Blake Lively's legal team accused Justin Baldoni's main counsel, lawyer Bryan Freedman, of attempting to 'torpedo' her career amid 'It Ends with Us' legal drama.
Actress Blake Lively has 'growing concerns' about co-star Justin Baldoni's legal team, specifically the alleged 'continued extrajudicial misconduct' of Baldoni's main counsel, Bryan Freedman, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital. Lively, 37, claimed that Freedman has 'made it clear that his priority is to 'torpedo Blake Lively’s career for good,'' nearly one month after she sued Baldoni, his Wayfarer studio and former PR reps.
The irony continues to be rich for team Lively/Reynolds,' Freedman told Fox News Digital. 'Our intention with the upcoming website is to do the exact opposite of what they themselves did when they gave provably false information to the New York Times. We will not be selective, we will not cherry-pick and we will not doctor text messages. Both Ms. Lively and Mr. Reynolds do not yet understand that there isn’t one rule for them and one rule for everybody else. If they want to unethically gag the truth by threatening to wield their power in Hollywood, we will fight it every step of the way. We are not scared of them, we will not be silenced by them. Defending ourselves is not retaliation, it is a human right.
In the letter filed Monday, Lively's legal team claimed that Freedman has 'made it apparent that he is engaging in this extrajudicial campaign to influence these proceedings and the public perception of legal filings to this Court, and there already is a serious risk that his misconduct is tainting the jury pool.
Lively detailed allegations of sexual harassment, retaliation, intentional affliction of emotional distress, negligence and more made by Baldoni and film producer Jamey Heath in a complaint first filed with the California Civil Rights department and later in federal court.
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