Blake Lively’s official response to Justin Baldoni’s $400 million lawsuit

A never-ending affair. While Justin Baldoni announced Thursday January 16 to file a complaint against Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds for defamation, extortion and invasion of privacy, the actress Gossip Girl finally responded to him this Monday, January 20 and clearly does not intend to let it happen.

“This lawsuit is a legal action based on an overwhelming amount of unfalsified evidence detailing Blake Lively and her team’s deceptive attempt to destroy Justin Baldoni, his team and their respective companies,” the director’s lawyer said. Bryan Freeman in a statement.

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A statement to which the actress’s lawyers responded by press release. A long response published in the magazine Us Weekly . “This latest lawsuit filed by Justin Baldoni is another chapter in the abuser’s strategy. This is an age-old story: a woman speaks out with concrete evidence of sexual harassment and retaliation, and the perpetrator attempts to turn the tables on the victim,” they wrote.

“The strategy of attacking the woman is desperate”

The actress’ legal team notably accused Justin Baldoni’s team of “shifting” the attention to Blake Lively to silence the accusations against her. “Their response to the sexual harassment allegations: She wanted it, it’s her fault. Their rationale for why this happened to her: look what she was wearing.” Accusations far too often used against female victims.

“In short, while the victim focuses on the abuse, the abuser focuses on the victim. The strategy to attack the woman is desperate, it does not refute the evidence in Ms. Lively’s complaint, and it will fail,” the statement concluded. According to the source, the actress seems determined despite the multiple twists and turns. “She is ready to take on whatever comes her way,” a source told People in December 2024.