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