Blake Lively Seeks to Bar Justin Baldoni From Litigating Case in the Press
variety.comGene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Blake Lively‘s lawyers have had enough of Justin Baldoni‘s PR campaign. In a letter to a federal judge on Tuesday night, they argued that Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, violated the New York Rules of Professional Conduct by litigating their dispute in the press.
Freedman has been on a media blitz ever since Lively first accused her “It Ends With Us” co-star of sexual harassment and retaliation last month.
Freedman, no stranger to celebrity disputes, has pushed back aggressively on Baldoni’s behalf, releasing an array of evidence that he says disproves the allegations.
The last straw for Lively’s team came on Tuesday, when Freedman released 10 minutes of raw footage from the slow dance scene in “It Ends With Us.” Lively had accused Baldoni of harassing her during filming of the scene, while Freedman argued the footage showed a normal professional interaction.
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