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Justin Baldoni’s ‘explosive’ strategy revealed amid Blake Lively’s legal battle: ‘It’s going to surprise everyone…’ | hollywood

Justin Baldoni’s ‘explosive’ strategy revealed amid Blake Lively’s legal battle: ‘It’s going to surprise everyone…’ | hollywood

Justin Baldoni plans to file an “explosive” counterclaim against Blake Lively, who last week accused him of sexually harassing her on the set of “It Ends With Us,” according to a latest report.

Justin Baldoni is preparing to file court papers when courts reopen after New Year's Day, Daily Mail reported. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Justin Baldoni is preparing to file court papers when courts reopen after New Year’s Day, Daily Mail reported. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

He is expected to file legal papers when the courts reopen after New Year’s Day, Daily Mail reported.

Speaking to Deadline, Bryan Freedman, Baldoni’s The attorney declined to reveal how many lawsuits they would file, but added: “When we file our first lawsuit, it will shock everyone who has been manipulated into believing a demonstrably false narrative.”

According to the lawyer, the lawsuit will be supported by real evidence and “will tell the real story.” “In more than 30 years of practice, I have never seen this level of unethical behavior intentionally fueled through media manipulation.”

He went on to say that the whole incident reminds him of what NBC tried to do to Gabrielle Union and Megyn Kelly. “We all know how that ended. Waiting,” added the lawyer.

Also read: Blake Lively’s publicist denies planting stories about Justin Baldoni in alleged smear campaign

This is what to expect from Baldoni’s lawsuit

The lawsuit will completely upend Lively’s claim that Baldoni and her crisis PR team launched a smear campaign to “destroy” her image, according to the Mail. In the complaint, Leslie Sloane, Lively’s publicist, will be accused of having done that to Baldoni.

“It is clear that Mr. Baldoni and his Wayfarer Associates are suggesting that I originated press articles about human resources complaints on set, which is false,” Sloane told Deadline on Saturday in response to the allegation.

Additionally, Lively will be accused of misrepresenting communications she received through a subpoena.

Her team also reportedly intends to argue that Lively only filed the lawsuit to help repair her reputation following the unfavorable publicity she experienced throughout the summer while promoting “It Ends With Us.”

The conflict between the celebrities follows allegations of a feud that circulated over the summer while each of them independently promoted their film. At the film’s premiere in New York, Lively and Baldoni avoided each other, which only fueled the rumors.