Judge threw out 10 of Lively’s 13 claims against her It Ends With Us director and co-star on Thursday as trial nears
Justin Baldoni’s lawyers have responded after most of Blake Lively’s claims against the director were dismissed by a federal judge yesterday.
Judge Lewis Liman threw out 10 of the 13 claims that Lively had made against Baldoni, including allegations of sexual harassment, conspiracy and defamation.
Bryan Freedman, Baldoni’s lawyer, described the defendants as “very good people who have not engaged in this sexual harassment as alleged” in a statement to Associated Press. “It is gratifying to see that the courts ruling confirms what the legal team believed from day one,” he added.
“The defendants were not afraid of the truth,” Freedman said in a separate statement to TMZ. “The plan was not only to speak the truth but to also show that same truth over and over again through the presentation of actual evidence. Neither Justin Baldoni, [It Ends With Us lead producer] Jamey Heath nor any of the other defendants have engaged in the sexual harassment of Blake Lively.”
