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☆ Justin Baldoni's ex-publicist says smear campaign against Blake Lively happened behind her back
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-25 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A new lawsuit filed Tuesday by publicist Stephanie Jones alleges that Justin Baldoni and his PR reps tried to smear Blake Lively. A publicist who previously represented Justin Baldoni says one of her former employees orchestrated a smear campaign against Blake Lively without the public relations firm's knowledge — and then stole Baldoni and other celebrities as clients. The lawsuit alleges that the goal was to "destroy" Lively, Baldoni's co-star in "It Ends With Us," to cover up Baldoni's own misconduct on set. Bryan Freedman, an attorney representing Baldini, Abel, Nathan, and their companies, previously called Lively's allegations "completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious." She sent BI an email and text messages showing she submitted her resignation in July with plans to start her own public relations firm.

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Nathan is also named as a defendant in Jones’ complaint, along with Baldoni and his company, Wayfarer Studios. Several of Abel’s text messages and emails, which the suit said were obtained via a subpoena of Jonesworks, were cited heavily in Lively’s complaint. The film “It Ends With Us,” an adaptation of the popular Colleen Hoover novel, was released in theaters in August. In the days since Lively’s complaint was filed, many in Hollywood — including the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA and Sony Pictures Entertainment, the studio behind “It Ends With Us” — have issued their support for Lively. He has not publicly addressed Lively’s complaint or Jones’ lawsuit.

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