Blake Lively‘s team is responding after new evidence was presented in the It Ends With Us legal battle, showing that Justin Baldoni‘s crisis PR team charged him extra money because of Blake‘s connection to Taylor Swift.
An email from former The Agency Group PR employee, which was written to Wayfarer’s Jamey Heath and publicist Jennifer Abel, has been presented as evidence.
The email was part of Baldoni‘s team’s discussions to bring on Jed Wallace‘s PR firm to their team. At the very end of the email, there is a mention of the fee.
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“The social team are now worried about Blake activating the Taylor Swift an base, which is a major concern. With this in mind and to ensure Justin and the studio are 100% protected moving forward, they have now changed the fee to $30,000 per month due to the uptick in social chatter,” the email read.
It’s unclear what the original fee was before the Taylor consideration.
You can read the full email in the gallery.
Blake‘s spokesperson told JustJared.com in a statement, “There is an overwhelming amount of evidence documenting the smear campaign instigated by Justin Baldoni, Melissa Nathan, Jed Wallace and the rest of the Wayfarer Parties. All you need to do is look at Melissa Nathan’s texts, Baldoni’s responses, and Jed Wallace’s ‘services’ from incredibly damning emails like the one below….”
Part of Blake‘s deposition, in which she clapped back against Justin‘s lawyer, was just released online.