{"id":135391,"date":"2024-12-24T13:49:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/24\/justin-baldonis-lawyer-fires-back-over-leaked-explosive-text-messages\/"},"modified":"2024-12-24T13:49:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:49:20","slug":"justin-baldonis-lawyer-fires-back-over-leaked-explosive-text-messages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/24\/justin-baldonis-lawyer-fires-back-over-leaked-explosive-text-messages\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Baldoni\u2019s Lawyer Fires Back Over Leaked, Explosive Text Messages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Justin Baldoni\u2019 is as soon as once more making an attempt to clear his sullied identify.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/12\/blake-lively-actually-sues-justin-baldoni-for-sexual-harassment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was sued for sexual harassment<\/a> by It Ends With Us co-star Blake Lively, who alleged that Baldoni induced \u201csevere emotional distress\u201d to Lively on account of his poisonous habits on the set of this movie.<\/p>\n<p>Such supposed habits included \u201cshowing nude videos or images of women to Blake,\u201d together with dialogue of Baldoni\u2019s previous \u201cpornography addiction\u201d or \u201csexual conquests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lively additionally believes Baldoni engaged in a smear marketing campaign to \u201cdestroy\u201d her fame.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1432003024-1020x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-515712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1432003024-1020x1024.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1432003024-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1432003024-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1432003024-768x771.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1432003024-2040x2048.jpg 2040w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1432003024-956x960.jpg 956w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1432003024-1076x1080.jpg 1076w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1432003024-1196x1200.jpg 1196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1432003024-1020x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-515712 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1432003024-1020x1024.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1432003024-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1432003024-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1432003024-768x771.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1432003024-2040x2048.jpg 2040w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1432003024-956x960.jpg 956w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1432003024-1076x1080.jpg 1076w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1432003024-1196x1200.jpg 1196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1432003024-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Justin Baldoni attends Nights of the Jack family and friends nights at King Gillette Ranch on October 8, 2022 in Calabasas, California. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Andrew Toth\/Getty Images for Nights Of The Jack)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In regard to this \u201csocial manipulation\u201d marketing campaign, as deemed as such in Lively\u2019s lawsuit, a lawyer for Baldoni has now issued a brand new assertion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTAG PR operated as any other crisis management firm would when hired by a client experiencing threats by two extremely powerful people with unlimited resources,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/justin-baldonis-lawyer-texts-in-blake-lively-lawsuit-are-missing-context\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bryan Freedman advised Us Weekly<\/a>, citing the corporate that was employed by Baldoni and is certainly one of a number of companies named in Lively\u2019s authorized papers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe standard scenario planning TAG PR drafted proved unnecessary as audiences found Lively\u2019s own actions, interviews and marketing during the promotional tour distasteful, and responded organically to that which the media themselves picked up on.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-508059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-960x640.webp 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-1080x720.webp 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-1200x800.webp 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM.webp 1360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-508059 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-960x640.webp 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-1080x720.webp 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-1200x800.webp 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM.webp 1360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM.webp\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">It appears unlikely Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni will share the display ever once more.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Sony Pictures Releasing \/ courtesy Everett Collection)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As a part of her lawsuit, Lively shared textual content messages seemingly despatched by members of Baldoni\u2019s public relations group \u2014 all of which hinted on the aforementioned try and smear the actress.<\/p>\n<p>In his assertion, Freedman claimed these textual content exchanges between Baldoni and his PR group within the lawsuit had been taken out of context, stating:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s ironic that the New York Times, through their effort to \u2018uncover\u2019 an insidious PR effort, played directly into the hands of Lively\u2019s own dubious PR tactics by publishing leaked personal text exchanges that lack critical context \u2014 the very same tactics she\u2019s accusing the firm of implementing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lively\u2019s prolonged courtroom paperwork had been filed on Friday, December 20.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-515640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-960x639.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-1080x719.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-1200x799.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-515640 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-960x639.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-1080x719.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-1200x799.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blake Lively poses on the pink carpet upon arrival to attend the UK gala screening for \u201cIt ends with us\u201d on the Odeon Luxe in Leicester sq., central London on August 8, 2024. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS \/ AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS\/AFP by way of Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They had been initially revealed by The New York Times over this previous weekend they usually confer with \u201cthousands of pages of text messages and emails\u201d that Lively reportedly obtained by way of a subpoena \u2026 though Freedman now claims they had been leaked. <\/p>\n<p>In response to that declare and Freedman\u2019s newest message, a member of Lively\u2019s authorized group tells Us Weekly: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe subpoena disclosed and referenced within the Complaint was served on Jonesworks LLC. The inside paperwork referred to within the Complaint had been produced topic to that subpoena. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect that further details regarding the subpoena process will be disclosed during discovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Blake Lively in front of a giant It Ends With Us sign on August 8, 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-508016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Blake Lively in front of a giant It Ends With Us sign on August 8, 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-508016 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blake Lively attends the \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d UK Gala Screening at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on August 08, 2024.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Jeff Spicer\/Getty Images for Sony Pictures)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the alleged texts making headlines throughout the Internet embrace a publicist working with the studio and Baldoni writing to a disaster administration skilled:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wants to feel like she can be buried.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The paperwork goes on to assert that \u201cthis plan went well beyond standard crisis PR,\u201d alleging Baldoni\u2019s group proposed an idea referred to as \u201c\u2018astroturfing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This has been outlined as \u2018the practice of publishing opinions or comments on the internet, in the media, etc. that appear to come from ordinary members of the public but actually come from a particular company or political group.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Justin Baldoni\u2019 is as soon as once more making an attempt to clear his sullied identify. Last week, the actor was sued for sexual harassment by It Ends With Us co-star Blake Lively, who alleged that Baldoni induced \u201csevere emotional distress\u201d to Lively on account of his poisonous habits on the set of this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":135393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[7365,7411,2147,512,1805,4096,3009,6958],"class_list":{"0":"post-135391","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood","8":"tag-baldonis","9":"tag-explosive","10":"tag-fires","11":"tag-justin","12":"tag-lawyer","13":"tag-leaked","14":"tag-messages","15":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}