{"id":140104,"date":"2024-12-24T13:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/24\/justin-baldonis-lawyer-fires-back-over-leaked-explosive-text-messages\/"},"modified":"2024-12-24T13:10:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:10:00","slug":"justin-baldonis-lawyer-fires-back-over-leaked-explosive-text-messages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/24\/justin-baldonis-lawyer-fires-back-over-leaked-explosive-text-messages\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Baldoni\u2019s Lawyer Fires Back Over Leaked, Explosive Text Messages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Justin Baldoni\u2019 is once again trying to clear his sullied name.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/12\/blake-lively-actually-sues-justin-baldoni-for-sexual-harassment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was sued for sexual harassment<\/a> by It Ends With Us co-star Blake Lively, who alleged that Baldoni caused \u201csevere emotional distress\u201d to Lively as a result of his toxic behavior on the set of this film.<\/p>\n<p>Such supposed behavior included \u201cshowing nude videos or images of women to Blake,\u201d along with discussion of Baldoni\u2019s past \u201cpornography addiction\u201d or \u201csexual conquests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lively also believes Baldoni engaged in a smear campaign to \u201cdestroy\u201d her reputation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1432003024-1020x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-515712 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1432003024-1020x1024.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1432003024-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1432003024-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1432003024-768x771.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1432003024-2040x2048.jpg 2040w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1432003024-956x960.jpg 956w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1432003024-1076x1080.jpg 1076w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1432003024-1196x1200.jpg 1196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1432003024-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Justin Baldoni attends Nights of the Jack friends and family nights at King Gillette Ranch on October 8, 2022 in Calabasas, California. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Andrew Toth\/Getty Images for Nights Of The Jack)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In regard to this \u201csocial manipulation\u201d campaign, as deemed as such in Lively\u2019s lawsuit, a lawyer for Baldoni has now issued a new statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTAG PR operated as any other crisis management firm would when hired by a client experiencing threats by two extremely powerful people with unlimited resources,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/justin-baldonis-lawyer-texts-in-blake-lively-lawsuit-are-missing-context\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bryan Freedman told Us Weekly<\/a>, citing the company that was hired by Baldoni and is one of several firms named in Lively\u2019s legal papers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe standard scenario planning TAG PR drafted proved unnecessary as audiences found Lively\u2019s own actions, interviews and marketing during the promotional tour distasteful, and responded organically to that which the media themselves picked up on.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-508059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-960x640.webp 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-1080x720.webp 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-1200x800.webp 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM.webp 1360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-508059 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-960x640.webp 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-1080x720.webp 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-1200x800.webp 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM.webp 1360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM.webp\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">It seems unlikely Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni will share the screen ever again.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Sony Pictures Releasing \/ courtesy Everett Collection)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As part of her lawsuit, Lively shared text messages seemingly sent by members of Baldoni\u2019s public relations team \u2014 all of which hinted at the aforementioned attempt to smear the actress.<\/p>\n<p>In his statement, Freedman claimed these text exchanges between Baldoni and his PR team in the lawsuit were taken out of context, stating:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s ironic that the New York Times, through their effort to \u2018uncover\u2019 an insidious PR effort, played directly into the hands of Lively\u2019s own dubious PR tactics by publishing leaked personal text exchanges that lack critical context \u2014 the very same tactics she\u2019s accusing the firm of implementing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lively\u2019s lengthy court documents were filed on Friday, December 20.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-515640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-960x639.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-1080x719.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-1200x799.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-515640 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-960x639.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-1080x719.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-1200x799.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blake Lively poses on the red carpet upon arrival to attend the UK gala screening for \u201cIt ends with us\u201d at the Odeon Luxe in Leicester square, central London on August 8, 2024. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS \/ AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They were initially published by The New York Times over this past weekend and they refer to \u201cthousands of pages of text messages and emails\u201d that Lively reportedly obtained through a subpoena \u2026 although Freedman now claims they were leaked. <\/p>\n<p>In response to that claim and Freedman\u2019s latest message, a member of Lively\u2019s legal team tells Us Weekly: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe subpoena disclosed and referenced in the Complaint was served on Jonesworks LLC. The internal documents referred to in the Complaint were produced subject to that subpoena. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect that further details regarding the subpoena process will be disclosed during discovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Blake Lively in front of a giant It Ends With Us sign on August 8, 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-508016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Blake Lively in front of a giant It Ends With Us sign on August 8, 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-508016 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blake Lively attends the \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d UK Gala Screening at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on August 08, 2024.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Jeff Spicer\/Getty Images for Sony Pictures)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the alleged texts making headlines across the Internet include a publicist working with the studio and Baldoni writing to a crisis management expert:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wants to feel like she can be buried.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The paperwork goes on to claim that \u201cthis plan went well beyond standard crisis PR,\u201d alleging Baldoni\u2019s team proposed a concept called \u201c\u2018astroturfing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This has been defined as \u2018the practice of publishing opinions or comments on the internet, in the media, etc. that appear to come from ordinary members of the public but actually come from a particular company or political group.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/12\/justin-baldonis-lawyer-fires-back-over-leaked-explosive-text-messages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justin Baldoni\u2019 is once again trying to clear his sullied name. Last week, the actor was sued for sexual harassment by It Ends With Us co-star Blake Lively, who alleged that Baldoni caused \u201csevere emotional distress\u201d to Lively as a result of his toxic behavior on the set of this film. Such supposed behavior included [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-140104","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}