Justin Baldoni’s lawyer used popular TV series Heated Rivalry to help argue that Blake Lively‘s sexual harassment lawsuit against her It Ends With Us costar should be dismissed.
During a court hearing on Thursday, January 22, Baldoni’s team addressed the allegations made by Lively, 38, about alleged improvisation during filming, which they argued didn’t constitute gender-based harassment, according to Variety.
“I don’t know if the court is familiar with the show Heated Rivalry,” attorney Jonathan Bach said, which caused laughter in the courtroom. U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman replied that he...
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