Justin Baldoni Slams Blake Full of life & Ryan Reynolds With $400M Lawsuit

The actor filed a $400 million lawsuit simply days after he referred to as on Disney and Marvel execs to protect paperwork to show Reynolds made a mockery of him in his movie, “Deadpool and Wolverine.”

Justin Baldoni was already sued final yr by Blake Full of life, who accused him of sexual harassment and making a poisonous work setting.

In a brand new twist to the authorized drama between Full of life and Baldoni, the latter has his co-star with a hefty new lawsuit, alleging that the actress and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, tried to “destroy” him.

In accordance with authorized paperwork obtained by Selection, Baldoni filed a 179-page criticism within the Southern District of New York, accusing Full of life and Reynolds of civil extortion, defamation, and invasion of privateness. 

“At backside, this isn’t a case about celebrities sniping at one another within the press,” Baldoni’s lawsuit reads. “It is a case about two of probably the most highly effective stars on this planet deploying their monumental energy to steal a whole movie proper out of the arms of its director and manufacturing studio… When Plaintiffs have their day in courtroom, the jury will acknowledge that even probably the most highly effective superstar can not bend the reality to her will.”

The actor is searching for damages of no less than $400 million. This comes shortly after Baldoni’s lawyer despatched out a litigation maintain letter to Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, Disney CEO Bob Iger, and director Tim Miller concerning the actor’s “anticipated claims” in opposition to Reynolds, Full of life, and different unnamed events.

The letter demanded that the studio executives maintain “any and all paperwork regarding the event of the Nicepool character” and “communications regarding the event, writing, and filming of storylines and scenes that includes Nicepool.”

Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, launched a press release together with the actor’s lawsuit, claiming that Full of life is not going to win the courtroom battle and can “remorse” suing his consumer.

He stated, “This lawsuit is a authorized motion based mostly on an amazing quantity of untampered proof detailing Blake Full of life and her crew’s duplicitous try and destroy Justin Baldoni, his crew and their respective firms by disseminating grossly edited, unsubstantiated, new and doctored info to the media.”

Freedman continued, “It’s clear based mostly on our personal all out willingness to offer all full textual content messages, emails, video footage and different documentary proof that was shared between the events in actual time, that it is a battle she is not going to win and will definitely remorse.”

Nonetheless, in his assertion, Freedman referred to as out Full of life’s sexual harassment lawsuit, implying that the actress has been exploiting actual victims of harassment for her private acquire.

“Blake Full of life was both severely misled by her crew or deliberately and knowingly misrepresented the reality,” Freedman famous. “Ms. Full of life won’t ever once more be allowed to proceed to take advantage of precise victims of actual harassment solely for her private repute acquire on the expense of these with out energy.

He continued, “Let’s not overlook, Ms. Full of life and her crew tried to bulldoze reputations and livelihoods for heinously egocentric causes by means of their very own harmful manipulation of the media earlier than even taking any precise authorized motion.”

The lawyer concluded, “We all know the reality, and now the general public does too. Justin and his crew don’t have anything to cover, paperwork don’t lie.”

Previous to suing Full of life and Reynolds straight, Baldoni started his authorized retaliation by suing the New York Occasions for publishing a narrative on the actress’ sexual harassment lawsuit.

Baldoni filed a $250 million libel lawsuit in opposition to the publication, claiming that The Occasions pushed the Full of life’s “unverified and self-serving narrative.”

The actor and his lawyer, Freedman, famous that her lawsuit contained inaccurate info and textual content messages that had been taken out of context and handed off as proof of harassment.

Baldoni’s lawyer blasted the actress on the time, claiming she might have been misled or intentionally put out false info.

Freedman beforehand revealed that he deliberate to launch “proof” that will expose Full of life’s “sample of bullying.”

In accordance with Folks Journal, Freedman launched a press release on Tuesday, January 7, claiming Full of life and her crew have been the instigators of a “vicious assault” in opposition to his consumer.

“It’s painfully ironic that Blake Full of life is accusing Justin Baldoni of weaponizing the media when her personal crew orchestrated this vicious assault by sending The New York Occasions grossly edited paperwork previous to even submitting the criticism,” Freedman stated.

“We’re releasing the entire proof which can present a sample of bullying and threats to take over the film,” the lawyer continued. “None of this can come as a shock as a result of, constant along with her previous conduct, Blake Full of life used different individuals to speak these threats and bully her technique to get no matter she wished. We now have all of the receipts and extra.”