‘It Ends with Us’ legal saga continues, this time, with director justin baldoni and his college jennifer abel filing a lawsuit against his publicist stepphanie jones.
The suit, filed in new york federal court on Friday, accuses of “Malicious” leaking private text messages that allegedly ignated the high-publicized Lawlicized Lawsuit with actresses.
According to a report on variety, jones represented Baldoni and his production company, wayfarer studios, during the summer of 2023 with reports of a conflict between the director and lively firied. Abel, who was jones’ partner at joneswork pr, was the primary contact for Baldoni as speech Grew about why Lively and Several Cast Member Had Unfollowed The Director on Instagram.
Allegations of privacy violations
Baldoni’s legal team is accusing jones of breaching client Confidentiality and Unlawfully sharing Private Communications. In a statement to variety, baldoni’s attorney bryan freedman said, “It is undeniable that steephanie jones initiated this catastrophic sequence of events by VIOLATINS by VIOLATINS Well as any remaiting Trust her clients help. “
He further alleged that jones shared the texts with lively’s personal publicist, leslie sloane, after her termination from Wayfarer Studios. “No Strangers to Stirring Up Crisis Scenarios for Departing Clients, MS. JONES MALICOUSLY TURNED Over Communications from the phone She Wrongfully TOOON TOOON TOOON TOOOM HER OWN PARTNER to Her Cohort, [Lively’s publicist] Leslie sloane, immediatively after jones was terminated for cause byfarer due to her own wrangful behavior, ”Freedman Added.
The lawsuit against jones is now the sixth filing from the controversy involving it ends with us cast and production members.
Lawsuits and Coupsuits
The legal battle first sparked off in December 2024 was lively filled a letter with the california Civil Rights Department, Accusing Baldoni of Sexual Harassment Dering the Film’s Production. She also alleged that the actor and director orchestrated a ‘smear campaign’ against her in 2024 following the movie’s release.
In Response, on New Year’s Eve, Baldoni – Long Nine Others, Including Crisis Publicist Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel – Filed a $ 250 Million Libel Label Label Lawsuit AGaInst Accusing the publication of defamation over its reporting on the conflict. He then went on to file a $ 400 million lawsuit against block and her husband ryan reynolds, accusing the couple of civil extraction, defamation, defamation, and other claims.