Blake Lively is thrilled Justin Baldoni determined to launch unedited footage from “It Ends With Us,” as a result of she says it solely proves her level … that she was visibly uncomfortable with Baldoni’s advances through the scene.
Blake’s authorized workforce tells TMZ, “Justin Baldoni and his lawyer could hope that this newest stunt will get forward of the damaging proof in opposition to him, however the video itself is damning. Each body of the launched footage corroborates, to the letter, what Ms. Vigorous described in Paragraph 48 of her Grievance.”
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They proceed, “The video exhibits Mr. Baldoni repeatedly leaning in towards Ms. Vigorous, making an attempt to kiss her, kissing her brow, rubbing his face and mouth in opposition to her neck, flicking her lip together with his thumb, caressing her, telling her how good she smells, and speaking together with her out of character.”
Whereas it would seem to be they have been merely actors appearing out a scene that is presupposed to depict them falling love … Blake’s workforce factors out not one of the intimacy was mentioned or choreographed. As they put it, “Each second of this was improvised by Mr. Baldoni with no dialogue or consent upfront, and no intimacy coordinator current. Mr. Baldoni was not solely Ms. Vigorous’s co-star, however the director, the top of studio and Ms. Vigorous’s boss.”
Blake leaning away from Justin within the scene was not appearing, based on her legal professionals. They are saying, “The video exhibits Ms. Vigorous leaning away and repeatedly asking for the characters to simply discuss. Any girl who has been inappropriately touched within the office will acknowledge Ms. Vigorous’s discomfort. They are going to acknowledge her makes an attempt at levity to attempt to deflect the undesirable touching. No girl ought to must take defensive measures to keep away from being touched by their employer with out their consent.”
As we reported, Justin’s workforce launched almost 10 minutes of uncooked footage, however they believed it proved he did NOT sexually harass Blake through the scene.
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This newest growth within the high-profile authorized battle comes on the heels of Blake Vigorous’s authorized workforce responding final Thursday to Justin Baldoni’s lawsuit with a scathing assertion, saying … “That is an age-old story: A girl speaks up with concrete proof of sexual harassment and retaliation and the abuser makes an attempt to show the tables on the sufferer. That is what specialists name DARVO. Deny. Assault. Reverse Sufferer Offender.”
Vigorous’s workforce says Justin and his manufacturing firm are pulling out all of the stops to attempt to “overwhelm the general public’s capacity to know that what they’re doing is retaliation in opposition to sexual harassment allegations.”
Taylor Swift notably popped up in Justin’s lawsuit — the place he included a textual content he says exhibits Blake Vigorous evaluating herself to Daenerys Targaryen, a significant character on “Recreation of Thrones” and TS and husband Ryan Reynolds are her “dragons.”
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He is suing Vigorous, Reynolds and Blake’s publicist, Leslie Sloane for defamation, civil extortion, interference with contractual relations and a slew of different allegations — and is searching for at least $400 million in damages.
On the opposite aspect … Blake accused Baldoni of exhibiting her bare photographs and movies of girls, speaking about an alleged “pornography habit,” discussing his sexual conquests and commenting on her weight. After submitting her preliminary criticism, she sued Baldoni for psychological anguish and emotional misery.
Blake’s legal professionals inform us, “Releasing this video to the media, reasonably than presenting it as proof in courtroom, is one other instance of an unethical try to govern the general public. It is usually a continuation of their harassment and retaliatory marketing campaign. Whereas they’re targeted on deceptive media narratives, we’re targeted on the authorized course of. We’re persevering with our efforts to require Mr. Baldoni and his associates to reply in courtroom, underneath oath, reasonably than via manufactured media stunts.”
