UPDATED with statements from Baldoni lawyer and Lively PR: The fallout, now with lawyers involved, between Blake Lively and her It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni shows no sign of quietening, with a report Saturday that Baldoni is preparing to file a countersuit in response to Lively’s own a week ago.
On December 20, Lively filed an 80-page legal complaint against Baldoni, citing his inappropriate behavior on set, as well as that he had been instrumental in an alleged smear campaign against her — all claims he denies.
Now, the UK’s Daily Mail newspaper reports that Baldoni is preparing to file a counter-lawsuit, along with his business partner and Wayfarer Studios CEO Jamey Heath and the publicists named in Lively’s complaint. The Mail reports that the papers will be filed by attorney Bryan Freedman when the courts reopen after the New Year break, including claims as follows:
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