Legal success between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively continues to heat up, with the actor’s lawyer criticizing Lively’s “buser playbook” comments.

Baldoni and his publicists sued Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynoldsfor plotting against them to humiliate them and destroy their work. However, a lawyer for the players called their case “another chapter in the book of abusive games.”

Now Justin Baldoni’s lawyer has responded, writing that Blake Lively is the answer to his group and the “bad pivot” he has left.

According to DeadlineBaldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, called Lively’s response to his client who recently filed a $400 million lawsuit, accusing him of trying to kill his career and defaming him by making defamatory false accusations.

Freedman said, “After my client filed a comprehensive case filled with nearly 200 pages of indisputable facts and incontrovertible evidence that disproved their false claims of a propaganda campaign by providing technical information to the New York Times, Blake and his legal team have only one problem left, that is. doubling down on the lies against Baldoni.

“The fact that Ms. Lively feels that she can damage Baldoni’s reputation by trying to destroy his future career and deny him or his team the opportunity to defend themselves is ridiculous,” he said.

The legal battle between the two is expected to escalate as Mr. Freedman said that he will now “fight harder than ever” in the domestic violence category.

The whole controversy stems from the “Gossip Girl” star’s lawsuit before Christmas accusing Baldoni of sexually abusing her on the set of the film, and planning a “sinister job” to damage her reputation.

In her new statement, Freedman says Baldoni never tried to blame Lively for “mistakes she made during filming” and that she “kindly responded to all of her concerns by filming in the right way even though she didn’t agree with it.”

The lawyer also said that Baldoni “committed to doing things differently and keeping the peace as he agreed to in his trial.”

She added, “Not only will we continue to protect our clients from Blake’s power, privilege, and lies, but we will now fight hard against the voiceless people in the DV community who are suffering unfairly as they continue to push her. Selfishness and selfishness on social media.”

Baldoni filed a $400 million lawsuit on Thursday, citing several reasons. In her statement, the 40-year-old director accused her of trying to get rid of her role in the adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s novel, which she directed, and of using her husband’s star power and influence to force her into the role. admits one of the film’s co-writers.

He also said that Lively was conflicted on the set because she wanted to change many parts of the script even though she hadn’t read the book until filming.

In his letter, Baldoni also said that when the film entered the planning phase, Lively asked to “take” the rooftop, where her character, Lily Bloom, meets her character, Ryle Kincaid, first. time.

Baldoni said that Lively “kept silent for a few days” and later said in a statement that what he wrote “didn’t feel right” for her, her husband, and what Baldoni knows is “another megacelebrity friend” known as Taylor Swift.

Lively’s lawyers responded to Baldoni’s lawsuit, saying he was using “DARVO” tactics against his partner.

The actors’ representatives released a statement criticizing Baldoni for using a “sarcastic playbook” in his latest filings.

“This latest lawsuit from Justin Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios, and their partners is yet another chapter in the abuse game book,” Lively’s attorneys said. Daily Mail.

They added, “This is an old story: A woman speaks with real evidence of rape and revenge, and the abuser tries to turn the tables on the victim. This is what experts call DARVO. Deny. Attack. Reverse Victim. Offender.”

Elsewhere in their statement, Lively’s attorneys said Baldoni’s lawsuit is “retaliation” for an earlier lawsuit she filed against him accusing her of harassing her and promoting a dangerous work environment on the set of “It Ends With Us.”

The statement says Baldoni’s production company, Wayfarer Studios “decided to use the wealth of the billionaire co-founder to issue information on social media, launch frivolous lawsuits, and threaten lawsuits to destroy the public’s ability to understand that what they are doing is revenge for rape charges. .”

Lively’s attorneys continued, “They are trying to shift the issue to Ms. Lively by falsely claiming that she took over creative control and separated Baldoni’s co-stars. Baldoni and Wayfarer.”