Source : INDIA TODAY NEWS
A fierce legal battle is unfolding between actress Blake Lively and actor-director Justin Baldoni, with Baldoni’s attorney, Bryan Freedman, issuing a scathing response to Lively’s allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation.
Speaking exclusively to Deadline, Freedman described Lively’s claims as a continuation of “revoltingly false sexual allegations” following the filing of what he termed a “comprehensive lawsuit packed with almost 200 pages of undeniable facts and documentary evidence.” This evidence, according to Freedman, dismantled prior accusations of a smear campaign against Baldoni, which included doctored communications reportedly presented to The New York Times.
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Freedman pulled no punches in defending his client. “The mere fact that Ms Lively feels that she can publicly destroy Mr Baldoni’s reputation in an attempt to devastate his future career and then deny him or his team their own ability to defend theirselves against her is preposterous. Mr Baldoni never once publicly attempted to call Ms Lively out for her own many wrongdoings during filming, he kindly addressed all her concerns during filming in the correct manner despite the fact that he wholly disagreed, he himself was committed to do things differently and to keep the peace as she specifically admitted to in her own lawsuit,” said the attorney.
Freedman further accused Lively of leveraging her influence unfairly. He said, “We will not only continue to defend our clients against Blake’s power, privilege and all out lies, but we will now fight even harder for the voiceless in the DV community who are unfairly suffering while she continues to push on her own self-serving and selfish vendetta in the media.”
The public dispute escalated after Lively filed a detailed sexual harassment and retaliation complaint against Baldoni and others with California’s Civil Rights Department on December 20.
SOURCE :- TIMES OF INDIA
