Blake Lively’s legal team exposes Justin Baldoni’s explosive strategy

Blake Lively’s lawyers recently said that Justin Baldoni’s legal team plans to launch “more attacks” against the actress.

January 6 in It ends with us the star’s legal team spoke PEOPLE in a statement that her “serious allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation are supported by concrete facts.”

Blake’s team noted that this is “not a ‘feud'” arising from “creative differences” or a he said/she said situation.

“As Blake’s complaint alleges, and as we will prove at trial, Wayfarer (Studios) and its partners engaged in illegal astroturfing in retaliation for Ms. Lively simply trying to protect herself and others on set,” it said. in the statement

Blake’s attorney shared that “the response to the lawsuit has been to escalate the attacks” on the actress after she filed it.

The statement also said: “Sexual harassment and retaliation are illegal in any workplace and in any industry.”

Blake’s team wrote in a statement that “a classic tactic to deflect allegations of this type of misconduct is to blame the victim, suggesting that they suggested the behavior, caused it themselves, misunderstood the intent, or even lied.”

Another classic pleading tactic is to “reverse the victim and the perpetrator and assume that the perpetrator is the victim. These concepts normalize and downplay accusations of serious violations.”

“Most importantly, the media statements are not a defense to Blake’s legal claims,” ​​he said. Green Lantern the legal team of the actress.

It added: “We will continue to pursue her claims in federal court, where the rule of law determines who prevails, not hyperbole and threats.”

For the uninitiated, Blake first filed a complaint against Justin and others, including partners and publicists, accusing them of sexual harassment and a smear campaign to tarnish the actress’ public image.

Meanwhile, Justin’s lawyers denied the allegations, and on December 31, 2024, the actor-director also filed a $250 million lawsuit against The New York Times over a newspaper article about Blake’s complaint.