Blake Lively Lawyers React to Justin Baldoni's Response to Her Motion to Dismiss

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We have the latest updates on the Blake Lively vs Justin Baldoni case. The 37-year-old actress moved to dismiss the 41-year-old actor/director’s countersuit two weeks ago, with his lawyers releasing a statement at that time.

He then filed a lawsuit against his former publicist. Now, Justin officially filed a response this week to her motion to dismiss, and her team has also responded. Keep reading to find out more… In his response to the motion, his attorney Bryan Freedman stated that she requested to dismiss the lawsuit for “failure to state a claim,” per People.

The lawyer added that his client’s complaint provides details of “Lively‘s calculated efforts first to extort and manipulate” Justin and his production team at Wayfarer, “into ceding total control over the film It Ends with Us and then to defame and scapegoat them when her plan backfired.” The lawyer notes that Justin‘s complaint provides specific claims of defamation against Blake that are “sufficient to defeat dismissal,” adding that even if it does get dismissed, Blake is not owed attorneys’ fees and damages. Justin‘s response also claims Blake‘s attempt to dismiss his countersuit is her way of asking the court “to find that she is immune from any culpability for her wrongful acts.” Blake Lively‘s lawyers have hit back at Justin and his team’s response in a statement provided to Just Jared. “Baldoni, Sarowitz and the rest of the Wayfarer Parties are now arguing that nobody should be protected by the sexual harassment privilege.

They’re not just saying that it doesn’t apply to Ms. Lively – they’re saying it’s unconstitutional and no woman should ever have these protections,” Mike Gottlieb and Esra Hudson, her lawyers state. “That’s right: Justin Baldoni,