Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds indicated that they intend to ask a judge to reject the $ 400 million lawsuit that Justin Baldoni has submitted against them.
Lively and Reynolds submitted a letter obtained by Fox News Digital, with the future legal plans of the couple Thursday.
The move comes after Judge Lewis Liman ordered that the parties “in one sentence must indicate the intention of the defendant to do a motion to dismiss.” The federal judge will now determine a deadline for the legal team of Lively and Reynolds to submit the motion to dismiss.
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are planning to submit a motion to dismiss Justin Baldoni’s court case against the couple. (John Nacion/Variety via Getty Images; Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty images)
Lively and Baldoni’s case Will go to court on Monday, because the legal team of the actress is willing to discuss a potential GAG order. The Lively team hit Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, to make multiple explanations to the media that could ultimately infect the jury if the complaints of sexual harassment against Baldoni would reach a courtroom.
“Just as Mrs Lively’s counsel has repeatedly tried to warn Mr Freedman, the federal lawsuits must be carried out before the court and according to the relevant rules of professional behavior,” the letter explained by Fox News Digital. “His behavior threatens, and will, both the lively matter and the case of the Wayfarer case, to be damaged by limiting the jury pool, because his statements are deliberately aimed at undermining the ‘character, credibility, (s) reputation’ From countless relevant parties. “
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(The behavior of Bryan Freedman) threatens and will, both the lively matter and the Wayfarer case for the jury pool, to be considerably harmed, because his statements are deliberately aimed at undermining the ‘character, credibility, (s) reputation “From countless relevant relevant parties”
Blake Lively has sued Justin Baldoni and others for sexual harassment after filming “It ends with us”. (Gareth Cattermole)
The Legal Team of Baldoni indicated that they are planning to perform Lively’s statement as quickly as possible, but the actress reportedly refused to allow Freedman to lead Freedman, according to a letter submitted on Thursday.
“We are not aware of every situation that the deposed party would justify to have a choice in which lawyer takes her statement,” wrote Kevin Fritz, another Baldoni lawyer. “Parties at court cases simply do not have the right to dictate which of the lawyers of their opponents can or may not make their statement or perform another aspect of the counterpart’s case.”
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Blake Lively claimed that Justin Baldoni and others were sexually difficult for the actress on the set of “it ends with us”. (Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC images)
Baldoni and Lively got involved in a legal back and forth after filming the Colleen Hoover-adapted film ‘It Ends with Us’. The actress “Gossip Girl” claimed that she had experienced sexual harassment on the set and sued Baldoni in December.
Lively detailed accusations of sexual harassmentDrawing, intentional condition of emotional need, negligence and more made by Baldoni and film producer Jamey Heath in a complaint that was first submitted to the California Civil Rights Department and later in the federal court. Some of the issues that are reportedly tackled during an “all -hand” meeting before filming resumed no more nude videos or images of women to lively show, no longer reporting Baldoni’s previous “pornographic addiction,” no more discussions about personal Experiences with sex, no more descriptions of their own sexual organs, no more sex scenes outside of what was in the original script, no more discussions about the weight of lively or deceased father and more.
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Justin Baldoni has sued Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds for $ 400 million. (David Buchan)
Baldoni, however, stated that lively “falsely” accused him of recovering her reputation after the fall -out around the percion tour of the film after the actress had taken control of the film in his own court case that was filed in January.
Baldoni’s legal team claimed that Lively had no evidence of a deliberate smearing campaign and instead worked to restore her reputation by accusing the actor and others of sexual harassment.
Both Baldoni and Lively have denied the allegations against them.
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