Justin Baldoni’s libel suit against a major US news outlet explains.
The actor filed a $250 million defamation suit. The New York Times After the publication of an article in which allegations of sexual harassment were made by him. It ends with us. Co-starring Blake Lively.
The 87-page complaint, filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, focuses on TimesDecember 21 article titled, We Can Bury Anyone: Inside the Hollywood Smear Machine.
Baldoni alleged that the piece was defamatory and presented a distorted account of events.
The film’s producers, Steve Sarowitz and Jamie Heath, echoed those concerns, claiming the Times “cherry-picked and altered communications” without providing enough context.
In response to the lawsuit, a spokesperson for The New York Times issued a statement defending its reporting.
“The role of an independent news organization is to follow the facts where they lead,” the statement said.
“Our story was carefully and responsibly reported. It was based on a review of thousands of pages of original documents, including text messages and emails that we refer to accurately and at length in the article.
To date, Wayfarer Studios, Mr. Baldoni, the other subjects of the article and their representatives have not pointed out a single error. We also published his full statement in response to the allegations in the article. We intend to vigorously defend against the lawsuit.”
Meanwhile, Lively’s representatives responded with legal action. Page sixMaintain their confidence in his charges.
“This lawsuit contains nothing about the claims made in Ms. Lively’s complaint with the California Department of Civil Rights, nor her federal complaint, which was filed earlier today,” the statement said. has changed.”
“This lawsuit is based on the patently false premise that Ms. Lively’s administrative complaint against Wayfarer and others was a ploy based on Baldoni’s choice ‘not to file suit against Wayfarer,’ and that ‘litigation is her final That was never the intention.’ “