the same month. A newspaper newspaper said Our At the time the exit is planned to “defend the lawsuit strongly.”
Update: 1/7/24, 12:00 et – Bryan Freedman, who is lawyer Justin Baldonia, posted the following statement in response to Lively’s team: “It is painful that Blake Lively accuses Justin Baldoni for weapons when his own team orchestrated This vicious attack by sending a New York Times Roughly decorated documents before (…)
Last month Baldoni’s studio also filed a separate lawsuit against Lively, his husband, Ryan ReynoldsAnd her publicist, Leslie Sloaneseeking a $ 400 million damages.
In response to a lawsuit, Lively’s legal team said in a statement: “Their answer to the accusations of sexual harassment: she wanted it, it is her fault. Their justification for why it happened to her: Look at what she wore. In short, while the victim focusing on abuse, the abuser focuses on the victim.