Justin Baldoni is lastly breaking his silence after submitting a $400 million defamation lawsuit towards his It Ends With Us costar Blake Vigorous and her husband Ryan Reynolds.
The 40-year-old actor chatted briefly with videographers when he was noticed strolling into Los Angeles’ LAX airport early on Friday morning in a clip obtained by TMZ.
Baldoni was joined on the airport by his household, together with his spouse Emily, his daughter Maiya, 9, and his son Maxwell, seven.
The actor is suing Vigorous and Reynolds, in addition to Vigorous’s publicist Leslie Soane, for alleged defamation, in addition to civil extortion, and false gentle invasion of privateness, amongst different claims.
It follows an earlier lawsuit searching for $250 million that he filed towards the New York Occasions over its reporting on Vigorous’s personal federal lawsuit accusing him of sexual harassment and orchestrating a smear marketing campaign towards her.
Baldoni, who was dressed casually in a black hoodie and matching New York Yankees cap, mentioned he was ‘grateful to be with the household’ after he ascended an escalator.
Justin Baldoni is lastly breaking his silence after submitting a $400M defamation go well with towards his It Ends With Us costar Blake Vigorous and husband Ryan Reynolds. He was noticed together with his household at Los Angeles’ LAX airport early Friday, based on TMZ; seen December 4 in Beverly Hills
When requested how he would make it previous the ‘powerful time’ he was coping with, Baldoni mentioned he would lean on his ‘wonderful family and friends.’
He concluded by including that his ‘religion’ was important to creating it by means of his ongoing battle with Vigorous and Reynolds.
On Thursday, Baldoni escalated their authorized disagreement when he filed a $400 million towards Vigorous, Reynolds and her publicist, accusing them conspiring to trash his repute with sexual harassment allegations that Vigorous beforehand made.
In court docket papers obtained by DailyMail.com, Baldoni accused Vigorous of hijacking the filming of their romantic drama It Ends With Us — which he directed.
He additionally accused her and her Deadpool star husband of ruining his expertise of the movie’s premiere by forcing him and his household to attend in a basement holding space surrounded by overstocked concession stand choices and safety guards to make sure that she would not see him within the theater.
In response to Baldoni’s new lawsuit, Vigorous’s attorneys issued a fiery assertion to DailyMail.com, declaring: ‘This newest lawsuit from Justin Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios, and its associates is one other chapter within the abuser playbook.’
They added: ‘That is an age-old story: A girl speaks up with concrete proof of sexual harassment and retaliation and the abuser makes an attempt to show the tables on the sufferer. That is what consultants name DARVO. Deny. Assault. Reverse Sufferer Offender.’
In court docket papers obtained by DailyMail.com, Baldoni accused Vigorous of hijacking the filming of It Ends With Us — which he directed — and ruining his expertise on the premiere by forcing his household to attend in a basement in order that she would not see him; seen in August in NYC
On the airport, Baldoni mentioned he was ‘grateful to be with the household.’ He mentioned he would make it by means of this ‘powerful time’ by leaning on his ‘wonderful family and friends and religion’; seen in December 2023 in NYC
