Blake Full of life hit with one other lawsuit amidst Justin Baldoni authorized battle
Blake Full of life’s protracted authorized wrestle with It Ends With Us costar Justin Baldoni has resulted in yet one more lawsuit, this time from a publicist she recognized in her criticism to the California Civil Rights Division.
Jed Wallace of Avenue Relations, Inc., a disaster administration firm based mostly in Texas, filed a lawsuit in opposition to Full of life, 37, on Tuesday, February 4, claiming defamation.
In response to Wallace’s lawsuit, this occurred after Full of life submitted a petition on January 21 asking for a deposition from Wallace, which was then withdrawn on Tuesday.
Earlier in December, the Gossip Woman alum in her civil rights criticism alleged that Wallace was employed by Baldoni’s PR workforce to help within the alleged smear marketing campaign, claiming he “weaponized a digital army around the country from New York to Los Angeles to create, seed and promote content that appeared to be authentic on social media platforms and internet chat forums.”
Wallace’s attorneys declare in his new lawsuit that her current petition “conceded that Lively has no facts supporting the allegations she made against Wallace and Street in the Precursor which ‘made headlines around the world’ as she now, apparently under the threat of sanctions from one of Plaintiffs’ attorneys, sought to ‘investigate the scope of Mr Wallace’s conduct.’ “
In response to the lawsuit, Full of life’s authorized workforce mentioned in a press release, “Another day, another state, another nine-figure lawsuit seeking to sue Ms. Lively ‘into oblivion’ for speaking out against sexual harassment and retaliation.”
“This is not just a publicity stunt — it is transparent retaliation in response to allegations contained within a sexual harassment and retaliation complaint that Ms Lively filed with the California Civil Rights Department,” her attorneys added.
“While this lawsuit will be dismissed, we are pleased that Mr Wallace has finally emerged from the shadows, and that he too will be held accountable in federal court.”
As per The Hollywood Reporter, Wallace and the corporate are in search of a minimal of $7 million in damages plus “a court order stating that he didn’t engage in harassment or retaliation against the actress.”
“The statements of fact, actual or implied, of and concerning Plaintiffs in the Precursor and CRD Complaint are false, defamatory, made with either negligence or ‘actual malice’ and have caused millions of dollars in reputational harm including both general and special damages through emotional harm (Wallace), actual damages and real and projected loss of business (Wallace and Street) in an amount that exceeds $1,000,000,” Wallace’s Tuesday submitting reads.
Full of life and Baldoni have been embroiled in a authorized battle since December 2024, when the actress filed a sexual harassment criticism in opposition to him, claiming that he had dedicated misconduct in the course of the movie’s manufacturing and launched a retaliatory smear marketing campaign to “destroy” her repute.
The Jane the Virgin star has denied the allegations.