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Old Justin Baldoni's agent Danny Greenberg has stated that Blake Lively's behavior was “extortion” in the sets of Ends with us. Baldoni and Lively have participated in a legal feud among them since December last year, when the actress accused him of harassment s*xual.
In a deposition transcription obtained by PeopleFormer Justin Baldoni's agent Danny Greenberg explained what he meant for “extortion” when he described Blake Lively's alleged behavior in the ensembles. Greenberg represented Baldoni during the filming of Ends with uswhere Lively starred in front of the actor-director. Said:
“My use of the word extortion was referred only by accumulated behavior that both the study and the production company Wayfarer Studios) and Justin had to manage.”
According to documents, Greenberg described Blake Livelly's behavior as “extortion” in communications with Justin Baldoni in July 2024. In addition, files indicate that he helped Baldoni to write emails in Sony, which detailed the “continuous extortion of the actress and the effort to gain control of the film”.
In his testimony, Danny Greenberg also stated that Lively issued threats related to the August premiere 2024 Ends with us. Alleged communications with Ange Giannetti Official Sony, where Greenberg spoke “about the behavior Blake showed along the way” in terms of “the theme of the premiere.”
Blake Lively and the legal battle of Justin Baldoni It began in December 2024 after the legal complaint of the actress, alleging the job and sexual harassment. However, Baldoni had Lively after denying all the allegations and accusing the invasion of privacy, trying to take the creative control of Colleen Hoover's adaptation and slander. The demand was rejected in June of this year.
The court dismisses $ 400 million dollars of Justin Baldoni against Blake Lively
In June of this year, Judge Liman dismissed $ 400 million in Justin Baldoni's $ 400 million against Blake Lively, her husband Ryan ReynoldsAnd his publicist, Leslie Sloane. In the lawsuit, Baldoni denied all Lively's allegations and sued him by extortion, defamation and invasion of privacy. The judge also dismissed Baldoni's $ 250 million demand against New York Times, which presented one of his articles that described Lively's allegations.
“Wayfarer parties have alleged that Reynolds I (Publicist Leslie) Sloane made additional statements accusing Baldoni of sexual misconduct and that time made additional statements accusing Wayfarer parties of participating in a frotis campaign. But Wayfarer parties have not alleged that the Reynolds, Sloanes or the times would have been seriously Declarations were true based on the information that was provided “to be responsible for the defamation by virtue of applicable law,” the official statement said.
Justin Baldoni's legal team He did not refill the modified complaints after dismissing his demand. In addition, Lively's demand against Baldoni continues to stop. Judge Liman also mentioned in his statement that the Baldoni team “did not properly claim that Lively's threats were an illicit extortion instead of the hard negotiation or the renegotiation of working conditions,” explaining the removal of the lawsuit.
In addition, Baldoni could not prove that the New York Times “acted with real malice” and published his story detailing Blake Lively's allegations. The added statement:
“The alleged events indicate that the Times reviewed the available tests and reported, perhaps, dramatized, what he thought had happened. Times had no obvious reason to favor the version of Lively's events.”
After the latest news of the deposition statements, Blake Lively's team He also criticized the “extortion” claims of the former Justin Baldoni agent. They referred to the dismissed demand and added that Greenberg's “Cherry's deposition appointment” added “nothing new” to the case.
“This is a legal process, not one of the Clic-Esquer. It is just a recycled distraction that has nothing to do with the demand for bullying and sexual retaliation, and the Wayfarer's accused,” said Lively's spokesman.
Apart from Greenberg, Lively's talent agent, Warren Zavala, was also deposed in relation to the case. Zavala's statements stated that he was not “aware of the incidents that would make us uncomfortable in Ms. Lively” in the ensembles ending with us when he visited him. He felt that “everything seemed to go well”, but agreed “problems” during the post -production process. Stated that there was a change in the type of communications between Living and Baldoni During this time.
The legal feud between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively continues to continue. The two parties will be raised to face the court in March 2026.
Edited by Prayathasha Sarkar
