Justin Baldoni & Blake Lively Drama_ New Unedited ‘It Ends With Us’ Footage Released
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00:00But right now let's turn to an update on the very messy Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively
00:04legal drama.
00:05You said it there, Kit.
00:06Baldoni's legal team just provided 10 minutes of unedited, raw behind the scenes footage
00:11to TMZ, including Blake and Justin shooting a scene of their character slow dancing in
00:15an attempt to refute Blake's sexual harassment allegations against him, which he has denied.
00:23In her lawsuit against Justin, Blake claims he allegedly dragged his lips down her neck
00:28during a romantic dance scene telling her, it smells so good.
00:31In the new video, we hear some talk about how she smells, but it plays out differently.
00:40In the footage, which is subtitled, both actors are miked, and it doesn't appear that Justin
00:44is making any offensive comments or actions towards Blake.
00:47At times, the co-stars are seen laughing as they shoot the scene, and that moment is referenced
00:57in Baldoni's $400 million lawsuit, Justin alleging that Blake mocked the size of his
01:01nose and suggested that he should get a nose job too.
01:15Blake Lively's legal team has put out a statement in response to Justin Baldoni's latest lawsuit.
01:20There are multiple allegations against Blake in the $400 million lawsuit, among them, Baldoni
01:25accuses her of defamation, extortion, and of taking measures to gain control of the
01:30hit movie It Ends With Us.
01:32In a response to those claims, Blake's team said in the statement, the lawsuit is, quote,
01:37another chapter in the abuser playbook.
01:39This is an age-old story.
01:41A woman speaks up with concrete evidence of sexual harassment and retaliation, and the
01:46abuser attempts to turn the tables on the victim.
01:49In her lawsuit, filed by Blake in December, she accused Baldoni of sexual harassment and
01:55of orchestrating a retaliatory smear campaign, allegations that Baldoni has denied.
02:01Lively's statement goes on to read in part, they are trying to shift the narrative to
02:04Ms. Lively by falsely claiming that she seized creative control and alienated the cast from
02:09Mr. Baldoni.
02:11The evidence will show that the cast and others had their own negative experiences with Mr.
02:15Baldoni and Wayfarer.
02:17The evidence will also show that Sony asked Ms. Lively to oversee Sony's cut of the film,
02:23which they then selected for distribution and was a resounding success.
02:27Their response to sexual harassment allegations?
02:30She wanted it.
02:31It's her fault.
02:32Their justification for why this happened to her?
02:35Look what she was wearing.
02:36In short, while the victim focuses on the abuse, the abuser focuses on the victim.
02:41The strategy of attacking the woman is desperate.
02:43It does not refute the evidence in Ms. Lively's complaint, and it will fail.
02:47A statement from Baldoni's attorney released along with the latest lawsuit reads in part,
02:52The lawsuit is a legal action based on an overwhelming amount of untampered evidence
02:57detailing Blake Lively and her team's duplicitous attempt to destroy Justin Baldoni, his team,
03:03and their respective companies by disseminating grossly edited, unsubstantiated, new and doctored
03:08information to the media.
03:10It is clear based on our own all-out willingness to provide all complete text messages, emails,
03:16video footage, and other documentary evidence that was shared between the parties in real
03:20time that this is a battle she will not win and will certainly regret.
03:25Blake Lively was either severely misled by her team or intentionally and knowingly misrepresented
03:30the truth.
03:31In their lawsuit, Baldoni's team names Blake's husband, Ryan Reynolds, and their publicist
03:36as defendants.
03:37The legal action comes a little over two weeks after Baldoni's team sued the New York Times
03:42for libel after they published a bombshell expose about Lively's complaint.
03:47In a statement responding to that suit, the New York Times said,
03:51We plan to vigorously defend against the lawsuit.
03:54Also adding,
03:55Our story was meticulously and responsibly reported.