Blake LivelyIts legal team responded anew It ends with us released the video footage Justin Baldoniits attorney

“Justin Baldoni and his lawyer may hope this latest stunt gets ahead of damaging evidence against him, but the video itself is damaging. Every frame of footage released corroborates the letter, which Ms. Lively described in paragraph 48 of her complaint," Lively's legal team said in a statement. our weekly Tuesday, January 21. “The video shows Mr. Baldoni repeatedly leaning toward Ms. Lively, trying to kiss her, kissing her forehead, rubbing his mouth and face against her neck, nudging her lips with his thumb, caressing her, saying how nice she smells, and her Speaking out of character."

The statement continued: “Every moment of this Mr. Baldoni was without discussion or consent and no intimacy coordinator was present. Mr. Baldoni was not only Ms. Lively's costar, but director, studio head and Ms. Lively's boss."

The message also noted that the clip featured Lively, 37, "leaning away and repeatedly telling the characters to just talk."

"Any woman who has been touched inappropriately in the workplace will understand Ms. Lively's discomfort," the statement said. “They will recognize her attempts at promiscuity to try to deny unwanted touch. No woman should take protective measures not to be touched without the consent of their employer.”

Lively's legal team also slammed Baldoni, 40 - who directed the film - and his legal time. Publish video to the public rather than to the courts.

“This matter is in active litigation in federal court. Releasing this video to the media without presenting it as evidence in court is another example of an unethical attempt to manipulate the public,” the statement said. “This is also a continuation of their campaign of harassment and retaliation. While they focus on misleading media narratives, we focus on the legal process. We are continuing our efforts to get Mr. Baldoni and his associates to answer in court, under oath, not through manufactured media stunts."

In response to Lively's legal team's most recent statement and claims about the footage, Baldoni's lawyer Brian Friedman to say our“Prior to filing her lawsuit in court, Ms. Lively took to The New York Times in an attempt to publicly destroy Justin Baldoni. When Mr. Baldoni exercised his right to publicly defend himself by presenting factual facts and evidence, it immediately became morally and ethically wrong for Ms. Lively and the team. Ms. Lively wants to apply a very different standard to her but fortunately, truth and authenticity apply to everyone and can never go wrong. Looking at the video and the evidence that came out, I can understand why Ms. Lively doesn't want it to be seen in public now.

Footage, obtained by our Earlier on Tuesday, the costars romantically slow danced and laughed in character for a montage with no dialogue during the film. Although the two could be heard exchanging ideas for scenes as they bounced back and forth.

"Ms. Lively's complaint alleges that during a scene Mr. Baldoni and Ms. Lively were filming for a slow dance montage, Mr. Baldoni was behaving inappropriately," a statement at the beginning of the video said. "The following videos captured on May 23, 2023, The scene in question is about the two characters falling in love and getting close to each other Desire was designed to show. Both actors are clearly within the scope of the scene and behave well with mutual respect and professionalism."

In addition to releasing the video footage, Baldoni's lawyer also shared the plan Create a website which will include "relevant videos" and "correspondence" between Baldoni and Lively.

"Justin and the team have the right to defend themselves truthfully," Friedman's statement said. "And that's what we'll continue to show in all correspondence with the upcoming website, as well as relevant videos that directly refute his claims."

Vivid and Baldoni's Ongoing legal drama It started last month when he filed a lawsuit against the director. In her filing, Lively claims that Baldoni sexually harassed her and made a Hostile work environment while on set It ends with us.

Baldoni, for his part, has vehemently denied the allegations. He is next Filed a case The New York Times After the outlet reported Lively's claim against him for $250 million.

Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios filed a lawsuit Directly against Lively last month, her husband, Ryan Reynoldsand Lively's publicist, Leslie SloaneSeeking $400 million in damages. Don't write on paper Group Accused Civil extortion, defamation, false light invasion of privacy and more.

After news of Baldoni's legal filings broke, Lively His silence was broken With a statement through his legal team.

“This latest lawsuit by Justin Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and its affiliates is another chapter in the abusive playbook. It's an old story: A woman speaks out with concrete evidence of sexual harassment and retaliation, and the abuser tries to turn the tables on the victim. Experts call it Darvo. deny attack Reverse Victim Offender,” the message read. "Wayfarer chose to use its billionaire co-founder's resources to issue media statements, launch frivolous lawsuits and threaten lawsuits to overwhelm the public's understanding that all they were doing was retaliating against sexual harassment allegations."