After Blake Lively's allegations against… And it ends with us Director and Justin Baldoni's co-star Kaitlyn Olson is the latest to express her support for the actress.
On Thursday, the 3x Emmy nominee called Lively a “kind, beautiful, honest, generous person (and an amazing mother) FYI” as she shared an essay on her Instagram Story about Lively's sexual harassment and retaliation accusations against Baldoni.
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Lively previously condemned Baldoni and his production company Wayfarer Studios, as well as others in the domestic violence film, for sexually harassing her and then making a “concerted effort to destroy her reputation.”
“I hope my legal action will help draw the curtain on these evil retaliation tactics to harm people who speak out about misconduct and help protect others who may be targeted,” Lively said in a statement provided to Deadline.
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Baldoni, who has since been dropped by WME, called the allegations “completely false, outrageous and intentionally lewd with the intent to publicly hurt and reshape the narrative in the media,” through his attorney, Brian Friedman.
However, in a dense, 10-claim complaint filed last week with the California Department of Civil Rights, Lively goes into lengthy detail about the “hostile work environment that nearly derailed the film’s production” and the multi-pronged “Astroturfing” campaign that was allegedly launched against her By feminist activist Baldoni and his company.
“Mr. Baldoni and his associates at Wayfarer embarked on a sophisticated press and digital plan in retaliation for Ms. Lively exercising her legally protected right to speak about their misconduct on set, with the additional goal of intimidating her and everyone else from publicly revealing what happened. 'It really happened,'” So says the 80-page complaint, which contains seemingly damning text messages between Baldoni and “a crisis communications specialist named Melissa Nathan, and her company, The Agency Group PR LLC.” (crown).”
Stephanie Jones, founder of Donnie's former public relations firm Joneworks, has since filed a lawsuit against him, Wayfarer Studios, publicists Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Appel for defamation, breach of contract, and more. In the complaint, her attorney accuses the actor of trying to “publicly blame Jones for this smear campaign — when Jones had no knowledge of or involvement in it.”
Meanwhile, Baldoni is said to be preparing to file a counter-lawsuit after the New Year Daily Mail reported, claiming that Lively was the one who ran a smear campaign against him and allegedly presented WhatsApp messages from Baldoni's team out of context in her complaint.
Although Friedman neither confirmed nor denied the pending countersuit, he told Deadline: “I'm not going to talk about when or how many lawsuits we file, but when we file the first lawsuit, it will shock everyone who has been manipulated into believing a false narrative.” Clear. It will be backed by real evidence and will tell the real story. In over 30 years of practice, I have never seen this level of unethical behavior intentionally fueled by media manipulation. It reminds me of what NBC tried to do By Megyn Kelly and Gabrielle Union and we all know how it turned out Comment.”
