How Did Blake Lively’s Lawyers Obtain Bombshell Texts From Justin Baldoni’s PR Team?
variety.comJustin Baldoni, the “It Ends With Us” director and the subject of incessant media coverage thanks to a mysterious rift with the film’s star, Blake Lively.
But Jones wasn’t looking to strategize over the latest headlines. Instead, Abel was met by a security guard and an attorney and handed a document to sign and told to relinquish her phone.
Jones had caught wind of the fact that Abel was poised to leave and start her own firm. Jonesworks had been hemorrhaging star clients like Dwayne Johnson and Jeff Bezos over the past year.
Six days earlier, Business Insider published an unflattering investigation into Jones that was months in the works and noted, “When employees did leave, Jones did not always let them go easily.” Four months later, the contents of Abel’s phone were laid bare in a New York Times story and complaint filed by Lively against Baldoni with the California Civil Rights Department, accusing Baldoni of sexual harassment and embarking on a smear campaign against her.
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