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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds demand gag order in Justin Baldoni case
Blake Vigorous and Ryan Reynolds are hitting again at Vigorous’s “It Ends with Us” co-star Justin Baldoni, after the actor’s authorized workforce launched behind-the-scenes footage from the controversial movie.
In a letter to Decide Lewis J. Liman within the Southern District of New York on Tuesday, attorneys for the A-list couple accused Baldoni and his authorized workforce of continuous their “harassing and retaliatory media marketing campaign” in opposition to Vigorous with “nearly day by day media statements or different releases to the press,” in line with court docket paperwork obtained by USA TODAY.
The submitting comes after Baldoni’s attorneys launched behind-the-scenes footage on Tuesday of an intimate scene Baldoni and Vigorous carried out within the romantic drama. In an emailed assertion to USA TODAY on Tuesday, Vigorous’s authorized workforce blasted the footage’s launch as a “stunt” by Baldoni’s attorneys that reinforces “deceptive media narratives.”
Earlier than Tuesday’s letter, Vigorous and Reynolds’ authorized workforce despatched a cease-and-desist letter to Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman in December 2024 requesting that he chorus from making “defamatory and retaliatory statements regarding Ms. Vigorous.” Round this time, a cease-and-desist was additionally despatched to Baldoni and his enterprise associates asking them to halt “all illegal conduct towards the Vigorous-Reynolds events and their associates.”
“Just about every single day since, Mr. Freedman has given tv interviews, appeared on podcasts, issued inflammatory written statements, and leaked data … to the Hollywood press and tabloid media,” Vigorous and Reynolds’ attorneys mentioned Tuesday.
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“These statements not solely proceed the marketing campaign of retaliation that was the topic of Ms. Vigorous’s First Stop and Desist, however they include quite a few new false statements about Ms. Vigorous and others.”
In response, Vigorous and Reynolds’ attorneys are searching for an “acceptable protecting order” to curb Freedman’s non-litigation statements, in addition to a listening to to “tackle the suitable conduct of counsel transferring ahead.”
Blake Vigorous and Ryan Reynolds’ attorneys: Media releases will ‘prejudice’ authorized battle
Among the many quite a few media releases made by Freedman, Vigorous and Reynolds’ authorized workforce cite a video of behind-the-scenes footage from “It Ends with Us” launched on Tuesday.
The practically 10-minute clip reveals the actors’ characters, Ryle Kincaid (Baldoni) and Lily Bloom (Vigorous), gradual dancing throughout a scene referenced in Vigorous’s December grievance in opposition to Baldoni, which preceded the actress’s federal lawsuit.
As additional proof of an alleged harassment marketing campaign, the couple’s attorneys additionally referenced Freedman’s earlier announcement to launch a web site regarding Baldoni’s federal lawsuit in opposition to Vigorous and Reynolds. The web site will reportedly include “all correspondences in addition to related movies that quash (Vigorous’s) claims.”
“As Ms. Vigorous’s counsel have tried, repeatedly, to warning Mr. Freedman, federal litigation have to be performed in court docket and in line with the related guidelines {of professional} conduct,” Vigorous and Reynolds’ attorneys mentioned.
“His conduct threatens to, and can, materially prejudice each the Vigorous Case and the Wayfarer Case by tainting the jury pool, as a result of his statements are intentionally aimed toward undermining the ‘character, credibility, (and) repute’ of quite a few related events and likewise contains ‘data the lawyer is aware of or fairly ought to know is more likely to be inadmissible as proof in a trial,’ thereby creating a considerable threat of prejudice not only for Ms. Vigorous, however for quite a few different events within the issues.”
USA TODAY has reached out to Freedman for remark.
Justin Baldoni and Blake Vigorous’s authorized drama, defined
The previous co-stars each filed lawsuits on New Yr’s Eve rehashing their allegations of working collectively: Vigorous’s federal go well with mirrors a grievance filed in California and chronicled in a viral New York Occasions report, titled “‘We Can Bury Anybody’: Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine.”
The “Gossip Lady” alum alleges Baldoni engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct out and in of the office and orchestrated a smear marketing campaign in opposition to her for addressing his purported habits.
In the meantime, Baldoni’s $250 million go well with challenged The New York Occasions’ reporting on Vigorous’s allegations, claiming the publication relied on “‘cherry-picked’ and altered communications stripped of needed context and intentionally spliced to mislead.”
Baldoni additionally filed a $400 million federal lawsuit in opposition to Vigorous and Reynolds on Jan. 16, accusing the couple of defamation and extortion.
Contributing: Jay Stahl, USA TODAY
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