The New York Times has issued a strong rebuttal to allegations made by Justin Baldoni in his amended $400 million defamation lawsuit against Blake Lively, denying claims of 'early access' to Lively's sexual harassment complaint. The Times asserts that Baldoni's legal team is basing their accusations on inaccurate information from amateur internet sleuths.
The New York Times has strongly refuted allegations made by Justin Baldoni in his amended $400 million defamation suit against Blake Lively . Baldoni's legal team claims that an analysis of the article's HTML source code revealed references to a 'message-embed-generator' with a date of '2024-10-31,' despite the article's publication date in December 2024. This, they argue, suggests the New York Times had 'early access' to Lively's sexual harassment complaint.
The Times vehemently denies these accusations, particularly the claim of 'early access,' calling the filing 'rife with inaccuracies.' A spokesperson for The Times stated, 'Mr. Baldoni's lawyers base their erroneous claim on postings by amateur internet sleuths, who, not surprisingly, are wrong.' The spokesperson further addressed the specific date allegation, pointing out that the sleuths focused on a version of Lively's state complaint published by The Times with a 'December 10' date. However, they clarified that this date, generated by Google software, is unrelated to the date The Times received and posted the complaint. 'A look at the metadata from the posted document correctly shows it was posted after Ms. Lively filed it with the California Civil Rights Department,' the spokesperson stated. Baldoni's legal team, in their amended filing, suggests that The Times might have been using a new tool for embedding text messages within articles as part of a routine system upgrade, coincidentally stumbling upon the perfect opportunity to showcase it in an article featuring heavily edited and context-stripped text messages. But they propose a simpler explanation: The Times had already started building the defamatory article as early as October 31, 2024, including developing a new graphic display module to prominently feature the misleadingly edited text messages. The amended complaint includes a detailed timeline dating back to January 1, 2019, outlining Baldoni's initial communication with Colleen Hoover, author of 'It Ends with Us,' about adapting her novel into a film. The timeline details his interactions with Lively and Ryan Reynolds, as well as events surrounding the book's release and public reception, culminating in the ongoing legal dispute. This development follows Baldoni's launch of a personal website dedicated to defending himself against Lively's sexual harassment allegations. Seeking to provide transparency during this legal battle, Baldoni shared his amended complaint and a detailed timeline of relevant events on the website. Baldoni's attorney, Bryan Freedman, stated that the lawsuit was amended due to the 'overwhelming amount of new proof that has come to light.' 'This fresh evidence corroborates what we knew all along: that due to purely egotistical reasons, Ms. Lively and her entire team colluded for months to destroy reputations through a complex web of lies, false accusations, and the manipulation of illicitly received communications,' Freedman asserted. He concluded, 'The ongoing public interest in this case online has ironically shed light on the undeniable facts pertaining to The New York Times and how heavily Ms. Lively and her representatives were not only deeply involved in the attempted takedown and smear campaign of Mr. Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios, and their teams, but that they themselves initiated it.
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