“Unraveled Secrets: Justin Baldoni’s Lawyer Responds to Shocking Leaked Texts That Could Change Everything!”
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What is it about Hollywood that seems to breed these dramatic feuds faster than a soap opera on speed? It looks like Justin Baldoni is stepping back into the public eye under less-than-glamorous circumstances. Just last week, the actor found himself the target of a lawsuit from his co-star Blake Lively—yes, THE Blake Lively—alleging a series of toxic behaviors on the set of their film, It Ends With Us. Lively is not just idly complaining; she’s laid out some serious accusations, leading one to wonder: how did it come to this?
Her claims run the gamut from emotional distress to allegedly harrowing revelations about Baldoni’s history with porn and, get this, the sharing of nude images and uninvited discussions about his private escapades. Yikes! And if that’s not enough to make your jaw drop, Lively also accuses Baldoni of attempting to sabotage her reputation like some kind of melodramatic villain.
Enter Baldoni, who, rather than quietly maintaining his innocence, has opted for a full-blown PR warfare revelation that could make even the most seasoned celebrity publicists clutch their pearls! His legal team argues that the whole situation is a classic case of crisis management gone wrong. Seriously, you can’t make this stuff up!
Grab that popcorn, folks—because this Hollywood scandal is just getting started!
Justin Baldoni’ is once again trying to clear his sullied name.
Last week, the actor was sued for sexual harassment by It Ends With Us co-star Blake Lively, who alleged that Baldoni caused “severe emotional distress” to Lively as a result of his toxic behavior on the set of this film.
Such supposed behavior included “showing nude videos or images of women to Blake,” along with discussion of Baldoni’s past “pornography addiction” or “sexual conquests.”
Lively also believes Baldoni engaged in a smear campaign to “destroy” her reputation.
In regard to this “social manipulation” campaign, as deemed as such in Lively’s lawsuit, a lawyer for Baldoni has now issued a new statement.
“TAG PR operated as any other crisis management firm would when hired by a client experiencing threats by two extremely powerful people with unlimited resources,” Bryan Freedman told Us Weekly, citing the company that was hired by Baldoni and is one of several firms named in Lively’s legal papers.
“The standard scenario planning TAG PR drafted proved unnecessary as audiences found Lively’s own actions, interviews and marketing during the promotional tour distasteful, and responded organically to that which the media themselves picked up on.”
As part of her lawsuit, Lively shared text messages seemingly sent by members of Baldoni’s public relations team — all of which hinted at the aforementioned attempt to smear the actress.
In his statement, Freedman claimed these text exchanges between Baldoni and his PR team in the lawsuit were taken out of context, stating:
“It’s ironic that the New York Times, through their effort to ‘uncover’ an insidious PR effort, played directly into the hands of Lively’s own dubious PR tactics by publishing leaked personal text exchanges that lack critical context — the very same tactics she’s accusing the firm of implementing.”
Lively’s lengthy court documents were filed on Friday, December 20.
They were initially published by The New York Times over this past weekend and they refer to “thousands of pages of text messages and emails” that Lively reportedly obtained through a subpoena … although Freedman now claims they were leaked.
In response to that claim and Freedman’s latest message, a member of Lively’s legal team tells Us Weekly:
“The subpoena disclosed and referenced in the Complaint was served on Jonesworks LLC. The internal documents referred to in the Complaint were produced subject to that subpoena.
“We expect that further details regarding the subpoena process will be disclosed during discovery.”
One of the alleged texts making headlines across the Internet include a publicist working with the studio and Baldoni writing to a crisis management expert:
“He wants to feel like she can be buried.”
The paperwork goes on to claim that “this plan went well beyond standard crisis PR,” alleging Baldoni’s team proposed a concept called “‘astroturfing.”
This has been defined as ‘the practice of publishing opinions or comments on the internet, in the media, etc. that appear to come from ordinary members of the public but actually come from a particular company or political group.’”
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