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Blake Energetic shouldn’t be backing down from Justin Baldoni‘s large authorized problem … and she or he says his $400 million lawsuit is straight out of the abuser playbook.
Blake’s authorized workforce responded to Justin’s lawsuit Thursday with a scathing assertion, saying … “This is an age-old story: A woman speaks up with concrete evidence of sexual harassment and retaliation and the abuser attempts to turn the tables on the victim. This is what experts call DARVO. Deny. Attack. Reverse Victim Offender.”
Energetic’s workforce says Justin and his manufacturing firm are pulling out all of the stops to attempt to “overwhelm the public’s ability to understand that what they are doing is retaliation against sexual harassment allegations.”
As we informed you … Baldoni and his manufacturing firm Wayfarer Studios filed a federal lawsuit in opposition to Blake, Ryan Reynolds, and Blake’s publicist Leslie Sloane this week, accusing Blake and Leslie of an alleged marketing campaign to smear Baldoni and take management of “It Ends With Us.”
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Blake’s authorized workforce pushes again, saying … “They are trying to shift the narrative to Ms. Lively by falsely claiming that she seized creative control and alienated the cast from Mr. Baldoni. The evidence will show that the cast and others had their own negative experiences with Mr. Baldoni and Wayfarer. The evidence will also show that Sony asked Ms. Lively to oversee Sony’s cut of the film, which they then selected for distribution and was a resounding success.”
Again in Might 2023 — when the flick first began capturing — Baldoni claims Energetic engaged in a “takeover” technique as a result of she wished inventive management over the film.
He additionally mentions a gathering at Blake and Ryan’s NYC penthouse to debate a script rewrite … a gathering Baldoni views as extra of an ambush than collaboration.
Taylor Swift even made an look throughout this alleged assembly, Baldoni claims … and, he is included a textual content he says reveals Blake Energetic evaluating herself to Daenerys Targaryen, a significant character on “Game of Thrones.”
Baldoni makes different claims, together with about his expertise throughout a manufacturing assembly the place Ryan allegedly went off on him, alleging JB had sexually harassed Blake. Baldoni additionally mentions a contest the place the 2 costars every lower their very own variations of the film.
He is suing Energetic, Reynolds and Sloane for defamation, civil extortion, interference with contractual relations and a slew of different allegations — and is looking for a minimum of $400 million in damages.
Backside line for Blake’s workforce … “Their response to sexual harassment allegations: she wanted it, it’s her fault. Their justification for why this happened to her: look what she was wearing. In short, while the victim focuses on the abuse, the abuser focuses on the victim. The strategy of attacking the woman is desperate, it does not refute the evidence in Ms. Lively’s complaint, and it will fail.”
