Amid Justin Baldoni and Blake Vigorous’s feud, the previous has filed a $250 million lawsuit in opposition to The New York Instances for libel after it carried an article in December titled “‘We Can Bury Anybody’: Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine.” The lawsuit alleged that the publication wrote the article primarily based on the actress’ unverified account and ignored different proof.
It accused the publication of placing out defamatory claims in opposition to Baldoni. His authorized crew additionally claimed that the article relied on cherry-picked and manipulated communications.
Baldoni’s lawyer additional accused Vigorous and New York Instances for conducting a vicious smear marketing campaign and utilizing manipulated texts.
In response to this, a spokesperson of the New York Instances stated, “The function of an impartial information group is to comply with information the place they lead. Our story was meticulously and responsibly reported. We plan to vigorously defend in opposition to the lawsuit.”
The lawsuit consists of co-plaintiffs reminiscent of publicist Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel and producers Jamey Heath and Steve Sarowitz.
The feud between them started when Blake Vigorous filed a lawsuit in opposition to Justin Baldoni, accusing him of sexual harassment and claiming that he tried a smear marketing campaign in opposition to her.
