Justin Baldoni Plans Countersuit Against Blake Lively & Publicists
About a week after Blake Lively accused her It Ends with Us director and costar Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment and lauching a retaliatory public smear campaign against her, Justin’s lawyer says the star plans to bring his own countersuit.
In an NBC News interview that aired Thursday, Jan. 2nd, Baldoni’s lawyer was asked if his client plans to sue Lively. Attorney Bryan Freedman replied, “Absolutely … yes. We plan to release every single text messages between the two of them,” Freedman told NBC News. “We want the truth to be out there. We want the documents to be out there. We want people to make their determination based on receipts.”
PEOPLE revealed that the plaintiffs in his case will include Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios (his production company behind It End with Us), his publicist Jennifer Abel and crisis publicist Melissa Nathan. They plan to name Lively, her publicist Leslie Sloane and Baldoni’s former publicist Stephanie Jones in the suit. Jones sued Baldoni, Wayfarer, Abel and Nathan on Dec. 24th.
To read more: Justin Baldoni to Sue It Ends with Us Costar Blake Lively ‘Soon’ Following Her Sexual Harassment Complaint (Exclusive Details)
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