Justin Baldoni Sues His Former Publicist Stephanie Jones, Alleging She ‘Maliciously’ Leaked Texts That Sparked Legal Battle With Blake Lively
variety.comTatiana Siegel Justin Baldoni and Jennifer Abel have filed a lawsuit against publicist Stephanie Jones in the latest salvo in the dizzying legal battle between the “It Ends With Us” director and star and Blake Lively.
Jones represented Baldoni and his Wayfarer Studios last summer when press reports first emerged of a rift between the director and Lively.
Abel was Jones’ partner at Joneswork PR and running point on the Baldoni account as speculation mounted about why Lively and some cast members had stopped following the director on Instagram.
What happened next has become a matter of intrigue and resulted in a sprawling legal morass that has consumed Hollywood and sparked intense public interest. “It is undeniable that Stephanie Jones initiated this catastrophic sequence of events by violating the most basic of privacy rights, as well as any remaining trust her clients held,” Baldoni’s attorney Bryan Freedman said in a statement to Variety. “No stranger to stirring up crisis scenarios for departing clients, Ms.
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