Justin Baldoni shares photos of his family allegedly being held in a basement at It Ends With Us premiere
Bright lights and basements.Amid the endless lawsuits between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively, the “Jane the Virgin” star is now doubling down on his claim that he and his family were “held” in a basement at the New York premiere of their movie “It Ends With Us” on Aug.
6, 2024.Baldoni, 40, is suing Lively, 37, and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, 48, for $400 million over alleged defamation and extortion over the ongoing “It Ends With Us” saga, which centers on Lively’s allegations of sexual harassment against Baldoni.Filed Thursday in the Southern District of New York by Baldoni’s attorneys on behalf of Baldoni, “It Ends With Us” producer Jamey Heath, publicist Jennifer Abel and crisis publicist Melissa Nathan, the suit claims that Lively took certain measures to gain control over the 2024 film.In images cited in the court documents, Baldoni, his wife Emily and his friends and family sit at a table in a room that appears to be a basement and smile big for the camera.Boxes of popcorn and bottles of water and soda can be seen. In another image cited in the court docs, Baldoni poses with his friends against stacks of packs of Dasani water bottles.
Baldoni, gleefully raising his arms in the air, is clad in the same pink suit he wore to the “It Ends With Us” red carpet that same day.In his Jan.16 filing, Baldoni alleged that his guests were “ushered” inside and were subsequently “held” in the room where the photos were taken to “avoid even a chance of interaction with Lively or her guests” once she arrived to the event.Additionally, his suit alleges that Lively used “threats and extortion” to “relegate” her colleagues to “sit out their own premiere” in the basement. “They were confined to a makeshift holding area surrounded by concession stand stock, with only fold-out tables and chairs arranged in a square,” Baldoni’s suit said.
“Surrounded by close friends, family, soda bottles, and a lot of love, the irony...