Justin Baldoni is reportedly going to file a lawsuit against Blake Lively

It ends with us actor and director Justin Baldoni He is reportedly preparing a counter-complaint against the co-star Blake Livelyafter submitting a bombshell legal complaint against himwhich included allegations of sexual harassment.

right Daily Mailthe actor is preparing to file legal papers when the courts reopen after New Year’s Eve.

Talking to deadline, Bryan FreedmanBaldoni’s attorney, said he “wouldn’t talk about when or how many lawsuits” they would file. However, he claimed the former would “shock” everyone.

“I won’t talk about when or how many lawsuits we file, but when we do file our first lawsuit, it will shock everyone who has been manipulated into believing a demonstrably false narrative,” Freedman said.

“It will be supported by real evidence and tell the true story. In my 30+ years of practice, I have never seen this level of unethical behavior intentionally fueled by media manipulation. It reminds me of what NBC tried to do Megyn Kelly and Gabrielle Union and we all know how it ended up. Waiting.”

According to the Daily Mail, Baldoni’s counter-complaint will “completely reverse” Lively’s allegations and include claims such as WhatsApp messages from Baldoni’s team being taken out of contextLively’s publicist allegedly planted negative press about Baldoni with news organizations and that Lively’s legal complaint was designed to “rebuild her public image” after It ends with us media frenzy.

The publication also reported that Baldoni’s counterclaim will also accuse Lively’s Vision PR team, led by Leslie Sloaneof organizing a defamation campaign against Baldoni.

In response to the UK publication’s report, Sloane told Deadline: “It is clear that Mr. Baldoni and his Wayfarer Associates are suggesting that I created press stories about HR complaints on set, which is false.”

“Please read Ms. Lively’s complaint and the complaint filed by Jonesworks LLC and Stephanie Jones, which details the campaign against my client.”

Rumors of a feud between Lively and Baldoni have been simmering ever since It ends with us made it to the silver screen.

However, it all came to a head when Lively filed a legal complaint against her co-star last week, which included allegations of sexual harassment on set.

The complaint also alleged that Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios, the company that produced the film, engaged in a “multi-level plan” to “destroy” her reputation following a meeting to address “repeated sexual harassment and other disturbing behaviours’ on set.

When the explosive legal complaint was published, Lively said The New York Times she hoped her legal action would highlight inappropriate behavior and empower others to speak out.

“I hope my legal action will help draw the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about inappropriate behavior and protect others who may be targeted,” she said.

Baldoni’s camp immediately denied all of Lively’s allegations, with Freedman describing the claims as “completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious.”

Since then, many actors — as well It ends with us author Colleen Hoover — they have are coming forward, expressing their support for Lively.

As for Baldoni, the actor has reportedly been dropped from his agency, WME, and has been sued by his former publicist Steph Jones.

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