Blake Lively Texts Were Taken Out Of Context, Says Justin Baldoni [Video]

Justin Baldoni’s lawyer has spoken out again after Blake Lively filed a lawsuit accusing the It Ends With Us director and star of sexual harassment as well as plotting a smear campaign against the actress.

Speaking to Us Weekly, lawyer Bryan Freedman said in a statement: “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.”

“The standard scenario planning TAG PR drafted proved unnecessary as audiences found Lively’s own actions, interviews and marketing during the promotional tour distasteful, and responded organically to that which the media themselves picked up on,” the lawyer continued.

He went on to claim that the leaked text messages between Baldoni and his PR team in the lawsuit have been misrepresented and taken out of context.

“It’s ironic that the New York Times, through their effort to ‘uncover’ an insidious PR effort, played directly into the hands of …