“The mere fact that Ms Lively feels that she can publicly destroy Mr Baldoni’s reputation in an attempt to devastate his future career and then deny him or his team their own ability to defend [themselves] against her is preposterous."
Freedman insisted Baldoni “kindly” addressed Lively’s concerns in private despite her “many wrongdoings” during the making of the movie as he was determined to “keep the peace”.
And the lawyer branded the Gossip Girl star “self-serving and selfish”.
He continued: “Mr Baldoni never once publicly attempted to call Ms Lively out for her own many wrongdoings during filming, he kindly addressed all her concerns during filming in the correct manner, despite the fact that he wholly disagreed. He himself was committed to do things differently and to keep the peace as she specifically admitted to in her own lawsuit.
“We will not only continue to defend our clients against Blake’s power, privilege and all-out lies, but we will now fight even harder for the voiceless in the DV community who are unfairly suffering while she continues to push on her own self-serving and selfish vendetta in the media.”
Lively’s lawyers had blasted Baldoni’s lawsuit in their own statement and insisted it would “fail”.
They said: “This latest lawsuit from Justin Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios, and its associates is another chapter in the abuser playbook. This is an age-old story: A woman speaks up with concrete evidence of sexual harassment and retaliation and the abuser...
“The mere fact that Ms Lively feels that she can publicly destroy Mr Baldoni’s reputation in an attempt to devastate his future career and then deny him or his team their own ability to defend [th...