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The disagreement between Justin Baldoni and Blake Full of life is displaying no signal of stopping.
Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman issued a fiery response to Full of life’s claims that he’s attempting to taint the jury pool of their upcoming trial, notably by leaking info in an try to disprove the actress’ aspect of the story.
“The irony continues to be wealthy for staff Full of life/Reynolds,” Freedman mentioned Monday, January 27, in a press release to Us Weekly that referenced Full of life’s husband, Ryan Reynolds. “Our intention with the upcoming web site is to do the precise reverse of what they themselves did after they gave most likely false info to the New York Occasions.” Freedman continued, “We won’t be selective, we won’t cherry decide and we won’t physician textual content messages. Each Ms. Full of life and Mr. Reynolds don’t but perceive that there isn’t one rule for them and one rule for everyone else.”
The lawyer concluded with an ominous message for the couple.
Blake Full of life and Justin Baldoni’s reported rift made headlines months earlier than the It Ends With Us costars filed lawsuits. Whereas Full of life and Baldoni promoted the movie in August 2024, rumors started swirling of an alleged feud between the pair. Followers observed that Full of life was selling the film with a few of her costars whereas Baldoni, who […]
“In the event that they wish to unethically gag the reality by threatening to wield their energy in Hollywood, we are going to combat it each step of the best way,” he said Monday. “We aren’t frightened of them, we won’t be silenced by them. Defending ourselves is just not retaliation, it’s a human proper.”
Freedman’s response got here the identical day that Decide Lewis J. Liman, who serves the U.S. District Court docket for the Southern District of New York, set a date for Baldoni and Full of life’s trial: March 9, 2026, if the costars don’t settle their authorized battle beforehand. In the meantime, a pre-trial listening to has been set for Monday, February 3, when the court docket will tackle Full of life’s request for a gag order.
Earlier this month, Baldoni’s staff revealed its plans to launch an internet site that may allegedly help his claims towards Full of life. Additionally they launched a video from the set displaying the actors filming a romantic scene. Whereas rolling, the pair could possibly be heard talking out of character, and the dialog has been a facet of rivalry within the authorized forwards and backwards.
In response, Full of life’s authorized staff slammed Baldoni and his staff for selecting to publicly share the video.
“Justin Baldoni and his lawyer might hope that this newest stunt will get forward of the damaging proof towards him, however the video itself is damning,” Full of life’s authorized staff mentioned in a press release to Us on January 21, including: “This matter is in lively litigation in federal court docket. Releasing this video to the media, relatively than presenting it as proof in court docket, is one other instance of an unethical try to control the general public. Additionally it is 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 court docket, beneath oath, relatively than via manufactured media stunts.”
Us Weekly then confirmed on January 22 that Full of life, 37, and Reynolds, 48, had filed a letter in court docket the day prior to this, looking for a protecting order to cease Freedman from participating in “improper conduct” equivalent to an alleged “harassing and retaliatory media marketing campaign” towards the pair.
Full of life and Reynolds claimed that Freedman is violating court docket guidelines that stop a lawyer from addressing the press with statements that aren’t associated to the case and would possibly prejudice the jury, in keeping with paperwork obtained by Us. The letter alleged that Full of life beforehand issued Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios a cease-and-desist letter and a second one to Freedman in December 2024, the month when Full of life accused Baldoni — her It Ends With Us costar and director — of sexual harassment in a lawsuit. Baldoni denied the allegations, and fired again by suing the Occasions, and submitting a $4,000 countersuit towards Full of life, Reynolds and Full of life’s former publicist Leslie Sloan.
