
Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively’s legal fight isn’t over
CNN
While Justin Baldoni’s suit against Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds has been dismissed, she isn’t done fighting her claims against her “It Ends With Us” director and co-star - and Baldoni isn’t done fighting back.
While Justin Baldoni’s suit against Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds has been dismissed, she isn’t done fighting her claims against her “It Ends With Us” director and co-star - and Baldoni isn’t done fighting back. Michael Gottlieb, the attorney representing Lively in her civil sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against Baldoni, told CNN the actress intends to continue pursuing her lawsuit against Baldoni. In a conversation with Jake Tapper on Monday, Gottlieb said Lively is “determined to see her claims through and to pursue them to have a full public accountability of what she’s alleged happened to her.” His statement came the same day a judge dismissed Baldoni’s $400 million lawsuit against Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds, as well as their publicist. He also dismissed a separate claim from Baldoni against the New York Times, who first reported Lively’s allegations. Gottlieb added that the power couple feels “vindicated” by the ruling, as well as “grateful to the individuals and organizations that have stood by Ms. Lively as she’s pursued these claims.” “I think that today is a message that these kind of retaliatory lawsuits that are really designed to silence and punish people who speak up won’t work. They are not going to work. They won’t be tolerated by our justice system and they will not be successful,” Gottlieb added. “And I think that’s an important message for those who want to speak up against the mistreatment that they may face in their workplaces.”
