Dec. 21 Consequences for Baldoni
WMEswiftly dropped Baldonifollowing the bombshell accusations.
Baldonis lawyer Bryan Freedman called the allegations completely false.
Plankposted on Instagramabout her departure, but she did not name Baldoni or mention the allegations against him.
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni in ‘It Ends with Us’Sony
Nathanwas hired by Baldonifollowing the films arrival in theaters.
Lively then officially sued Baldoni and his PR team on the last day of 2024 forunspecified damages.
Livelys team quicklyresponded to the suit, denouncing the tactics behind it.
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni in a scene from ‘It Ends With Us’Sony Pictures Releasing / courtesy Everett Collection
And their response to the lawsuit has been to launch more attacks against Ms. Lively since her filing.
These statements were made hours after Baldonis main attorneyBryan Freedmanappeared onNewsNationtaking swings at theNew York Times.
This was alsosaid onThe Megyn Kelly Show.
Theres no question it relates to Justin.
Its a serious issue.
Freedman has repped Kelly in the past.
Deadline has been unable to independently verify or date the voice message.
This is what experts call DARVO.
Lively and her teamcalled the movea stunt and emphasized that it backs up her complaints.
Thegag orderwould be for extrajudicial statements.
Im a very flawed man, as my wife will attest.
Judge Liman consolidated Baldonis $400 million action and LivelysNew Years Eve lawsuit against theJane the Virginactor.
It ends Jan. 29, 2024 examining theNYTexpose article.
Deadline will continue to update this piece as more news comes out around the tense situation.
The individuals names are left out of the document for now.
His mixed ruling the last Friday of Feb. provided a silver lining for Lively, though.
Livelys complaint already identifies many individuals who allegedly participated in a negative media campaign, he said.
28 asking to be removed from Baldonis $400 million lawsuit.
But The Times does not belong in this dispute.
The hearing was conducted virtually with Baldoni, Reynolds and SXSW-bound Lively not in apparent attendance.
The March 6 session mainly centered around how much invormation should be covered under the standard model protective order.
Discovery will necessarily include confidential and sensitive business and personal information.
The risk of disclosure is great.
Thiscompounded Baldonis lossof forward motion with theNew York Times.
