Justin Baldoni sued by his former publicist amid Blake Lively scandal

nypost.com:

to Variety, Steph Jones, who owns the public relations firm Jonesworks, has accused Baldoni of breaching their contract, which required him to pay her $25,000 per month.

The Post reached out to Baldoni’s lawyer for comment.Baldoni parted ways with Jonesworks in August, after his Jonesworks publicist, Jennifer Abel, left the company to form her own firm.

Jones also sued Abel and publicist Melissa Nathan. She has accused them of deploying the alleged “smear campaign” against Lively behind her back and without her knowledge. “To this day, Abel and Nathan continue to point the finger falsely at Jones now that their own misconduct is coming to light, and to defame and attack Jones in the industry,” the lawsuit states.On Saturday, Lively, 37, filed a lawsuit against Baldoni, who not only co-starred in “It Ends With Us” but also directed it.

The movie is about a domestic violence relationship between their characters, and it’s based on a best-selling novel by Colleen Hoover.