Justin Baldoni
My Personal Lawyer As soon as Sued Me …
Allegedly Stole Script From Author w/ Incapacity
Revealed
Justin Baldoni‘s clearly put his variations together with his lawyer apart … ‘trigger the lawyer who now represents him in his lawsuit towards Blake Energetic as soon as represented a person who sued Baldoni for allegedly ripping off a script his shopper wrote.
Bryan Freedman — the person whose regulation agency is representing Baldoni in his authorized battle with Blake Energetic — filed a lawsuit on behalf of a person named Travis Flores again in 2021, claiming Flores wrote a script for a film known as “Three Feet Distance” based mostly on his personal life.
The lawsuit claims Flores was working with Baldoni on a special challenge when, unbeknownst to him, Justin received ahold of his script.
Flores claims Baldoni then made his film “Five Feet Apart” based mostly on his script … basically stealing Flores’ thought.
Flores — with Freedman’s assist — sued Baldoni and different events for copyright infringement and breach of contract. The case has reportedly been settled, and Flores handed away final 12 months.
Effectively, Freedman has clearly gone from authorized adversary to staunch supporter of Baldoni … advocating for his shopper in a number of hundred-million-dollar lawsuits — one towards Blake Energetic & Ryan Reynolds and the opposite towards The New York Instances.
It is not remarkable for Hollywood legal professionals to sue one particular person after which later symbolize them … however, it should definitely increase some eyebrows amongst those that have watched Freedman commonly fireplace off at Energetic, publicist Leslie Sloane, and others.
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Energetic and her legal professionals requested a choose to cease Freedman from making feedback and leaking proof associated to the “It Ends With Us” litigation … claiming his public feedback may prejudice a jury.
We have reached out to Baldoni and to Freedman … up to now, no phrase again.
