Justin Baldoni’s Attorney Plans To Sue Blake Lively & Release Texts

In a recent interview, Freedman shared his plans to release text message receipts between his client and Lively as part of the latter’s sexual harassment lawsuit against Baldoni.

Freedman’s comments come three days after Baldoni filed a lawsuit against The New York Timeswhich released a report on Lively’s allegations against her co-star.

During the interview, Freedman was asked if there was a coordinated smear campaign to bring Lively down, and he responded, “100% no.”

When asked if he would consider suing the actress, Freedman replied, “Absolutely.”

The lawyer also revealed plans to reveal text messages between Lively and Baldoni.

He said: “We plan to release every text message exchanged between the two of them. We want the truth to be made public. We want the documents to be made public. We want people to make their decision based on the receipts.”

Freedman said E! News in a statement that the tabloid “cowered before the desires and whims of two powerful ‘untouchable’ Hollywood elites, ignoring the journalistic practices and ethics once worthy of the revered publication by using falsified and manipulated texts and intentionally omitting texts that challenge their chosen public relations narrative. “

In Baldoni’s lawsuit against the New York Times, which was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, he said the outlet failed to “genuinely review the thousands of private communications it claimed to have obtained.”

Baldoni argued that if the tabloid had properly reviewed the communications, “its reporters would have seen compelling evidence that it was Lively, not the plaintiffs, who had engaged in a calculated smear campaign.”

The “It Ends With Us” director also claimed the newspaper made “false, outrageous and intentionally salacious” allegations when it published Lively’s complaint.

Part of Baldoni’s trial, which E! News obtained, reads as follows: “This lawsuit aims to maintain the Times responsible for its role in this smear campaign, but the plaintiffs are not finished. There are other bad actors involved, and make no mistake: This won’t be the last trial.”

On January 1, the New York Times replied at Baldoni’s trial against them.

The media outlet revealed its intention to “vigorously defend itself against the lawsuit.”

He added: “The role of an independent news agency is to follow the facts where they lead. Our story was reported meticulously and responsibly.”

The publication also said its article was “based on a review of thousands of pages of original documents, including text messages and emails,” which were cited “specifically and in detail in the article.”

When Lively filed her first lawsuit against Baldoni, she did so with the California Department of Civil Rights.

The lawsuit listed defendants as Baldoni, his production company Wayfarer, publicist Jennifer Abel, colleague Jamey Heath and “crisis management specialist” Melissa Nathan, among others.

On December 31, Lively filed a formal lawsuit against the listed defendants in the Southern District of New York.

The actress’s lawyers also spoke with E! News in response to Baldoni’s lawsuit against the New York Times.

Their statement read: “Nothing in this [Baldoni’s] The lawsuit does not change the allegations made in Ms. Lively’s California Department of Civil Rights complaint, nor her federal complaint filed earlier today.

The statement continued: “While we will not litigate this matter in the press, we encourage people to read Ms. Lively’s complaint in its entirety. We look forward to responding to each of Wayfarer’s allegations in court.”

Lively filed her initial complaint against Baldoni earlier in December, claiming he sexually harassed her on set.

Lively also claimed that Baldoni hired a PR team to damage his public reputation.

However, Baldoni, through his lawyer Freedman, denied Lively’s allegations and described his lawsuit as “false, scandalous and intentionally salacious,” and aimed at repairing “his negative reputation.”