Justin Baldoni is accused of launching “more attacks” against Blake Lively

The actress’s lawyers are asking Baldoni to try to divert attention from the accusations against him by placing the “blame” on Lively.

This comes after Blake Lively filed a complaint alleging that Justin Baldoni launched a PR campaign to damage her reputation, which harmed her business.

Lively’s legal team has spoken out against Justin Baldoni, accusing him of launching “further attacks” on the actress.

In a statement to People magazineHer lawyers vigorously defended the sexual harassment allegations, stating that they were “supported by concrete facts.”

“This is not a ‘dispute’ arising out of ‘creative differences’ or a ‘he said/she said’ situation,” the lawyers noted.

They continued: “As alleged in Ms. Lively’s complaint, and as we will prove in the lawsuit, Wayfarer Studios and its associates engaged in unlawful and retaliatory false advertising against Ms. Lively simply for attempting to protect herself and others on the film set.”

They also accused Baldoni and his team of escalating attacks on Lively since she filed her complaint.

“Their response to the lawsuit has been to launch further attacks against Ms. Lively since it was filed,” they said, adding: “Sexual harassment and retaliation are illegal in every workplace and in every industry.”

Breaking the typical manipulative tactics used by perpetrators, Lively’s lawyers claimed that Baldoni and his team are trying to accuse the actress of causing problems to “distract attention” from the allegations against him.

“The classic tactic to deflect attention from allegations of this type of misconduct is to ‘blame the victim’ by suggesting that they fabricated the behavior, committed it, misunderstood the intentions, or even lied,” they said.

Lively’s legal team continued, “Another classic tactic is to mirror the victim and perpetrator, and suggest that the perpetrator is actually the victim. These notions normalize and trivialize allegations of serious misconduct.”

Finally, Lively’s legal team made it clear that the media statements would not affect the merits of her case.

“More importantly, the media statements are not a defense of Ms. Lively’s legal claims,” they noted. He added: “We will continue to prosecute her claims in federal court, where the rule of law determines who will prevail, not exaggeration and threats.”

In a complaint filed on New Year’s Eve, Lively alleged that Baldoni’s smear campaign caused significant “financial harm” to her business that “continues to the present.”

According to the “IF” actress, the backlash she faced severely impacted her business ventures, including her hair care line, Blake Brown, and her two beverage brands, Betty Buzz and Betty Booze, resulting in significant sales losses.

Legal documents obtained Daily Mail It is noteworthy that Blake Brown’s sales decreased by up to 78% after the start of the “social manipulation campaign.”

“Based on internal sales forecasts, the sudden and unexpected negative media campaign against Ms. Lively resulted in a 56-78 percent decline in retail sales of Blake Brown products,” the lawsuit states.

He also argues that this sharp decline in sales “was in stark contrast to the high satisfaction scores that Blake Brown products had received in important pre-launch consumer testing or their initial post-launch success.”

The actress starred alongside Baldoni in “It Ends With Us,” a film released in August 2024 and now streaming on Netflix.

However, after months of rumors of feud between her co-stars, Lively filed a complaint with the California Department of Civil Rights, alleging that Baldoni sexually harassed her on set and created a toxic work environment.

A day after she complained… New York Times published an article detailing how Baldoni enlisted a crisis public relations firm to “bury” Lively’s reputation and undermine her credibility.

In response, the 37-year-old actress filed a lawsuit against Baldoni and his production company Wayfarer Studios.

Baldoni responded by filing a $250 million defamation lawsuit against the newspaper, accusing it of promoting an “unverified and self-serving narrative.”

The actor’s lawyer, Brian Friedman, also announced his plans to release text messages between Baldoni and Lively.

Friedman, Baldoni’s lawyer, revealed in a statement to: nbc Baldoni intends to take direct legal action against Lively.

He said: “We plan to publish every text message between them (sic). We want the truth to be out there. We want the documents to be out there. We want people to make their decision based on the receipts.”

Lively’s lawsuit reportedly includes screenshots of text messages between Baldoni and his partners, Abel and Nathan, detailing an alleged coordinated effort to damage her reputation.

Friedman criticized the disclosure of these private exchanges, arguing that the letters lacked “critical context.”

The attorney claims the full text exchange, which he will release, contradicts Lively’s claims that Baldoni entered her trailer without permission while she was undressing or breastfeeding.