Justin Baldoni addresses accusations of bullying leveled against him by his fellow actor Isabela Ferrer
In a high-profile legal situation that has drawn widespread attention, actress Isabela Ferrer has accused director Justin Baldoni of harassment and bullying, specifically alleging that he exerted illegal and inappropriate legal pressure on her amid a legal dispute involving Blake Lively and Baldoni.
Ferrer, who played a younger version of Lively's character in the film It Ends With Us, claims that Baldoni's actions included sending a process server multiple times to serve her with legal documents and filing motions that her lawyers characterize as “bad faith tactics” intended to harass her. She invoked an indemnification clause in her acting contract related to the film to push back against Baldoni's legal maneuvers.
However, Baldoni’s side argues that Ferrer’s texts and communications with him were generally positive in nature but claims she shifted her stance after spending time with Lively during film promotions. However, Ferrer's lawyer rejects this narrative as inaccurate and says Baldoni’s legal filings dragged Ferrer unnecessarily into the dispute.
The situation is part of broader litigation expected to go to trial in March 2026. In January, Justin Baldoni publicly shared a text exchange with Isabela, suggesting the conflict had been brewing for months. Justin Baldoni's legal team dismissed the claims as irrelevant attacks.
Ferrer's legal team claimed that Wayfarer Studios refused to reimburse her legal costs as outlined in her contract, unless she allowed the company to control her response to a subpoena from Lively's side. Ferrer's attorneys also accused Baldoni of trying to control her through manipulation, intimidation, and other inappropriate conduct.
Baldoni's lawyers argued that the subpoena issued to Ferrer was a valid step to collect documents that had not been provided earlier or were outside the scope of her original subpoena from Lively's team in February. The legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's team is being reported by People.
The specific details of the legal battle between Lively and Baldoni's team are not provided in the given paragraph. The trial in the case is officially scheduled for March 2026. Baldoni's legal team strongly rejected these claims in court documents filed on August 18. The dispute did not involve any other parties apart from Justin Baldoni, Isabela Ferrer, and Lively.
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