Justin Baldoni’s legal team accuses Blake Liveve lawyers It ends with us actress.
Michael Gottlieb, representing lively, allegedly reached out to an attortey at the law firm, venable, which represents the singer, and “asked that ms. swift release a statement of support for ms. Lively, intimating that, if ms. swift refuse to do so, private text of a Personal Nature ”In the Actress’ Possession WOULD BE MADE PUBLIC, According to Letter Filed in Court on Wednesday by Bryan Freedman, A Lawyer for Baldoni.
In the letter, Freedman says that a Swift representative “was addressed to these inappropriate and apparently extorted threats” in at least one written message to the Lively legal team. He seeks these communications because they justify affirmations according to which Lively Intimid and constitute witnesses in the sprawling legal battle. Additional details were not provided beyond an unhappy source “very likely to have reliable information”.
Gottlieb described the accusations as “categorically false”. He added: “We unequivocally refuse all these so-called allegations, which are loose to supposed anonymous sources, and completely without attachment of reality. This is what we expect to expect lawyers from the Wayfarer parties, which seem to like nothing that the shooting first, without any evidence, and without care for people who have presentations in the process. their misconduct here.
The filling comes a few days after Swift was assigned to appear by the Baldoni legal team, who refused to comment on this story. His involvement in duel proceedings concerns an incident in which Lively invited the It ends with us Director of her New York house in 2023 to discuss changes to a roof scene at the start of the film. Once there, Baldoni said that he had been ambushed by Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds, and his close friend, Swift, according to the trial, which cites communications which include the name “Taylor”. The Megastars congratulated the version of Lively on the scene, pressing Baldoni to accept the revisions.
In a text, Lively referred to Reynolds and Swift like his “Dragons”. The message said, “If you ever go Game of ThronesYou will appreciate that I am Khaleesi, and like her, it turns out that I have some dragons. For better or for worse, but generally better. Because my dragons also protect those for which I fight. »»
Venable challenged the assignment on Monday, arguing that the singer and the company have no relevant information and that Baldoni only seeks to “distract the facts of the case”. Lively and Reynolds supported the company’s offer to cancel the assignment.
In Wednesday’s file, Freedman says he expects to solve the problem with a short time since the two parties negotiate in good faith.
Swift did not immediately respond to requests for comments.
