As the weeks to months change, there is no sign of a resolution in the bitter Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni Saga.
After accusations of sexual harassment on the set (her against him) and counter-evaluations of slander and an attempt to destroy his reputation and livelihood (him against her), claim that they will be confronted in court next year, it seemed that it seemed that Things had achieved a stalemate.
But nothing can be further from the truth, whereby the damage behind the scenes continues to wrinkle.
In particular, many feel that it becomes their own goal for actress Blake and her husband Ryan Reynolds.
The couple made their first public appearance since the dispute became legal during the Saturday Night Live 50 Gala event in New York last Sunday.
When asked how he was going through host Tina Fey, Reynolds replied, apparently points to the legal battle: 'Great! Why, what have you heard? '
But instead of a roar of conspiratory laughter, there were uncomfortable grimaces of the crowd of celebrities, including a non-amused Kevin Costner and Cher.
Afterwards a source said: “Blake and Ryan were the conversation of the entire evening, and many people avoided them.” Another participant was heard and asked, “Who told them to come?”
Many feel that the constant lawsuit between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni becomes their own goal for the actress
Baldoni's lawyer Bryan Freedman says that they are not interested in the establishment and that his client, who is currently low in Hawaii, wants a 'determination'
After spending an hour with friends, including actress Dakota Johnson, they went home before the official after-party was on the road. Blake was dressed as if for a film premiere, in a silver couture dress by Tamara Ralph, but seemed nervous and nervous.
She had not been seen in public since September and had posted on social media since she had filed her civil complaint against Baldoni in December, with regard to his alleged behavior on the set of the film, it ends with us – about A few in an insult relationship, which he directed and saw them playing the leads.
This uncomfortable, largely stupid appearance was probably not the comeback she hoped.
As she wrote in a changed complaint, submitted this week, the IT Ends with us affair has taken a heavy toll from her and her family.
The lawsuit says: 'The emotional impact on Mrs. Lively has been extreme, not only her, but also her husband and four children. There are days when she had trouble getting out of bed and she often chooses not to go outside.
“Mr. Reynolds has also been hit. The worst of all is the impact on their young children who are traumatized. '
The news for the couple indeed seems to be bad on every front. From a legal point of view, nothing seems to have done Blake, the dial has moved a lot since Justin Baldoni's lawyers published a series of texts and e -mails last month that suggested that he had 'repelled' his film by the actress who had eventually dropped out of edit From the premiere.
The hundreds of messages, who returned for years, seemed to show that Baldoni tried to calm his leading lady while the relationship between them deteriorated.
Her submission this week adds some detail to her complaint that he has harassed her sexually, but no murderer blows. And there is an idea that her support ebb.
Colleen Hoover, the author of the book on which the film was located, seemed to be strong on Team Blake.
In December she issued a statement in which he praised Blake as 'honest, friendly, supportive and patient' and then removed her Instagram in January. When it was restored, it was scrubbed by all the photos of Blake Lively, which she no longer follows.
Blake's best friend Taylor Swift, thought like the meter of her four children, who allowed her to use one of her songs in the film and was referred to by the actress as one of the 'dragons' by her side, has her distance held, also, at least in public.
And as the Saga continues, there are signs that the long -term ambitions of Lively for hair care and alcoholic drinking companies are also seriously influenced.
Her 'Blake Brown' range of hair products – expensive shampoos, conditioners and masks in curious hexagonal brown bottles – was launched at the beginning of August, at the same time when it ended with us.
Although this was not planned, she was accused of cynical use of the film, about an offensive relationship, to promote her commercial interests.
Blake with her husband Ryan Reynolds on the 50 -year anniversary of Saturday Night Live
The news for the couple seems to be bad on every front. Nothing that Blake has done, the dial has moved since the lawyers of Baldoni published a series of texts and e -mails last month, which suggested that he had 'repelled' his film by the actress by the actress
Barely six months later, love for the brand seems to be declining. The products are not in the top 100 best -selling lists for hair care products, styling, shampoo or conditioner on Amazon.com. They are also not mentioned in the top 100 hair masks – the USP of her brand.
This represents an important fall – even according to Blake's own lawyers. Her initial civil complaint, submitted at the end of December, in which she called a 'smear campaign' that was launched against her by Baldoni, led to sales at Target (the American supermarket chain) that collapsed with a maximum of 78 percent. Others think they might have fallen more than 90 percent.
The turnover of Blake Brown at Target in the first three and a half week of the brand was almost $ 5 million, and on the launch day the brand had the five best -selling hair care products in the store. But the sale had fallen in mid -September. Experts say it is common for a dip of 20 to 30 percent after the launch, but not this kind of drop-off.
It was during this period that rumors escalated about a gap with Baldoni, after observers noticed that they remained each other from the promotion tour of the film. He mentioned a crisis management team used by Johnny Depp, of which Blake's team said he led to a whole series of poor publicity.
Her lawyers said that the 'sudden and unexpected media campaign' created a 'dramatic drop … completely at odds with the high satisfaction scores that Blake Brown products have received in testing the consumer before the launch or the first success after the launch'.
Baldoni's lawyer Bryan Freedman now says that they are not interested in the establishment and that his client, who is currently low in Hawaii, wants a 'determination' – a ruling from the court.
He said, “We are not willing to do anything until Justin is cleared as a predator, a sexual harassment.”
He mentioned the revised complaint from Blake Lively – who said that two anonymous women also had complaints about the behavior of Baldoni – “not -substantial hearing of found -found people who no longer want to come forward.”
Blake's lawyers admitted that the 'sudden and unexpected media campaign' created a 'dramatic drop' of bad publicity
And it seems that his customers – Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and their publicists – even the self -assured, can use Jokey attempt at a comeback on the Saturday Night Gala against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.
He said, “I don't know about anyone, to be honest, whose wife sexual has been harassed and made jokes about that kind of situation.”
He also indicated that people who used to speak for Blake now give him sworn evidence.
Unfortunately for the Lively-Reynolds machine, it seems unlikely that the normal service will be resumed soon.
