Justin Baldoni’s Lawyer Responds to Blake Lively Claims [Video]

Justin Baldoni’s lawyer is speaking out in the wake of Blake Lively‘s sexual harassment complaint against her It Ends with Us costar and director.

In a statement shared on Monday, Dec. 23, lawyer Bryan Freedman addressed Lively’s claims that Baldoni’s crisis publicists ran a smear campaign against her that damaged her reputation and businesses.

“TAG PR operated as any other crisis management firm would when hired by a client experiencing threats by two extremely powerful people with unlimited resources,” he said.

Freedman added that The Agency Group — also known as TAG PR — was doing their job when hired by Baldoni, and said the public was in control of their perception of Lively.

“The standard scenario planning TAG PR drafted proved unnecessary as audiences found Lively’s own actions, interviews …