Blake Vigorous is thrilled Justin Baldoni determined to launch unedited footage from “It Ends With Us,” as a result of she says it solely proves her level … that she was visibly uncomfortable with Baldoni’s advances in the course of the scene.
Blake’s authorized crew tells TMZ, “Justin Baldoni and his lawyer might hope that this newest stunt will get forward of the damaging proof in opposition to him, however the video itself is damning. Each body of the launched footage corroborates, to the letter, what Ms. Vigorous described in Paragraph 48 of her Criticism.”
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They proceed, “The video reveals Mr. Baldoni repeatedly leaning in towards Ms. Vigorous, trying to kiss her, kissing her brow, rubbing his face and mouth in opposition to her neck, flicking her lip along with his thumb, caressing her, telling her how good she smells, and speaking along with her out of character.”
Whereas it would appear to be they had been merely actors performing out a scene that is alleged to depict them falling love … Blake’s crew factors out not one of the intimacy was mentioned or choreographed. As they put it, “Each second of this was improvised by Mr. Baldoni with no dialogue or consent prematurely, and no intimacy coordinator current. Mr. Baldoni was not solely Ms. Vigorous’s co-star, however the director, the top of studio and Ms. Vigorous’s boss.”
Blake leaning away from Justin within the scene was not performing, in response to her attorneys. They are saying, “The video reveals Ms. Vigorous leaning away and repeatedly asking for the characters to simply speak. Any lady who has been inappropriately touched within the office will acknowledge Ms. Vigorous’s discomfort. They may acknowledge her makes an attempt at levity to attempt to deflect the undesirable touching. No lady ought to should take defensive measures to keep away from being touched by their employer with out their consent.”
As we reported, Justin’s crew launched practically 10 minutes of uncooked footage, however they believed it proved he did NOT sexually harass Blake in the course of the scene.
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This newest growth within the high-profile authorized struggle comes on the heels of Blake Vigorous’s authorized crew responding final Thursday to Justin Baldoni’s lawsuit with a scathing assertion, saying … “That is an age-old story: A lady speaks up with concrete proof of sexual harassment and retaliation and the abuser makes an attempt to show the tables on the sufferer. That is what consultants name DARVO. Deny. Assault. Reverse Sufferer Offender.”
Vigorous’s crew says Justin and his manufacturing firm are pulling out all of the stops to attempt to “overwhelm the general public’s capacity to know that what they’re doing is retaliation in opposition to sexual harassment allegations.”
Taylor Swift notably popped up in Justin’s lawsuit — the place he included a textual content he says reveals Blake Vigorous evaluating herself to Daenerys Targaryen, a significant character on “Sport of Thrones” and TS and husband Ryan Reynolds are her “dragons.”
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He is suing Vigorous, Reynolds and Blake’s publicist, Leslie Sloane for defamation, civil extortion, interference with contractual relations and a slew of different allegations — and is searching for a minimum of $400 million in damages.
On the opposite aspect … Blake accused Baldoni of exhibiting her bare photographs and movies of ladies, speaking about an alleged “pornography dependancy,” discussing his sexual conquests and commenting on her weight. After submitting her preliminary grievance, she sued Baldoni for psychological anguish and emotional misery.
Blake’s attorneys inform us, “Releasing this video to the media, reasonably than presenting it as proof in court docket, is one other instance of an unethical try to govern the general public. Additionally it is a continuation of their harassment and retaliatory marketing campaign. Whereas they’re centered on deceptive media narratives, we’re centered on the authorized course of. We’re persevering with our efforts to require Mr. Baldoni and his associates to reply in court docket, below oath, reasonably than by manufactured media stunts.”