The statement continued, “Let’s not forget that Ms. Lively and her team tried to damage reputations and livelihoods for extremely selfish reasons through their dangerous manipulation of the media even before taking any actual legal action. We know the truth, and now the public does too. Justin and his team have nothing to hide; documents don’t lie.”
Lively had previously filed a lawsuit against Baldoni and his associates on December 20, alleging sexual harassment and a retaliatory smear campaign orchestrated by him. In that complaint, she claimed that Baldoni displayed “disturbing” and “unprofessional” behavior on the set of the film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s work, which led to a “hostile work environment.”
The complaint also included accusations that Baldoni and Heath entered her trailer without invitation while she was undressed or in a vulnerable state, that Baldoni suddenly pressured her to “simulate full nudity” in a birth scene, and that he “improvised physical intimacy that hadn’t been rehearsed, choreographed, or discussed with Ms. Lively, and there was no intimacy coordinator involved.”
