Justin Baldoni has been accused of verbal abuse by an unnamed individual amid his ongoing authorized battle towards Blake Energetic.
Based on court docket paperwork obtained by Us Weekly on Tuesday, September 9, an unnamed individual has come ahead with allegations towards Baldoni, 41.
“I had repeated, with Mr. Baldoni and his associates, together with verbal abuse by Mr. Baldoni,” the declaration learn, alleging that Baldoni was not “permitted on set throughout the vast majority of manufacturing because of these experiences.”
The individual, whose title has been redacted, additionally claimed that they “requested” that Baldoni “not be concerned in advertising and marketing or public relations efforts” throughout their undisclosed undertaking.
The accuser may doubtlessly function a witness towards him in his and Energetic’s trial, at present scheduled for subsequent yr.
Us has reached out to Baldoni for remark.
Energetic, 37, and Baldoni’s authorized drama started in December 2024, when the actress accused her It Ends With Us costar and director of sexual harassment, making a hostile work surroundings and allegedly orchestrating a smear marketing campaign towards her.
Baldoni has vehemently denied the allegations. He subsequently countersued Energetic, accusing her of making an attempt to smear his title.
In June, a choose dismissed Baldoni’s lawsuit towards the Gossip Woman alum. Whereas Energetic received the authorized win on the time, her lawsuit towards Baldoni stays ongoing and the pair are scheduled to move to trial in March 2026.
“The court docket choice on the movement to dismiss has no impact in anyway on the reality that there was no harassment nor any smear marketing campaign, and it doesn’t in any manner have an effect on our vigorous protection towards Ms. Energetic’s claims,” Baldoni’s lawyer stated in an announcement on the time. “Discovery is continuing and we’re assured that we are going to prevail towards these factually baseless accusations. As an alternative of revising the prevailing claims, our purchasers will probably be pursuing extra authorized choices which are out there to us.”
Blake Energetic has accused Justin Baldoni of attempting to launch her latest deposition. Based on a movement filed by Energetic’s lawyer and obtained by Us Weekly on Monday, August 4, the actress’ crew claimed that Baldoni, 41, tried to add the complete “292-page transcript” to the general public docket the identical day they obtained it. “There […]
Earlier this yr, Energetic was deposed by Baldoni’s authorized crew in New York Metropolis. Us reported that Baldoni was current for the deposition, which befell in July.
“We’re very happy with the result of her deposition, and now stay up for deposing Justin Baldoni and every of the codefendants in brief order,” a spokesperson for Energetic beforehand stated in an announcement to Us. “Deposition testimony is confidential for good motive — it’s proof in a authorized continuing and is topic to objections and evidentiary guidelines. Juries aren’t simply handed deposition transcripts to learn at residence, and as an alternative they take heed to testimony that’s introduced at trial below a choose’s supervision.”
Final month, Choose Lewis J. Liman unsealed redacted reveals from Energetic’s movement to compel, which included a number of textual content messages and emails between Baldoni, his publicist and different members of Wayfarer Studios.
