Blake Lively’s Legal Team Has Responded To Justin Baldoni’s $250 Million Lawsuit Against The New York Times – BuzzFeed

Among several claims, the lawsuit accuses Ryan Reynolds and Blake of allegedly “berating” Justin in an “inappropriate and humiliating” manner at their NYC penthouse while other celebrity guests walked in and out.BuzzFeed StaffThe suit alleged that these claims were addressed while filming was underway during a meeting with multiple attendees, including Blake’s husband, Ryan Reynolds. During the meeting, Blake allegedly requested that Justin not discuss her body or weight, stop discussing “sexual conquests” on set, and stop adding sex scenes to the script, among other claims.Blake also claimed that both Justin and Jamey had entered her trailer uninvited multiple times while she was undressed and/or breastfeeding and that Justin had allegedly “improvised unwanted kissing” as they filmed. You can read a detailed breakdown of the allegations here.Justin and his camp are suing for libel, false light invasion of privacy, promissory fraud, and breach of an implied-in-fact contract. Here’s a roundup of the key details outlined in the suit, which was filed Dec. 31 in the Los Angeles Superior Court.While texting about a Daily Mail story centred around Blake’s divisive promotion of It Ends with Us, an alleged text from Jennifer highlighted by the NYT read, “You really outdid yourself with this piece.” Melissa allegedly replied, “That’s why you hired me right? I’m the best.”However, according to Justin’s lawsuit, the alleged full exchange shows that the use of an upside-down smiley face emoji and a previous message from Melissa — in which she states that she was not involved in the article’s publication — were both omitted. This wider context indicates that the messages were sent in a sarcastic nature.”To address some inaccuracies in the lawsuit, when seeking comments from Mr. Baldoni and others who would be mentioned in the article, The Times shared the information that we intended to publish, including references to specific text messages and documents, asked them to identify any inaccuracies, provide additional context and speak with our team,” the spokesperson continued, adding that they plan to “vigorously defend against the lawsuit.”The spokesperson also said, “Mr. Baldoni, Wayfarer* and the other subjects chose not to have any conversations with The Times or address any of the specific text messages or documents and instead emailed a joint response, which was published in full. (Also, they sent their response to The Times at 11:16pm ET Dec 20th, not at 2:16am ET Dec 21st as the complaint says.)”*Wayfarer is the production company behind It Ends with Us, founded by Justin. Jamey is the CEO.More alleged text screenshots were provided in response to Blake’s claim that Justin inappropriately described her character’s clothing as “sexy.” The alleged screenshot shows Blake seemingly insisting that her character’s outfits be “much sexier”; Justin and his team allege that his later use of the word “sexy” was him “responding to her creative input.”Justin’s team also deny Blake’s claim that Jamey showed her a “video of his naked wife,” which Blake’s filing labeled as “pornography.”“The video in question was a (non-pornographic) recording of [Jamey’s] wife and baby during a home birth — a deeply personal one with no sexual overtone,” they state, alleging that the video was “shown to Lively as part of a creative discussion in preparation for a birthing scene in the film.”Moreover, Justin’s lawsuit claims that he and Blake clashed over her allegedly controlling elements of filming, like wardrobe choices and the script.The suit alleges that while training for a “physically demanding scene” in which his character would lift Blake’s, Justin — who suffers from back issues — asked his fitness trainer how much the actress weighed. The suit says Justin “made the inquiry to ensure he could safely perform the lift without injury.”The filing goes on to accuse Ryan and Blake of allegedly “berating” Justin in an “inappropriate and humiliating” manner while other celebrity guests walked in and out of their penthouse.Furthermore, the suit claims that Blake attempted to ban Justin from attending the premiere of It Ends with Us, allegedly threatening to boycott the film if he did so.”Nothing in this lawsuit changes anything about the claims advanced in Ms. Lively’s California Civil Rights Department Complaint, nor her federal complaint, filed earlier today,” Blake’s attorneys said in a separate statement shared with BuzzFeed. “This lawsuit is based on the obviously false premise that Ms. Lively’s administrative complaint against Wayfarer and others was a ruse based on a choice ‘not to file a lawsuit against Baldoni, Wayfarer,’ and that ‘litigation was never her ultimate goal,'” the statement continued.”As demonstrated by the federal complaint filed by Ms. Lively earlier today, that frame of reference for the Wayfarer lawsuit is false.  While we will not litigate this matter in the press, we do encourage people to read Ms. Lively’s complaint in its entirety. We look forward to addressing each and every one of Wayfarer’s allegations in court,” the statement concluded.

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