Justin Baldoni’s former publicist Stephanie Jones has filed a lawsuit against the actor, his company and his current publicity team. The lawsuit alleges that Baldoni breached his contract, which required him to pay Jonesworks $25,000 per month. The contract was terminated early in August after publicist Jennifer Abel left JonesWorks to start her own firm. New York Post Informed.
The lawsuit also accuses Abel and publicist Melissa Nathan of waging a smear campaign against Baldoni’s co-star Blake Lively. ‘It ends with us.’ Jones claims she had no knowledge of or involvement in the alleged smear campaign and Abel and Nathan are now attempting to pin the blame on her.
When Abel returned his company phone to Jones, Jones claims he found text messages and emails related to Abel’s collaboration with Baldoni and his studio, Wayfarer. Jones then realized that his employee was part of a retaliation campaign against Lively.
“To this day, Abel and Nathan continue to falsely point the finger at Jones now that their own misconduct is coming to light, and to defame and attack Jones in the industry,” the lawsuit states.
The lawsuit also claims that around the time of the release ‘It ends with us’ In August, Baldoni became concerned that Lively might publicly accuse him of sexual harassment.
The lawsuit alleges that Abel, Nathan, and Wayfarer’s Jamie Heath collaborated to formulate a “no-holds-barred strategy” to discredit and suppress any potential revelations about Baldoni’s on-set behavior. . As part of this scheme, he allegedly launched “a smear campaign against Lively”.
Jones claims she was unaware of these actions and claims Abel and Nathan “secretly conspired” to damage her reputation, take away her clients, and place the blame for the campaign against Lively on her. .
Blake Lively’s lawsuit against Justin Baldoni
Blake Lively recently filed a lawsuit against her co-star Baldoni in the film ,‘It ends with us,’ alleging sexual harassment, workplace misconduct and a coordinated smear campaign. The lawsuit claims that Baldoni’s behavior created a hostile work environment and that he retaliated against Lively after she raised concerns about his actions.
Specific allegations against Baldoni include unplanned physical intimacy, aggressive behavior and graphic scenes. Lively also accused Baldoni of making inappropriate comments and discussing her past struggles with addiction in a way that made her uncomfortable. The actress claims that she had to intervene to stop him from showing nude videos/images of women and from mentioning his past experiences with sex.
The 40-year-old actor was also instructed to avoid making comments about the cast and crew’s genitals, as well as comments about Lively’s weight or her late father. Additionally, Baldoni was asked to stop including additional sex scenes in the film that were not included in the approved script, some of which included explicit material, such as having an orgasm on camera.
