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claimed he orchestrated a smear campaign against her when “It Ends With Us” came out over the summer. The complaint states that Baldoni hired PR crisis manager Melissa Nathan — who worked with Johnny Depp during his defamation trial against Heard, 38 — in his efforts to allegedly “destroy” Lively’s reputation.

accused him of sexual harassment on the set of “It Ends With Us” — as well as mounting a smear campaign against her.Lively’s lawyers claimed that some of her professional commitments, including her planned “SNL” hosting gig, were impacted by Baldoni and his allies’ alleged attempts to “destroy” her reputation.“The effects on Ms. Lively’s professional life were immediate and substantial,” the complaint read. “Given the ongoing nature of the campaign and the associated negative public sentiment, Ms.

filed a legal complaint against Baldoni, 40, and accused him of sexual harassment and creating a smear campaign meant to “destroy” her reputation.The legal filing included a series of private text messages as evidence of Lively’s claims against Baldoni. One message from August 4 showed that Baldoni allegedly texted a screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) titled “Hailey Bieber’s history of bullying many women.”“This is what we would need,” Baldoni wrote in the text about Hailey, 28.

recently sued her co-star Justin Baldoni for sexual harassmentLively, 37, and Baldoni, 40, played the lead stars in the film adaptation of Hoover’s 2016 romance novel. Baldoni also directed the movie.On Friday, Lively filed a bombshell lawsuit against Baldoni where she accused him of harassing her on the set of the film — as well as ” a coordinated effort to destroy her reputation” following the movie’s release.Hoover backed Lively in the battle with a supportive message on her Instagram Stories on Saturday.“@blakelively, you have been nothing but honest, kind, supportive and patient since the day we met,” Hoover wrote alongside a photo of the pair hugging at a screening of the film.

A judge denied Garth Brooks’ request to dismiss a sexual assault lawsuit filed by a former makeup artist, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital.US District Judge Michael Fitzgerald denied Brooks’ motion to dismiss the complaint filed in the central district of California due to an “original action” still pending in another state. A court date originally scheduled for Monday, Dec.

“permanently incapacitated” due to early-onset dementia.The former daytime TV host, 60, was spotted smiling in the back seat of an SUV as she picked up a to-go order from Sho’nuff Oysters in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. on Sunday.

an interview with NBC News, just days after her lawyer amended a lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs to include Jay-Z – whose real name is Shawn Carter. She accused the pair of raping her at an after-party for the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards in the Empire State, according to the disturbing suit refiled in the Southern District of New York on Sunday.

link to a pornographic website on packaging for dolls tied to the blockbuster movie “Wicked.”In a proposed class action filed in federal court in Los Angeles, Holly Ricketson said she bought a “Wicked” doll for her daughter, who then visited an adult entertainment website through the link provided by the toymaker.Ricketson said her daughter showed her hardcore photographs from the website and both were “horrified” by what they saw, suffering emotional distress.The plaintiff said she would not have bought the doll had she known of the mistake, and Mattel has not offered refunds despite recalling the dolls on Nov. 11.Mattel did not immediately respond to requests for comment, but has expressed regret for the error.The El Segundo, California-based toymaker had intended to link purchasers to the WickedMovie.com website, not to a similarly named website for people at least 18 years old.Mattel recommends the dolls for children aged 4 and up.Tuesday’s lawsuit seeks at least $5 million of damages for anyone in the United States who bought “Wicked” dolls whose packaging included the errant link.It accuses Mattel of negligence, selling products unfit for sale, and violating California consumer protection laws.Other products from Mattel include Barbie and Hot Wheels.“Wicked,” from Universal Pictures, stars Cynthia Arivo and Ariana Grande.It has grossed $263.2 million in the United States and $360.3 million worldwide since its Nov.

he sexually and physically abused her during their relationship and encouraged other women to fabricate their own allegations.“After four years of fighting a battle where he was able to tell the truth, Brian is pleased to dismiss his still-pending claims and appeal in order to close the door on this chapter of his life,” Manson attorney Howard King said in a statement.Manson had been appealing the judge’s decision but his attorneys reached out to Wood’s seeking a settlement in the spring. Wood’s attorneys said Tuesday that she rejected requests that the terms be kept confidential.Manson “filed a lawsuit against Ms.

Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s feud has reached the legal level. Drake, 38, filed a pre-action petition in a Manhattan court Monday against Universal Music Group and Spotify and alleged they created a “scheme” to boost the success of Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.”In court documents obtained by The Post, Drake’s Frozen Moments LLC said that UMG — which distributes both rappers’ music — used “bots” to “artificially inflate” the song’s streams, which “deceived consumers” into thinking Lamar’s track was more popular than it was in reality.UMG was also accused of paying influencers to boost the song on social media and paying Apple to have its Siri feature “purposely misdirect users” to Lamar’s song.

share a few chords, pitches, an abstract ‘overall melodic design,’ and words, none of which is protected by copyright. And Plaintiff’s transcriptions, even assuming they are correct, show striking differences in melody, chords, other musical elements, and words,” the document states.The Post has reached out to lawyers for Cyrus and Tempo.Tempo filed their suit against Cyrus on Sept.

has been accused of violently raping a drugged-up man at a Miami house party — all while brandishing a “disturbing smile” and talking “dirty” to the alleged victim, a disturbing new lawsuit claims. The man, identified only as “John Doe,” claims the disgraced music mogul allegedly attacked him in front of a group of people in a bedroom after his drink was spiked at the 2022 party — causing him to “lose consciousness” entirely, court papers state.

Roman Polanski settled a lawsuit over an alleged sexual assault of a minor more than 50 years ago.The Oscar-winning director no longer faces a 10-day trial in the US after reaching a settlement.“The case settled in the summer to the parties’ mutual satisfaction and has now been formally dismissed,” Polanski’s representative told Fox News Digital.Gloria Allred, who represented the anonymous accuser in the lawsuit, Jane Doe, provided a similar statement to Fox News Digital.“A settlement of claims was agreed to by the parties to their mutual satisfaction,” she said.According to the settled civil suit, Jane Doe allegedly met Polanski at a party in 1973 when she was a minor. She claimed he invited her to dinner knowing she was underage.

repeatedly sexually assaulted by men and women at the disgraced music mogul’s party in June 2022 — including an unnamed celebrity who he was forced to perform oral sex on, the court papers state.The famous person — only identified as “Celebrity A” — then spit in the trainer’s mouth, the filing alleges.“While in and out of consciousness, individuals at the party forced Plaintiff into sexual acts with both men and woman. Plaintiff’s physical disposition made it impossible for him to reject their advances or otherwise control his body,” the suit, filed in Manhattan earlier this week, said.

Tesla’s new autonomous cybercab.Alcon’s California federal lawsuit alleged violations of US copyright law and accused Tesla of “false endorsement” for suggesting a relationship between Alcon and the Elon Musk-owned electric vehicle maker.“Any prudent brand considering any Tesla partnership has to take Musk’s massively amplified, highly politicized, capricious and arbitrary behavior, which sometimes veers into hate speech, into account,” the lawsuit said.Tesla and Warner Bros. did not immediately respond to requests for comment.Warner Bros was Alcon’s distributor for “Blade Runner 2049”, which won two 2018 Academy Awards and starred Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford in the highly anticipated sequel to the 1982 cult classic “Blade Runner.”Alcon said it had refused a request from Warner Bros.

The New York Times.Two of the men have accused Combs of assaulting them at his star-studded White Party. One victim, who was 16 at the time of the alleged assault in 1998, claims Combs told him to drop his pants and proceeded to fondle his genitals.

Stereophonic,” this year’s Tony Award winner for Best Play, and its landlord, the Shubert Organization, are being sued by writers Steven Stiefel and Ken Caillat, the Fleetwood Mac sound engineer/producer, who claim the popular show ripped off their 2012 book, “Making Rumours: The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album.”The pissed-off pair filed their lawsuit on Oct. 1 in Manhattan federal court.

Don Lemon’s lawsuit claiming they defrauded him by canceling a partnership on the social media platform following a contentious interview.In a Monday night filing in San Francisco federal court, Musk said he did nothing wrong by allegedly telling Lemon there was “no need” to sign a contract, and that he and X would give Lemon “full authority and control” over his work even if they did not like his views.Musk called it unreasonable for Lemon to rely on a vague statement that a written contract was unnecessary for a multimillion-dollar partnership.The billionaire also blamed the collapse of the partnership in March on Lemon, saying he genuinely believed it would work before Lemon “soured the relationship by conducting an invasive and inappropriate interview of him.”Lemon’s interview addressed content moderation, hate speech and Musk’s drug use, among other subjects.Lawyers for Lemon did not immediately respond on Tuesday to requests for comment.X also sought a dismissal of Lemon’s lawsuit, saying the breakdown of a high-profile business arrangement “may be grounds for upset feelings” but did not entitle him to prevail.Lemon sought a minimum $1.5 million plus a share of advertising revenue in the first year, and potentially millions of dollars more for drawing followers and advertisers to X.Many advertisers concerned about hate speech and misinformation on X fled the platform once known as Twitter following Musk’s $44 billion takeover in 2022.Musk’s other businesses include Tesla and SpaceX.In seeking a dismissal of Lemon’s lawsuit, Musk also said the case did not belong in California, originally in a state court, because he was a Texas resident while Lemon lived in New York.

a think tank tried to get his application released to prove whether or not he mentioned his past drug use.According to BBC, U.S.

according to court documents obtained by TMZ.Diaz said the rapper, whose legal name is Daniel Hernández, forced her to undergo cosmetic surgeries against her will.The 22-year-old Dominican rapper, who professionally goes by Yailin La Más Viral, is seeking $1 million dollars in damages from Hernández and wants the court to block him from sharing more pictures of her.Diaz said she ended the toxic relationship in August after learning about Hernández’s alleged theft and fraud.He retaliated by posting sexually explicit pictures and videos of her on the X app without her consent. The posts have been deleted, but Diaz claims she is still suffering.The “Fefe” singer, 28, denied the allegations, and said he helped Diaz out when she was broke. He was shocked that she would claim that he stole from her.“All that jewelry is mine .

Prime Video series that filmed over the summer.In a redacted version of the lawsuit, the contestants said they are seeking a jury trial to determine monetary damages “likely totaling in the millions of dollars.”The five plaintiffs claimed they were subjected “to unreasonable, unsafe, and unlawful employment conditions.”The complaints listed in the lawsuit include sexual harassment, failure to prevent harassment, negligent infliction of emotional distress, failure to provide uninterrupted meal breaks, failure to provide uninterrupted rest breaks, failure to pay minimum wages, failure to pay overtime, false advertising, unfair business practices and more.The lawsuit specifically claimed that the show — which allegedly has a $100 million budget — misrepresented itself by telling contestants there would be 1,000 participates, only for them to find out “upon arrival” that there were more.This “reduced” the contestants’ chances of winning the purported $5 million grand prize, the suit said.The complaint also alleged that MrBeast (whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson) “did not want to use the alleged unconstrained resources” that he had for the show “to provide fair wages, or even bare-minimum-legal working conditions.”Instead, MrBeast and the defendants allegedly “employed superior bargaining power to coerce the contestants to sign unconscionable contracts with illegal terms and illusory obligations,” per the suit.The defendants were specifically blamed for having “created, permitted to exist, and fostered a culture and pattern and practice of sexual harassment including in the form of a hostile work environment.”The Post has reached out to MrBeast’s rep for comment.Attorneys for the five anonymous people who filed the lawsuit