Hollywood publicist Stephen Jones filed a lawsuit in New York this week against her former client, embattled film producer and actor Justin Baldoni, accusing him of breach of contract, just days after he filed a lawsuit in New York this week. It all ends with us Co-stars sued him for sexual harassment on set.
Baldoni, who directed and starred with Lively in the adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s best-selling novel, signed a one-year contract with Jones’ public relations firm, Jonesworks, for a monthly salary of $25,000. August, as it is end with us After the film’s release, Baldoni abandoned Jones’ company and followed his publicist at Jones Factory, Jennifer Abel, to her newly formed public relations firm.
The lawsuit, filed in New York state court, also names Abel and publicist Melissa Nathan as co-conspirators in the campaign to smear Lively, and alleges they then attempted to deflect the defamation of the woman through the release of “Lively.” Actor’s Responsibility. It all ends with us To Jones. In Lively’s lawsuit, filed Saturday with the California Department of Civil Rights, she said Baldoni and his team engaged in a campaign of “social manipulation” to “destroy” her reputation as a way of retaliating against what she alleges was a misdeed at the hands of Barr. Dhoni’s revenge for sexual harassment.
Before Lively filed her lawsuit over the weekend, her attorneys boldly sent Jones a pre-suit subpoena, successfully obtaining text messages from a company cellphone at Jones’ facility. The representative then handed over the phone Abel used, which she “forensically preserved” after the publicist left her company. Text messages from the device included letters filed in Lively’s lawsuit in which two representatives and Baldoni discussed how they planned to “bury” Lively as the film’s producers sought to prevent the possible disclosure of the alleged set. Sexual Misconduct.
Baldoni denies all of the allegations in Lively’s complaint, slamming them as “shameful” and “serious and absolutely false accusations against Mr. Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and their representatives.”
In the latest lawsuit in the escalating drama surrounding the film, Jones’ lawsuit alleges that Abel planned for months to leave the Jones facility and abscond with the company’s clients, while also tarnishing Jones’ professional reputation. Nathan is accused in the lawsuit of encouraging Abel to leave because she was eager to win customers at the Jones plant.
“This scheme ultimately caused serious harm to Jones and the Jones plant,” the lawsuit states.
Called hollywood reporter A request for comment from Jonesworks was not immediately returned.
