168-page PDF<\/a> of his lawsuit online via thelawsuitinfo.com, which is publicly available to read. It\u2019s a bold move \u2013 and one that has piqued the interest of several budding detectives on social media already.<\/p>\nIt largely reads as a counter argument to Lively\u2019s original lawsuit, with Baldoni offering his version of events. The text messages he includes in the document suggest the two actors started the project on friendly, even enthusiastic terms, but their relationship deteriorated over time.<\/p>\n
While tension between the pair only became known to the public last August, it evidently started long before. In Lively\u2019s lawsuit, she claims Baldoni made inappropriate comments about her body after she gave birth, brought up his past porn addiction on set and would enter her trailer without permission while she was breastfeeding. Baldoni has shared text messages to show he reassured Lively not to worry about her body and claims he only entered her trailer when he was personally invited to do so. He has also called the comments about a porn addiction \u2018categorically false\u2019.<\/p>\n
Where Lively claims Baldoni improvised kissing scenes and added gratuitous sex scenes without consent, Baldoni states all intimate scenes were based on notes by a hired intimacy coordinator. In December, Lively accused Baldoni of sexual harassment, which he denies.<\/p>\n
They also appeared to fall out over the editing process. Baldoni was the person who originally optioned the book for film and was brought on as director, yet by the time the film was being promoted his name was allegedly removed from the poster and says he was not invited to walk the red carpet at the premiere with the rest of the cast.<\/p>\n
In his PDF document, Baldoni offers evidence to suggest he was pushed out of the final editing process. Lively has previously said she wanted to add \u2018feminine touches\u2019 to the final cut and told journalists that her husband helped to rewrite the iconic balcony scene. Given that she was not originally brought onto the project in this capacity, a rift began to emerge. In his PDF document, Baldoni suggests she used her Hollywood influence to infiltrate the editing process and claims she said she \u2018could not promise to promote the film\u2019 if she was not involved.<\/p>\n
However, a letter has since also been leaked in which he asked for her to be brought into producing credits, and leaked text exchange shows Baldoni leaving Lively a 2am voicememo in which\u00a0he apologises for \u2018falling short\u2019 on how he responded to her suggested changes to the script, after she explained that she\u2019d had \u2018far too many experiences\u2019 with directors who have overlooked her, refused to credit her for work, or been brought on as a collaborator but then expected to be a \u2018yes man\u2019.<\/p>\n
When It Ends With Us<\/em> was released in cinemas, Lively suffered extensive backlash on social media. She was accused of downplaying the film\u2019s more serious themes of domestic violence by encouraging fans to \u2018grab your girls and wear your florals\u2019 during press junkets and was criticised for launching a new alcohol brand and hair care line in tandem with the film.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-quote” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”Libre Bodoni|||on|||||” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_text_color=”#333333″ header_2_font_size=”40px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” global_colors_info=”{}”]Lively sees the lawsuit as ‘a necessary bump’<\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]
However, all was not as it seemed. In December, she filed a lawsuit accusing Baldoni and his PR team of launching a \u2018calculated smear campaign\u2019 against her, which included text threads between Baldoni and the crisis management expert Melissa Nathan who allegedly said, \u2018We can bury anyone’ and Baldoni shared an example of a viral X thread – where the user was accusing Hailey Bieber of being a ‘mean girl’ – saying ‘This is what we would need.’ Lively claims she suffered a 78% loss in haircare and drink sales due to Baldoni\u2019s alleged smear campaign.<\/p>\n
Baldoni then retaliated with two counter lawsuits. In one, he is suing The New York Times<\/em> for up to $250 million in damages for publishing Lively\u2019s allegedly \u2018self-serving narrative\u2019 and excluding evidence that refutes her claims (see: the 168-page document). In the other, he accuses Lively and Reynolds of civil extortion, defamation and false light invasion of privacy, amongst other claims.<\/p>\nBaldoni is also reportedly attempting to gather evidence from Disney to prove that Reynolds based his Deadpool & Wolverine<\/em> character Nicepool, a faux feminist with a signature man bun, off of him and claims the character was used to \u2018bully\u2019 him. In his lawsuit, he also claims that Reynolds has attempted to tarnish his reputation in the industry, rather than the other way around.<\/p>\nThere are new twists and turns each day \u2013 with more and more details of the saga being brought into the public domain. Arguably, it was only a matter of time before one side decided to publish all their evidence themselves.<\/p>\n
Lively and Reynolds, for their part, are reportedly hoping that Baldoni\u2019s lawsuit gets thrown out. Their lawyer says the website has the potential to influence a jury and details should be taken down, but Baldoni\u2019s lawyer says the couple are trying to \u2018hide and delay the discovery of hundreds of pages of well-documented information\u2019.<\/p>\n
Against the odds, an insider told People<\/em> that Lively is \u2018surprisingly calm\u2019 about the recent development and is trying \u2018to focus on family life\u2019. Apparently, \u2018she sees the whole lawsuit as a necessary bump\u2019.<\/p>\nWhat\u2019s clear is that high profile celebrity legal battles are the flavor de jour, and people on the internet have never been so invested. We\u2019ve already seen an unprecedented interest in the upcoming sex trafficking trial of Sean \u2018Diddy\u2019 Combs\u2019, in which he plans to plead not guilty and denies all allegations, which starts on 5 May, and may well push Lively and Baldoni\u2019s case off the top spot. The ongoing legal battle between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt over the shares of their French winery shows no signs of being settled out of court either. Their latest hearing took place on 5 February.<\/p>\n
Messy, toxic celebrity legal feuds are, in a rather dystopian way, becoming a part of popular culture, whether their lawyers like it or not.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=”#111111″ divider_position=”center” divider_weight=”2px” module_class=”custom-divider” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text module_class=”credit-texts” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|||on|||||” text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]
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