Justin Baldoni's Lawyer Vows to Release 'Evidence' of Blake Lively's 'Pattern of Bullying': 'We Have the Receipts'

Mar. 15, 2025

Justin Baldoni’s lawyer is doubling down on his legal battle withBlake Lively.

“We are releasing all of the evidence which will show a pattern of bullying and threats to take over the movie,” Freedman adds, alleging, “None of this will come as a surprise because consistent with her past behavior Blake Lively used other people to communicate those threats and bully her way to get whatever she wanted. We have all the receipts and more.”

Freedman’s statement comes as Lively — who starred alongside Baldoni, 40, inIt Ends with Us —filed a lawsuit against the starand others, including Baldoni’s producing partners and publicists, alleging sexual harassment and a retaliatory smear campaign to tarnish her reputation.

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni in New York City in August 2024.Gotham/WireImage (2)

Gotham/WireImage (2)

“This is not a ‘feud’ arising from ‘creative differences’ or a ‘he said/she said’ situation,” her lawyers' statement read. “As alleged in Ms. Lively’s complaint, and as we will prove in litigation, Wayfarer [Studios] and its associates engaged in unlawful, retaliatory astroturfing against Ms. Lively for simply trying to protect herself and others on a film set. And their response to the lawsuithas been to launch more attacksagainst Ms. Lively since her filing.”

The attorneys' statement continued, “Sexual harassment and retaliation are illegal in every workplace and in every industry.”

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

Justin Baldoni in New York City on Aug. 6, 2024; Blake Lively in London on Aug. 8, 2024.James Devaney/GC Images; Ian West/PA Images via Getty

James Devaney/GC Images; Ian West/PA Images via Getty

In her initial filing, Lively, 37, claimed Baldoni — who directed, produced and starred inIt Ends with Us—exhibited “disturbing" and “unprofessional” behaviorthat led to a “hostile work environment.”

The actress’s complaint includes accusations that Baldoni and another producer entered her trailer “uninvited” while she was undressed or “vulnerable,” alleges Baldoni “suddenly” pressured her to “simulate full nudity” in a birth scene and “improvised physical intimacy that had not been rehearsed, choreographed or discussed with Ms. Lively, with no intimacy coordinator involved."

On Dec. 31, Baldoni alsofiled a $250 million lawsuit againstThe New York Timesover the newspaper’s Dec. 21 article about Lively’s complaint, alleging it was the actress “who engaged in a calculated smear campaign.”

In a previous statement to PEOPLE, Freedman alleged that Lively’s complaint wasfiled to “fix her negative reputation.“The attorney has also called her claims “false, outrageous and intentionally salacious.”

source: people.com