Justin Baldoni sues the New York Times! Hell hath no fury like a himbo scorned

A complaint has been filed now been filed against him in federal court

This would explain why Baldoni went nuclear with a retaliatory campaign

He was mocked in Deadpool and Wolverine

That’s him your honor

Here is Lively killing him

He is out of control. Great for the lawyers.

His lawsuit ain’t going anywhere. Even deadline compared it to a trump lawsuit.

Ny Times responded

Great idea to sue them, Justie.

He has hot bitch energy. Team Him.

Oh shit, I didn't think it'd get that heated.

These two are insufferable. People are starving and this is how they spend money? To fight each other to see who is the biggest cunt? Neither of them would ever be A-list on their own.

Trumpian? Oh dear.

His body of work is nothing but pecs and abs. The movie sucked. And here we are. Neither one of these people is all that.

It Ends with Us Suing Each Other and Every Party Involved in Making, Promoting, or Covering Our Stupid Movie

Surprised DL is largely on her side.

Anyway, this is probably them trying to force NYT into discovery. He probably thinks things will be revealed during this one that'll help his other case, which shouldn't be difficult since Blake's side of the story has more than a few flimsy parts.

#teamjustn

FUCK THAT FUCKING RANCID CUNT BLAKE LIVELY

And fuck the media doing her bidding.

Americans already don't trust the media, and this is why.

They back bullshit artists like Lively, because the either paide them, or because of WOKE

In either case, no one cares about her.

Some thoughts.

How is any other actor going to get involved with this pair and feel confident the wheels won’t fall off halfway through a movie? I think Blake better ask for a.LOT of lost wages.

Will actors resort to pen and paper courier communication? Disappearing ink?

R7 Is that the same New York Times that told us there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq before the 2003 invasion? They have no credibility!

No, it's not the same New York Times that told us there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq before the 2003 invasion.

It's even worse, if you can imagine such a thing.

I love it! They've created this whole circus fighting over the rights of the POS movie franchise. In the right hands, a movie about these two egomaniacs mutual self-immolation would be fantastic!

She'll always work as long as she's married to Reynolds, right? He, OTOH, has been committing career suicide

True, R22. At a certain point, she may prove a liability to Reynolds, kind of like Jada became to Will. The public gets tired of petty drama, and I already see people say they think more negatively of Reynolds because of her. She doesn’t exactly come out the gate with the best reputation to begin with, and was probably helped by her connection to Reynolds. Lively and Baldoni both would have done well to keep their mouths shut, though admittedly he has more to lose.

R22/R23 Meh, she wasn't exactly swamped with good projects prior to all this. No matter how all this plays out in the end, she's proved herself to be more trouble than she's worth. Most people wouldn't openly question her side of the story because she's a woman accusing a man of harassment, but that doesn't mean people don't privately have their own interpretation of the events. Doubt she'll be getting any decent projects that aren't funded by herself and her husband anytime soon.

As for the drama, I think she's already revealed her entire hand whereas we still don't know what Baldoni has on her. The only thing truly damning from her complaint are the text messages which his camp is claiming to have been doctored. It'll be interesting to see what comes out of discovery in the NYT case.

What a mess. All this drama over a terrible book?

R13 I caught that too. Was that supposed to be a news article or an opinion piece? It is weighted very heavily toward Lively’s positions and compares Baldoni’s actions to Trump tactics, always a solid strategy to belittle in Hollywood. Does the author owe Ryan Reynolds something?

Is this thread the Justin PR firm’s propaganda test site?

One of several it seems, R27.

That photo at R10 makes her look quite matronly. In a just world she’d be playing Ethel.

R26, now deadline and it's sister pubs (variety, hollywood reporter) will be invited to junkets for RR movies.

Is that why they lean towards Lively?

Maybe.

Regardless of the outcome, let’s hope it ends both their careers. Oh and take Ryan Reynolds down with you too.

[quote] now deadline and it's sister pubs (variety, hollywood reporter) will be invited to junkets for RR movies

The operative word being JUNK when it comes to Ryan Reynolds movies

R27 You tell me, it’s your industry, Blake Lively’s little soldier.

Somehow my tiktok feed bombarded me with vids on the Justin's countersuit. Apparently, it's very damning toward Blake. All her claims -(porn addiction, pics of a producer's naked wife, no intimacy coordinator on set, Justin seeing her in a state of undress, etc. - are proven false with clear evidence and receipts in the form of texts, emails. etc.

The producer's naked wife is particularly damning. It wasn't that Justin was flippantly showing Blake unsolicited naked pics of coworkers spouses at all. It was actually a picture of a producer's wife giving birth in a birthing tub. That producer himself was also apparently present for all of this.

What they were actually doing was discussing whether they might use something similar RE the birthing tub for a scene in the movie. She completely changed the narrative to attack Justin over something totally harmless.

Even commentators/lawyers who were pro Blake going into reading the suit say it now looks really bad for her.

(Still, I can't believe I just wasted 20 minutes listening to those vids because I truly don't care about either of these two non starters!)

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

I would not call Lively a “young” mother of 4, otherwise this take on Baldoni seems spot on.

^better link

Surprise, surprise at R34.

Blake Lively is a LYING, FALSELY ACCUSING, #metoo CUNT?

Color me shocked!

Yet another female putting another nail in the coffin of that movement.

Oh, it will be so delicious to see Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds destroyed for this.

I hope that Justin takes the NYT and Lively/Reynolds for EVERYTHING they have.

You all just want to hop on Justin's Baldoni.

R39… true?

[quote] You all just want to hop on Justin's Baldoni.

[quote] R39… true?

That wasn't a question.

Justin on "Jane the Virgin."

Not me, R39. I find him almost unattractive. He's too soft for my tastes. And his pick-me, pick-me persona is a total turnoff.

It just sounds like he is in the right more than Blake, given the ever growing evidence. Both suck, mind you. And the story could shift back to him being more at fault as it progresses. But for now? He's winning.

[quote]In either case, no one cares about her.

Yes, screaming curses in all caps definitely gets the point of your disinterest across, R17.

Best case scenario these two watch their careers both crash and burn as they tie up the courts suing and countersuing each other for the next decade. Maybe they'll delay the next administration being able to get judicial rollbacks on civil rights legislation.

He did not sue her, he sued The NYT.

Anyone have a gift link?

Hmmmm

R34, perhaps you shouldn't get all your "facts" from TikTok

Sick burn, R47.

This is a ridiculous celebrity gossip fest about two narcissistic actors flinging mud at each other over a stupid movie, not a breakdown of the rise and fall of Eastern Bloc Communism and how that turned into the unwitting catalyst for the death of the American dream in the West.

Tiktok is just fine for Hollywood nonsense.

R40, WRONG. The correct sources are the New York Review of Books and SheKnows. ,

It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni fired back at Blake Lively’s claims of sexual harassment as part of his $250 million lawsuit against The New York Times by submitting the actress' alleged text messages, In Touch can exclusively report.

Justin, 40, and his legal team included several texts messages, obtained by In Touch, allegedly sent by Blake, 37, to refute her claims. In his suit, Justin claims The NY Times wrote a one-sided story based on a complaint Blake filed with the California Civil Rights Department.

Justin’s lawyers claimed the story pushed “Lively’s unverified and self-serving narrative, lifting it nearly verbatim while disregarding an abundance of evidence that contradicted her claims and exposed her true motiv ran a story that was one-sided.”

The NY Times denied the accusations.

A spokesperson for The New York Times said, "Our story was meticulously and responsibly reported" and based on a review of "thousands of pages of original documents, including the text messages and email that we quote accurately and at length in the article."

Blake filed her own lawsuit days after her petition with the California Civil Rights Department became public. She accused Justin of sexual harassment and retaliation.

One issue Blake raised was Justin and producer Jamey Heath talking about their past sexual relationships with other people.

In addition, she claimed Justin referred to women on set as “sexy.” Blake claimed the two men entered her trailer unannounced on multiple occasions while she was getting dressed.

The actress said Jamey walked in one time “while she was topless and having body makeup removed by makeup artists.”

“Mr. Baldoni and Mr. Heath were also constantly hugging and touching cast and crew,” the complaint read. “When Ms. Lively or others avoided this touching, Mr. Baldoni and Mr. Heath would retaliate by becoming irritated, cold, and uncollaborative. The result was an unwelcoming and mercurial environment for Ms. Lively, her employees, and others on set.”

In his lawsuit against The New York Times, Justin addressed some of Blake’s claims. First, he attached a text message she sent showing her describe a character as “sexier” when talking about wardrobe.

“The allegation that Baldoni inappropriately described Lively’s character’s attire as 'sexy' is exaggerated and misleading. The text exchanges between Baldoni and Lively show that Lively had insisted that her character’s clothing be 'much sexier.' When Baldoni later used the word 'sexy,' he was just responding to her creative input, not objectifying her personally. Lively set the tone that Baldoni heeded during the creative process,” his lawyer wrote.

In regard to coming into her trailer uninvited, Justin’s lawyer said, “Lively also established very early that it was acceptable to be present while Lively was breastfeeding. Both Heath and Baldoni have children, and are comfortable around breastfeeding mothers, and Lively seemed equally comfortable.

In fact, Baldoni’s wife cofounded a company that makes a breastfeeding garment, a prototype that originated with his mother when he was a baby. And as revealed in a text message exchange between Baldoni and Lively less than two weeks into filming, Lively invited Baldoni to her trailer to rehearse lines while she was pumping breast milk.

Lively now alleges in the CRD Complaint that Baldoni and/or Heath would enter her makeup trailer of their own volition while she was breastfeeding. Notably, breastfeeding was an activity she often conducted openly in the presence of both Baldoni and Heath, including during production meetings.”

His lawyer included a text showing Blake had invited them into her trailer at least once.

Regarding the time Jamey allegedly came in while she was partly undressed, the lawyer said, “Lively suggests Heath walked in her trailer unannounced while “in state of undress” and topless, which is false. Heath was invited into her trailer, along with a female producer, Baldoni, and a Sony representative for a meeting requested by Lively. Mr. Heath arrived first to see if Lively was ready for the meeting, and after knocking and being invited in, saw that Lively was breastfeeding. She was not topless."

The lawyer continued, "She was having makeup removed from her collar bone while fully-covered. Heath asked if they should return at a later time. Lively said no, they could move forward with the meeting as initially planned and would meet them after she finished removing makeup.

Roughly two weeks later Lively announced that she thought she had seen Heath make eye contact with her. Heath immediately apologized and said he hadn’t even realized he looked her way, in response to which Lively remarked, ‘I know you weren’t trying to cop a look.’ A reference to this incident conveniently showed up on a document months later, distorted like the others and out of context, in a list that the Times later published as fact.”

Justin denied the claims in Blake’s lawsuit through his powerhouse lawyer Bryan Freedman.

What’s more important to a judge? Protecting the rich? Protecting the little guy? Figuring out the actual truth?

[quote] What’s more important to a judge? Protecting the rich? Protecting the little guy? Figuring out the actual truth?

Taking down Blake Lively.

[quote] Baldoni V. Lively Takes Another Twist as Actor’s Lawyer Says He’ll Sue Former Co-Star ‘Soon’

In just a couple of weeks the Justin Baldoni vs. Blake Lively saga has taken more twists and turns than a long-running TV drama, and now there’s another one.

Under-fire Baldoni’s outspoken lawyer Bryan Freedman has announced that his client will “soon” file another suit, this time directly against his It Ends With Us co-star Lively.

It comes just three days after the actor/director sued The New York Times for libel in response to its Dec. 21 article “‘We Can Bury Anyone’: Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine.”

The Times said its story was “meticulously and responsibly reported.” Baldoni and his team say it used “‘cherry-picked’ and altered communications stripped of necessary context and deliberately spliced to mislead.”

The new suit is a direct response to Lively’s Dec. 20 sexual harassment complaint, in which she claimed that Baldoni’s alleged behavior while making It Ends with Us and during its promotion caused her “grief, fear, trauma, and extreme anxiety.”

Freedman confirmed the move to NBC News in an interview that aired Thursday. He was asked if his client plans to sue Lively, and he replied: “Absolutely...yes.”

“We plan to release every single text message between the two of them,” Freedman told NBC News. “We want the truth to be out there. We want the documents to be out there. We want people to make their determination based on receipts.”

In a previous statement to the Daily Beast, Baldoni’s attorney said that the New York Times “cowered to the wants and whims of two powerful ‘untouchable’ Hollywood elites, disregarding journalistic practices and ethics once befitting of the revered publication by using doctored and manipulated texts and intentionally omitting texts which dispute their chosen PR narrative.”

The publication told the Daily Beast that Baldoni and his team were shown the texts that would be published and were offered the chance to respond.

“To address some inaccuracies in the lawsuit, when seeking comments from Mr. Baldoni and others who would be mentioned in the article, The Times shared the information that we intended to publish, including references to specific text messages and documents, asked them to identify any inaccuracies, provide additional context and speak with our team,” a spokesperson for the newspaper said.

“Mr. Baldoni, Wayfarer and the other subjects chose not to have any conversations with The Times or address any of the specific text messages or documents and instead emailed a joint response, which was published in full.”

People reported that the plaintiffs in the latest suit will include Baldoni, his production company Wayfarer Studios, his publicist Jennifer Abel and crisis publicist Melissa Nathan. They plan to name Lively, her publicist Leslie Sloane, and Baldoni’s former publicist Stephanie Jones in the suit, the publication stated. It comes after Jones sued Baldoni, Wayfarer, Abel, and Nathan on Christmas Eve.

Lively’s legal team, Sloane, and Stephanie Jones did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Now I believe that that billionaire is fucking him because the guy is hellbent on rendering himself unemployable and yet still has the resources to carry on these lawsuits. Where’s the money for the lawyers coming from?

As a matter of fact, if Justin was letting the billionaire fuck him, it explains a lot of his actions.

A) why he felt the need to sexually dominate Lively.

B) why he resented Ryan Reynolds, who achieved his success without letting a billionaire fuck him in the ass.

It’s entirely possible Justin Baldoni is the most expensive piece of male ass in history.

He should be proud of that.

Actually I take that back. A piece of ass would only receive a $10 million investment. Baldoni is the top.

Hahaha poor, delusional R55 through R58.

As if any billionaire would throw away money like that, on a bad investment.

P.S. Justin is happily married with kids.

But continue on with kissing Blake Lively's fat ass.

She's still going to get SUED into oblivion by Team Justin, and Ryan Reynolds will end up paying dearly.

Wow r59 you’re almost as dickmatized as Steve Sarowicz

[quote] Among several accusations in both legal filings, he claimed that Lively had a “calculated and audacious attempt to seize control” of It Ends With Us, including hiring her husband Ryan Reynolds’ editor to do a new cut of the film. (Lively was an executive producer on the project.)

[quote] “She’s kicked me out officially from the film now,” Baldoni allegedly wrote in text messages to his team, which he cited in court documents. “She’s finishing it all. I can’t be involved. Music sound VFX everything. I’ll make it through somehow. Just need to feel it all.”

Why isn't the WGA coming after Ryan Reynolds for breaking the picket line during the writer's strike?

He was clearly working on this script during the strike, so why aren't they holding him accountable for this?

Not a peep out of them.

Are they THAT scared of Ryan Reynolds?

[quote] Justin Baldoni’s Former Agency Addresses Dropping Him as a Client

This situation is growing thornier.

In the ongoing legal drama between It Ends With Us costars Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively—which began with rumors of an on-set feud and has since exploded into allegations of sexual harassment, a smear campaign and countersuits—Justin is now claiming in his lawsuit against The New York Times that WME talent agency dropped him as a client at the behest of Blake’s husband Ryan Reynolds.

WME, however, denies the claim.

“In Baldoni’s filing there is a claim that Reynolds pressured Baldoni’s agent at the Deadpool & Wolverine premiere. This is not true,” the agency said to The Hollywood Reporter in a statement shared on New Year’s Day. “Baldoni’s former representative was not at the Deadpool & Wolverine premiere nor was there any pressure from Reynolds or Lively at any time to drop Baldoni as a client.”

E! News has reached out to WME for comment but has not heard back.

The New York Times reported on Dec. 21, citing WME executive Ari Emanuel, that the agency had dropped Justin from its client list, just 24 hours after Blake filed her legal complaint against the director.

In the filing, the Gossip Girl alum alleged Justin sexually harassed her on the set of their Colleen Hoover adaptation—including claims that Justin showed “nude videos or images of women to Blake” and discussed alleged past "pornography addiction" or "sexual conquests"—and that he and a hired PR team ran a smear campaign against her following the film’s release to sway public opinion in his favor and to ruin her reputation.

In response, Justin’s attorney Bryan Freedman denied the allegations, claiming her complaint was an attempt to "fix her negative reputation,” calling the filing "false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt."

Meanwhile, both Justin and Blake filed official lawsuits on Dec. 31.

For her part, Blake is suing Justin, his company Wayfarer Studios, “crisis manager” Melissa Nathan and publicist Jennifer Abel—all of whom are listed in her complaint—for mental pain and anguish, severe emotional distress, and lost wages, according to documents obtained by E! News.

Meanwhile Justin is suing The New York Times for $250 million for the report it released on Dec. 21 in congruence with Blake’s complaint.

The Jane the Virgin alum’s attorney, who filed the suit, told E! News in a statement that the NYT “cowered to the wants and whims of two powerful 'untouchable' Hollywood elites, disregarding journalistic practices and ethics once befitting of the revered publication by using doctored and manipulated texts and intentionally omitting texts which dispute their chosen PR narrative.”

Justin Baldoni lawyer speaks out on the Today Show: Will release text messages for 'world to see'

Let’s hope Blake takes Taylor Swift down with her too.

MAGAts would love that, R64.

Fuck off, R65.

Just because Swift supported Kamala Harris doesn't mean she isn't still a vapid, celebrity obsessed, no talent cunt.

His ho ass got a billionaire to pay for his movie, he went and cast a temperamental diva with a powerful control freak husband, and then he was surprised his movie was taken away.

Lot of movies get taken away. Justice League. Rogue One. Solo. It happens. Roll with the punches.

R67 would be pitching a fucking diva hissy fit, if what happened to Justin, happened to R67.

What a dumb fucking cunt you are, just like your hero Blake Lively.

R68

Justin Baldoni is a stupid bottom.

He showed her photos of his wife giving birth. Not pornography.

Exactly, R70.

Another lie from her "sexual harassment" complaint.

It really sucks that women are allowed to do this to men.

Once that kind of claim is out there, it's out there, and there's no clearing your name after that.'

Women should be jailed for knowingly making false claims like that.

“I’ll sue!”

Team “I Stand With Blake” member backtracks.

@R73 That's why these dumb bitches should shut their fucking traps, until the truth actually comes out.

Same for all the other dumb assholes who rushed to "Stand With Blake" without knowing the actual facts.

Brain dead Hollywood SHEEP who just jump on the Blake Bandwagon, because she has a pussy and he has a dick, and therefore she could NEVER be lying and he's the evil one, right?

Dumb fuckers.

I hope that Justin and his attorneys unleash HELL on her!

Interesting interview with Baldoni's attorney Bryan Freedman and Chris Cuomo.

Cuomo says about Freedman, "He is my lawyer, and a trusted friend and mentor to me."

Maybe not "Hell". Maybe just paying off their own victims of sexual assault. Besties!

"Lawyer for Kevin Spacey, FKA Twigs Previously Settled His Own Sexual Assault Allegation

Powerful Hollywood attorney Bryan Freedman paid $40,000 in 1991 to settle a lawsuit alleging he sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl while he was in college"

Birds of a feather, R77. And maybe Cuomo’s sex pest brother was a client too.

Who’s actually seen the film?

Gang rape, R77.

If it was playing on a plane, I’d take a nap, R79. Was true before and after gossip tsunami. You?

Kjersti Flaa says Blake Lively used her to smear Justin Baldoni.

The Plantation Princess is going to be “sued into oblivion”according to Justin’s lawyer in the interview. This is the best quote of the interview