Here’s How Blake Lively Got Stunning Texts From Justin Baldoni’s PR Team | Hollywood

Actor Blake Lively recently caused a stir by filing a legal complaint against her It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoniaccusing him of sexual harassment and trying to start a smear campaign against her on social media over the leaked text messages. This has left many wondering how Blake got access to private conversations between Justin and his PR team. Read also: Justin Baldoni for the first time after Blake Lively’s lawsuit went out with his wife “tense” and “without smiles”

How Blake got access to the texts

The text messages are included in the complaint filed Blake. The original complaint stated, “Ms. Lively received the communications set forth in this complaint through legal process, including a civil subpoena.” However, the source of these reports has not been disclosed.

It’s interesting to note that Justin was a client of Jonesworks, and both founder Stephanie Jones and her full-time publicist, Jen Abel, worked on his PR and image control.

According to VarietyOn August 21st, Stephanie called Jen into her office and asked her to sign documents, asking for her work phone number. Apparently, Stephanie discovered that Jen wanted to open her own firm.

Four months later, the contents of Jen’s phone were made public in a New York Times article and a complaint filed Blake against Justin, accusing him of starting a smear campaign against her.

Mysterious angle

Law enforcement officers are delighted with this BlakeAttorneys obtained Jen’s text messages in which she and other members of Justin’s PR team talk about how to “bury” Blake.

Her attorneys said she “received the notices set forth in this complaint through a legal process, including a civil subpoena.” Blake’s attorneys said Monday they received the notice through a subpoena to Jonesworks LLC.

However, Brian Friedman, who represents Jen, Justin, crisis publicist Melissa Nathan, Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios and others involved in the case, said none of his clients have been subpoenaed in the matter.

“If all the text messages were presented in this ‘subpoena,’ then Lively’s team knows the true facts of what actually happened and what didn’t happen. The truth is completely different than what was described in the complaint, and they know it,” Friedman said.

Meanwhile, Stephanie’s attorney denied being made a “scapegoat” in the case for simply responding to the subpoena. “Desperate to divert attention away from their disgraceful Blake Lively weight loss, Justin Baldoni’s team is doubling down on their smear campaign by going after someone who had nothing to do with this ugly campaign,” said attorney Christine Thaler.

About the case

In a nearly 80-page complaint filed last week, the actor Blake Livelywho is married to Ryan Reynolds, accused “It Ends With Us” director Justin Baldoni of assault, including forcing her to do unwanted kissing scenes on set and seeing her naked. She also presented evidence, including alleged email text messages exchanged between Baldoni’s publicists, which Blake claims were part of a campaign to smear her reputation.

Baldoni’s lawyer recently responded to the claims, saying the leaked texts used against him were taken “out of context”. In her sexual harassment complaint, Lively alleges a planned smear campaign against her. The director’s lawyer, Brian Friedman, also criticized the “Gossip Girl” star for using “questionable PR tactics.”

“TAG PR acted like any other crisis management firm when it was hired by a client who felt threatened by two extremely powerful people with unlimited resources,” Brian Friedman said in a statement to Us Weekly, adding: “The standard planning script developed by TAG PR proved unnecessary.” because the audience found Lively’s own actions, interviews and marketing during the promotional tour unacceptable, and reacted organically to what the media themselves picked up on.”