Justin Baldoni has filed latest legal documents asking the court to toss Blake Full of life‘s publicist’s request to be dismissed from their contentious legal battle.
Baldoni alleged that Full of life’s publicist, Leslie Sloane, made him a “scapegoat” and “played an lively and integral role in a conspiracy to inflict harm” on him.
It comes as Blake Full of life and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, seek a protective order for his or her conversations with other celebrities over fears Justin Baldoni’s camp could leak them.
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Justin Baldoni Doesn’t Want Blake Full of life’s Publicist To Be Excluded From His Lawsuit
Baldoni is arguing that Full of life’s publicist, Sloane, mustn’t be faraway from their contentious lawsuit as she made him the “scapegoat” for the actress’s “woes.”
Through her lawyer, Sigrid McCawley, Sloane submitted legal documents for her and her firm, Vision PR, to be dismissed from Baldoni and his production company Wayfarer Studios’ countersuit against Full of life, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and herself.
Nonetheless, in response to the Every day Mail, the “It Ends With Us” actor submitted legal paperwork to contest the request, claiming that Sloane and her firm “played an lively and integral role in a conspiracy to inflict harm” against him, his production company, and his PR team of Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel.
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Baldoni said within the memorandum of opposition that Sloane “conspired” with Full of life, Reynolds, and the Latest York Times to “make scapegoats of the Wayfarer Parties for Full of life’s woes.”
He alleges that it was all “in a desperate effort to salvage Full of life’s fame and escape her wrath.”
Baldoni claimed Sloane and her PR firm “worked for months to drop breadcrumbs and hints of sinister allegations to the general public while secretly feeding falsehoods to any reporter who would listen.”
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Justin Baldoni Called Out The Latest York Times
Elsewhere within the filing, Baldoni dragged the Latest York Times reporter who wrote the article detailing Full of life’s alleged sexual harassment and smear campaign grievance.
The actor has since filed a $250 million lawsuit against the publication, arguing that Full of life gave them the data to tarnish his image.
“As a direct results of [their] actions, Baldoni claimed that he and people on his team have been ‘damaged beyond measure,'” the document read. “Their reputations are destroyed, their businesses lie in tatters, and their very own film was taken from them.”
Meanwhile, a judge on Tuesday suggested he may dismiss the Latest York Times as a defendant within the case.
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U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman in Manhattan said the publication’s February 28 motion to be excused from the case offered “substantial grounds for dismissal” and “a powerful showing that its motion to dismiss is more likely to succeed on the merits.”
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Blake Full of life Moves To Secure Protective Order Against Justin Baldoni
Amid their legal battle with Baldoni, the “Gossip Girl” actress and her husband are looking for a protective order to maintain their conversations with celebrities private.
At a hearing in Manhattan federal court on Thursday, attorney Meryl Conant Governski said that the couple wants a protective order put in place before they reveal conversations with “high profile” people about Full of life’s time on “It Ends With Us,” as they fear Baldoni could leak them to the press.
The lawyer explained in court that such texts would have high “PR value” whether or not they’re relevant to the actual fact of the case.
“There may be a big probability of irreparable harm if marginal conversations with high-profile individuals with no relevance to the case were to fall into incorrect hands,” Governski said, per the Latest York Post.
“There are 100 million reasons for these parties to leak information since the PR value is larger than complying with the court’s orders,” the attorney added.
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Who Are The ‘High Profile’ People That Could Get Dragged Into The Legal Drama?
Although no name was mentioned of their request to maintain their conversations private, the Hollywood couple has close ties with A-list stars like Taylor Swift, Hugh Jackman, Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, and model Gigi Hadid.
Swift has seemingly been dragged into the case as Baldoni alleged that Full of life called herself Khaleesi from “Game of Thrones” and referred to her husband and the “Blank Space” hitmaker as “my dragons.”
The worldwide popstar would reportedly be subpoenaed to supply testimony, but legal experts think that her continued silence “speaks volumes.”
Taylor Swift’s Silence ‘Speaks Volumes’
PR expert Adrienne Uthe spoke on the likelihood of Swift getting dragged into Baldoni and Full of life’s legal feud.
“Taylor has publicly distanced herself from this – and I get why. She likely hopes to remain out of the mess entirely,” Uthe told Fox News. “But that is not reality. Prefer it or not, people wish to hear her testimony. She’s staying silent because nothing good comes from getting involved – and truthfully, who would wish to in the event that they were in her position? But her silence also says quite a bit.”
“She appears aligned with Hollywood’s power players – and that tarnishes the ‘good girl’ image a lot of her fans have held onto,” Uthe added.
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“People stay strategically quiet for a lot of reasons, and sure, some stars just wish to avoid the press – I respect that. But for somebody as media-savvy as Taylor Swift to remain out of this? That speaks volumes. And albeit, all of us wish to hear her side,” the PR expert added.
