A judge dismisses Justin Baldoni’s letter against Blake Lively in which he is allegedly extorted Taylor Swift
A federal judge has decided to withdraw the document from the judicial file of actor Justin Baldoni against Blake Lively, qualifying the maneuver as inappropriate and potentially defamatory. In the letter Blake Lively was accused of trying to extort Taylor Swift.
The letter, signed by Justin Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman, claimed that Lively’s legal team had contacted a Taylor Swift representative, demanding that the singer issue a public statement in support of the actress.
Not doing so, they threatened to disseminate messages from Personal text of years of relationship with Lively.
Judge Lewis Liman, from the Southern District Court of New York, has resolved that the letter must be eliminated from the judicial file and launched a direct warning to Baldoni’s legal team: “Lawyers are informed that future improper uses of the judicial file They can be sanctioned. “
The judge also pointed out that the document had a clear media purpose, by insinuating that Lively and his lawyers tried to extort a high profile figure. In addition, he stressed that allowing its inclusion in the process would make the court “Department of defamatory statements for press consumption”.
