Justin Baldoni's lawyer has hit back against Blake Lively's bombshell lawsuit after the two stars worked alongside each other on the hit movie It Ends With Us.
Lively, 37, has filed a sexual harassment case against Baldoni, alleging that there was inappropriate behavior from the 40-year-old while he was on set with the former Gossip Girl Alum.
According to the complaint, the production staff and crew of It Ends with Us - as well as Lively's husband Ryan Reynolds - were apparently forced to hold a meeting to discuss Baldoni's behavior toward Lively, which resulted in the actress listing some protective measures going forward.
This included "no more improvising of kissing" and "no more personal, physical touching of, or sexual comments by, Mr. Baldoni or Mr. Heath to be tolerated by [Blake Lively] and/or any of her employees, as well as any female cast or crew without their express consent."
Other requests per the document included: "No more adding of sex scenes, oral sex or on camera climaxing by BL outside the scope of the script BL approved when signing onto the project," all of which Baldoni and the filmmakers agreed to.
Lively also claimed in the filing that Baldoni subsequently took part in a "social manipulation" campaign to "destroy" her reputation following the release of the movie.
The Age of Adaline star backed up her claims with alleged receipts that showed screenshots of text conversations between the podcast host, his PR executive Jennifer Abel, and his crisis management expert Melissa Nathan as they discussed what stories they wanted to plant about Lively.
Now, Baldoni's lawyer Bryan Freedman has denied Lively's allegations, calling them "false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt,” in a statement to PEOPLE on December 21.
In a separate statement, Baldoni's lawyer, also added that Lively's complaint was to help "fix her negative reputation".
Freedman added that representatives of Wayfarer Studios "did nothing proactive nor retaliated, and only responded to incoming media inquiries to ensure balanced and factual reporting and monitored social activity."
The attorney continued: "What is pointedly missing from the cherry-picked correspondence is the evidence that there were no proactive measures taken with media or otherwise; just internal scenario planning and private correspondence to strategize which is standard operating procedure with public relations professionals."
Freeman added that Baldoni's PR team "operated as any other crisis management firm would when hired by a client experiencing threats by two extremely powerful people with unlimited resources".
The attorney added that The Agency Group — also known as TAG PR - acted professionally and accordingly, and stated that the public could make up its own mind about Lively, per PEOPLE.
Speaking to The New York Times, Lively spoke of her complaint, stating: "I hope that my legal action helps pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about misconduct and helps protect others who may be targeted."