Justin Baldoni’s lawyer claims he has ‘evidence of Blake Lively’s pattern of bullying’ on It Ends With Us

Justin Baldoni’s lawyer has claimed he has evidence of Blake Lively’s alleged “pattern of bullying” on It Ends With Us, amid the pair’s vicious lawsuits against each other.

Lively, 37, starred in It Ends With Us opposite Baldoni, 40, who also directed the film, which was released theatrically last August and is currently streaming on Netflix.

After months of rumors, Lively filed a complaint with the California Civil Rights Department, alleging that Baldoni improvised unwanted kissing scenes and created a hostile work environment through sexual harassment and more.

Just a day later, The New York Times published an article revealing that Baldoni had hired a crisis PR team to “bury” Lively and destroy her credibility, after which Lively sued Baldoni and his company Wayfarer Studios later that day.

Baldoni responded by filing a $250 million defamation suit against The New York Times over their report which he said promoted an “unverified and self-serving narrative.”

Now attorney Bryan Freedman says he has “evidence” showing Lively is “threatening to take over the movie” in a new statement to People on Tuesday, January 7.

Now, attorney Bryan Freedman (pictured 2024) says he has “receipts” showing that Lively is “threatening to take over the film” in a new statement to People on Tuesday, January 7.

He said: “It is painfully ironic that Blake Lively accuses Justin Baldoni of weaponizing the media when her own team orchestrated this vicious attack by sending The New York Times crudely redacted documents before she had even filed the complaint.

“We are releasing all evidence that will demonstrate a pattern of harassment and threats to take over the film.

“None of this should come as a surprise because Blake Lively, consistent with her past behavior, used other people to communicate those threats and bully her into getting whatever she wanted. We have all the receipts and more.”

DailyMail.com has contacted Blake Lively’s representatives for comment.

This comes after lawyers for Lively condemned Baldoni for launching further attacks on his client.

Lively’s legal team insists to People that Lively’s “serious claims of sexual harassment and retaliation” are in fact “supported by concrete facts.”

“This is not a ‘feud’ born out of ‘creative differences’ or a ‘he said/she said’ situation,” the statement from Lively’s lawyers began.

“As alleged in Ms. Lively’s complaint, and as we will prove in court, Wayfarer [Studios] and her associates engaged in unlawful retaliation against Ms. Lively for simply trying to protect herself and others on a film set,” the attorneys added.

Lively, 37, starred in It Ends With Us opposite Baldoni, 40, who also directed the film, which was released in theaters last August. After months of rumors, Lively filed a complaint with the California Civil Rights Department, alleging that Baldoni improvised unwanted kissing scenes and created a hostile work environment through sexual harassment and more.

Freedman said, “None of this should come as a surprise because Blake Lively, consistent with her past behavior, used other people to communicate those threats and bully her into getting whatever she wanted. We have all the receipts and more’ – Baldoni, pictured in August 2024

“And their response to the lawsuit was to launch more attacks against Ms. Lively since her filing,” they continued.

“Sexual harassment and retaliation are illegal in every workplace and industry,” the attorneys added, outlining some “classic tactics” used by abusers.

“A classic tactic to deflect attention from allegations of this type of misconduct is to ‘blame the victim’ by suggesting they provoked the behavior, did it to themselves, misunderstood the intentions or even lied.” , the statement continued.

‘Another classic tactic is to reverse the victim and perpetrator, and imply that the perpetrator is actually the victim. These concepts normalize and trivialize allegations of serious misconduct,” they said.

“Most importantly, media statements are not a defense to Ms. Lively’s legal claims. We will continue to pursue her claims in federal court, where the rule of law determines who prevails, not exaggerations and threats,” the statement said.

Lively alleged in her lawsuit that Baldoni ccaused her to suffer “financial harm” that “continues to this day.”

She claims that her hair care brand, Blake Brown, and her two drinks ranges, Betty Buzz and Betty Booze, both suffered huge sales losses as a result of the setback she suffered.

Lively alleged in her lawsuit that Baldoni’s smear campaign caused her to suffer “financial damages” that “continue to this day.”

The lawsuit alleges that Blake Brown’s sales dropped by as much as 78 percent after the “social manipulation campaign” began.

It said: “Based on internal sales forecasts, the sudden and unexpected negative media campaign against Ms. Lively has reduced retail sales of Blake Brown products by 56-78 percent.”

The lawsuit added: “This dramatic decline was completely inconsistent with the high satisfaction scores that Blake Brown products achieved in the significant consumer testing conducted prior to launch or their initial success post-launch.”