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We now have a brand new twist within the ongoing authorized battle between Justin Baldoni and Blake Vigorous.
As you seemingly know at this level, Vigorous is suing Baldoni for sexual harassment, accusing him of making a hostile work surroundings on the set of the film she produced and he directed, It Ends With Us.
At one level, Baldoni filed a $400 million countersuit towards his co-star, though this authorized motion was dismissed by a decide in June.
Now? Isabela Ferrer has entered the image…
In court docket paperwork filed on August 17, the 24-year-old — who portrayed a youthful model of Vigorous’s character Lily Bloom within the 2024 Colleen Hoover adaptation — accused Baldoni and his associates of appearing “inappropriately” in direction of her after she obtained a subpoena from Vigorous’s counsel as a part of the aforementioned authorized dispute.
In response to Ferrer’s attorneys, the actress reached out to Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios manufacturing firm to have her authorized charges lined in accordance along with her film contract.
Nevertheless, they claimed Ferrer quickly obtained a reply from the corporate … asking her to “relinquish management of her response to the Vigorous subpoena to Wayfarer” earlier than being granted compensation.
“From that time ahead, Baldoni has tried to govern, threaten, management and in any other case act inappropriately in direction of Ms. Ferrer,” her attorneys alleged in court docket paperwork, including that Baldoni has filed a movement towards Ferrer to “harass” her after she refused to agree along with his group’s phrases.
Isabela Ferrer attends Armani Magnificence celebrating Luminous Silk Basis and Concealer in NYC at Twenty Three Grand on June 18, 2025 in New York Metropolis. (Picture by Craig Barritt/Getty Photos for Armani Magnificence)Baldoni’s authorized group has served a subpoena demanding Ferrer flip over “all paperwork regarding any discriminatory, harassing, retaliatory, inappropriate or unwelcome motion, conduct or assertion” made throughout manufacturing or put up.
This will likely all come throughout as sophisticated, however it comes right down to this:
Vigorous believes that Ferrer can again up her claims towards Baldoni.
Subsequently, Vigorous has issued a subpoena that requests Ferrer’s testimony be included in her pending authorized case.
Baldoni, it appears, is allegedly attempting to stop this from occurring.
Justin Baldoni attends the “It Ends With Us” New York Premiere at AMC Lincoln Sq. Theater on August 06, 2024. (Picture Credit score: Cindy Ord/Getty Photos)“Sadly, the Movement is simply the newest in a broader sample of conduct by Baldoni to bully Ms. Ferrer,” her attorneys argued in court docket paperwork.
“Whereas Ms. Ferrer will faithfully comply along with her authorized obligations below any subpoena, summons or court docket order, she clearly is not going to be intimidated or extorted by any celebration to in any other case take part within the proceedings.”
Moreover, Ferrer’s authorized group claims the delayed negotiation over Ferrer’s indemnity is a “clear try to put monetary strain on” the actress, writing on this doc:
“Ms. Ferrer has already had to withstand Baldoni’s inappropriate conduct in connection along with her response to the Vigorous Subpoena.”
Her attorneys additionally said of their submitting that Ferrer has obtained “private threats and hateful statements” from social media customers because the submitting of Baldoni’s movement towards her.
Justin Baldoni attends “The Boys In The Boat” New York Screening at Museum of Trendy Artwork on December 13, 2023 in New York Metropolis. (Picture by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Photos)Baldoni has denied all of Vigorous’s allegations.
A trial date has been set for March 2026.
“This case is about false accusations of sexual harassment and retaliation and a nonexistent smear marketing campaign, which Ms. Vigorous’s personal group conveniently describes as ‘untraceable’ as a result of they can not show what by no means occurred,” Baldoni’s lawyer stated in a press release this June.
“Most significantly, Ms. Vigorous’s personal claims are not any more true right now than they had been yesterday, and with the information on our facet, we march ahead with the identical confidence that we had when Ms. Vigorous and her cohorts initiated this battle and look ahead to her forthcoming deposition, which I might be taking.”
