Bryan
Freedman,
a
lawyer
for
Baldoni
and
his
production
company
Wayfarer
Studios
who
filed
the
lawsuit
on
behalf
of
the
plaintiffs,
told
E!
News
in
a
statement
that
the
Times “cowered
to
the
wants
and
whims
of
two
powerful
‘untouchable’
Hollywood
elites,
disregarding
journalistic
practices
and
ethics
once
befitting
of
the
revered
publication
by
using
doctored
and
manipulated
texts
and
intentionally
omitting
texts
which
dispute
their
chosen
PR
narrative.”
Regarding
the
suit
against
the
NYT,
Lively’s
attorney
tells
E!
News
in
a
statement, “Nothing
in
this
lawsuit
changes
anything
about
the
claims
advanced
in
Ms.
Lively’s
California
Civil
Rights
Department
Complaint,
nor
her
federal
complaint,
filed
earlier
today.”
“This
lawsuit
is
based
on
the
obviously
false
premise
that
Ms.
Lively’s
administrative
complaint
against
Wayfarer
and
others
was
a
ruse
based
on
a
choice ‘not
to
file
a
lawsuit
against
Baldoni,
Wayfarer,'”
they
continue, “and
that ‘litigation
was
never
her
ultimate
goal.’
As
demonstrated
by
the
federal
complaint
filed
by
Ms.
Lively
earlier
today,
that
frame
of
reference
for
the
Wayfarer
lawsuit
is
false.
While
we
will
not
litigate
this
matter
in
the
press,
we
do
encourage
people
to
read
Ms.
Lively’s
complaint
in
its
entirety.
We
look
forward
to
addressing
each
and
every
one
of
Wayfarer’s
allegations
in
court.”
E!
News
has
reached
out
The
New
York
Times
for
comment
on
the
lawsuit
and
has
not
heard
back.
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