Blake Full of life is thrilled Justin Baldoni determined to launch unedited footage from “It Ends With Us,” as a result of she says it solely proves her level … that she was visibly uncomfortable with Baldoni’s advances through the scene.
Blake’s authorized crew tells TMZ, “Justin Baldoni and his lawyer may hope that this latest stunt will get ahead of the damaging evidence against him, but the video itself is damning. Every frame of the released footage corroborates, to the letter, what Ms. Lively described in Paragraph 48 of her Complaint.”
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They proceed, “The video shows Mr. Baldoni repeatedly leaning in toward Ms. Lively, attempting to kiss her, kissing her forehead, rubbing his face and mouth against her neck, flicking her lip with his thumb, caressing her, telling her how good she smells, and talking with her out of character.”
Whereas it’d look like they had been merely actors performing out a scene that is purported to depict them falling love … Blake’s crew factors out not one of the intimacy was mentioned or choreographed. As they put it, “Every moment of this was improvised by Mr. Baldoni with no discussion or consent in advance, and no intimacy coordinator present. Mr. Baldoni was not only Ms. Lively’s co-star, but the director, the head of studio and Ms. Lively’s boss.”
Blake leaning away from Justin within the scene was not performing, based on her legal professionals. They are saying, “The video shows Ms. Lively leaning away and repeatedly asking for the characters to just talk. Any woman who has been inappropriately touched in the workplace will recognize Ms. Lively’s discomfort. They will recognize her attempts at levity to try to deflect the unwanted touching. No woman should have to take defensive measures to avoid being touched by their employer without their consent.”
As we reported, Justin’s crew launched almost 10 minutes of uncooked footage, however they believed it proved he did NOT sexually harass Blake through the scene.
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Nevertheless, Blake’s legal professionals level to that Paragraph 48 of her lawsuit, which reads, partially … “At one point, [Baldoni] leaned forward and slowly dragged his lips from her ear and down her neck as he said, ‘it smells so good.’ None of this was remotely in character, or based on any dialogue in the script, and nothing needed to be said because, again, there was no sound — Mr. Baldoni was caressing Mr. Lively with his mouth in a way that had nothing to do with their roles.”
This newest improvement within the high-profile authorized conflict comes on the heels of Blake’s authorized crew calling Justin’s lawsuit in opposition to her “An age-old story: A woman speaks up with concrete evidence of sexual harassment and retaliation and the abuser attempts to turn the tables on the victim. This is what experts call DARVO. Deny. Attack. Reverse Victim Offender.”
Keep in mind, Taylor Swift notably popped up in Justin’s lawsuit — the place he included a textual content he says reveals Blake Full of life evaluating herself to Daenerys Targaryen, a serious character on “Game of Thrones” and TS and husband Ryan Reynolds are her “dragons.”
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He is suing Full of life, Reynolds and Blake’s publicist, Leslie Sloane for defamation, civil extortion, interference with contractual relations and a slew of different allegations — and is looking for a minimum of $400 million in damages.
On the opposite facet … Blake accused Baldoni of displaying her bare images and movies of girls, speaking about an alleged “pornography addiction,” discussing his sexual conquests and commenting on her weight. After submitting her preliminary criticism, she sued Baldoni for psychological anguish and emotional misery.
As for the brand new unedited clip, Blake’s attorneys say, “Releasing this video to the media, fairly than presenting it as proof in courtroom, is one other instance of an unethical try to govern the general public. Additionally it is a continuation of their harassment and retaliatory marketing campaign. Whereas they’re targeted on deceptive media narratives, we’re targeted on the authorized course of. We’re persevering with our efforts to require Mr. Baldoni and his associates to reply in courtroom, below oath, fairly than by manufactured media stunts.”
