baldoni dropped by his agency. meanwhile, lively's costars from the sisterhood of the traveling pants, saying they stand in solidarity with her. >> it's no mystery that there is bad blood between blake lively and justin baldoni. the only question is which version of the facts are true? >> and we're going to turn now to a new chapter for the legendary elton john. he's written the soundtrack for many generations, and he's still doing it, mentoring younger superstars and helping them avoid the pitfalls of fame. here's another look at abc's robin roberts behind the scenes with the 77 year old legend. good morning gentlemen. >> when you're an entertainer, when you play the piano, that's what you do. you entertain. and being successful as a piano player and being stuck at a piano, i had to be flamboyant. i had to be acrobatic. >> sir elton john, the rocketman, one of the greatest performers of a generation. than five decades since his debut in los angeles. so good to see you. >> great to see you. oh my god. >> the singer

baldoni and mr. heath's previous pornography addiction.s outside of the script that blake lively had approved when signing on to the project initially. okay, so that's what happened back injanuary. sojust bring us back up to date. where are we now then? well, of course, in the summer the film came out. as i say, it was well received by fans. but now blake lively�*s team have filed that legal complaint in california against baldoni, alleging sexual harassment and a campaign to destroy her reputation. now, the accusation is that baldoni and wayfarer studios led a multi—tiered plan to wreck her reputation, saying this was the intended result of a carefully coordinated scheme to silence her and others from speaking out about the hostile environment. now, blake lively has said she hopes her actions help pull back the curtain on sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about misconduct. but responding to the legal complaint, mr. baldoni's lawyer said the allegations are categorically false. it's shameful that miss lively would ma

baldoni wants to feel like ms. lively can be buried.int, the complaint says the crisis pr team wrote to each other, we can't write it down to him, we can't write, we will destroy her. the document saying all the things that he wants ends up in the wrong hands. the attorney for baldoni and the crisis pr team calling those allegations, rachel, completely false and outrageous. and while the attorney did not deny the authenticity of the texts, he said that the action plan to, quote, bury lively, quote, proved unnecessary. the attorney also saying he plans to countersue lively. rachel? >> rachel: matt gutman reporting tonight from los angeles. matt, thank you. >>> when we come back, a shooting at a grocery store leaves a community in mourning for a hero officer. >>> and mystery solved, after dozens of amazon packages were found in the woods in massachusetts. >>> next tonight, a >>> next tonight, a north carolina community is in mourning after the death of a police officer and father. greensboro police officer michael horan, a father of two,

baldoni denying those allegations. tonight, the hollywood a-listers taking sides. and here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: tonight, that new lawsuit in the scandal rocking hollywood. just days after actress blake lively filed an 80-page complaint against her "it ends with us" costar and director justin baldoni, accusing him of sexual harassment and a retaliatory smear campaign, the actor is facing more backlash. >> i thought we were friends. >> we are friends. >> reporter: baldoni's former publicist, stephanie jones, is now also filing a lawsuit against the actor and two of her own former employees. jones alleging they sprang into action, scheming to bury and destroy costar blake lively to protect baldoni. their plan was covert, deliberately concealed from jones. lively, in her own complaint, alleges that baldoni and a producer showed her nude videos, discussed sexual conquests, and criticized her body and weight. and tonight, lively's costars showing their support for the actress. jenny slate, who plays lively's best friend in the film, telling today.com, "what

mr baldoni's legal team told the bbc the allegations are "categorically false".it's a complaint by the actress blake lively, and it accuses the actorjustin baldoni and his team of sexual harassment and a campaign to destroy her reputation. now, to understand how we got to this point, luxmy, we do need to first rewind a little bit. lively and baldoni were stars of the netflix film it ends with us, which came out in the summer. now, the film did very well with viewers, but this paperwork filed in california has made us aware of some big disagreements on the set. now it states that on the 11th ofjanuary, a meeting was held to address a hostile work environment. now, the meeting was attended by baldoni, who was also the film's director and the co—chairman and co—founder of wayfarer, who the production company for the film. blake lively, also attended with her husband and the hollywood actor ryan reynolds, who wasn't in the film alongside other members of the film's production service. now, blake lively�*s lawyers allege that both mr baldoni and the wayfarer ceo, jame

this case is not looking good for baldoni. back in january where she actually had to confront baldoni and also jamie heath, director and actor what she wanted to stop. among her claims were that some of the demands addressed including no more showing nude photos of images of women to blake. no more mention of baldoni's or heath's previous pornography addiction or personal experiences with sex, no more descriptions of their adding genitalia or adding sex scenes. no more discussion about blake's weight or deceased father and more. she laid it all out. he launches a smear campaign and why she is suing to show others you can't get away with this kind of behavior. she gave them a pass at first. >> julie, merry christmas, by the way. this is a devastating lawsuit for baldoni, not only him but his way fare production company. just because you produce a movie it doesn't become your personal playground to carry out all these nefarious alleged sexual overtures to your lead actress. in california, julie, you have to really prove two thin

lively and baldoni were stars of the netflix film it ends with us, which came out in the summer. made us aware of some big disagreements on the set. now it states that on the 4th ofjanuary, a meeting was held to address a hostile work environment. now, the meeting was attended by baldoni, who was also the film's director and the co—chairman and co—founder of wayfarer, who the production company for the film. blake lively, also attended with her husband and the hollywood actor ryan reynolds, who wasn't in the film alongside other members of the film's production service. now, blake lively�*s lawyers allege that both mr baldoni and the wayfarer ceo, jamey heath, engaged in inappropriate and unwelcome behaviour towards her and towards others on the set. now the meeting included a list, luxmy, of 30 demands relating to the pair's alleged misconduct to be met to ensure the production of the film could continue. now, among them, blake lively requested. there's to be no more mention of mr baldoni or mr heath's previous pornography addiction. there's to be no more descriptions of their o

mr baldoni's legal team told the bbc the allegations are categorically false.now. so that was discussed at the meeting injanuary — but where are we now? these details have come out and paperwork that has been filed to the california civil rights department and part of a complaint by the actress, she is accusing actorjustin and his team of sexual harassment in the campaign to destroy her reputation but some do understand how we got to this point, we have to rewind a little bit because lively and justin baldoni were a star of the show they came out in the summer and it the show they came out in the summerand it did the show they came out in the summer and it did very well with viewers but in this complaint filed in california, there's a big complaints on the set. 0n the 11th of january a meeting was held to address was been described as a hostile environment and the meeting was attended byjustin baldoni was also the director and co—chairman and co—founder of the production company behind the production company behind the movie. lively attended along with ryan rey

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blake lively has filed a legal complaint against her it ends with us co—star justin baldoni allegingling, she accused mr baldoni and his team of attacking her public image after a meeting to address what she described as"repeated sexual harassment and other disturbing behaviour" by mr baldoni and a producer on the movie. mr baldoni's legal team told the bbc the allegations are "categorically false" and said they hired a crisis manager because ms lively had threatened to derail the film unless her demands were met. with me is news correspondent matt graveling. these details have come out in paperwork filed and it is a complaint by blake lively accusing baldoni and his team of a campaign to destroy her reputation and accusing him of sexual harassment. it came on at the netflix film it ends with us. the characters were any relationship in the film and it did very well with the viewers, but in the complaint filed in california, we have been made aware of big disagreements on the site. the paperwork states on fourth january, a meeting was held to address a hostile work environment. the me

again, justin baldoni very popular guy, very popular podcast.xpect he's going to share more of what he claims happened onset. >> all right, chloe melas, thank you. >>> time for today's cnbc money minute. honda and nissan talking about merging and "sonic the hedgehog" is the box office champ. julia borstein joins us now. >> reporter: let's start with honda and nissan. they started discussing a merger. leaders from the two companies say they need greater scale to compete in new development for electric vehicles and intelligent driving amid threats from tesla and chinese companies. discussions are likely to end in june of next year and the two brands hope to complete the merger in august of 2026. >>> also, telegram is set to be profitable for the first time according to a "new york times" report. the app has been subject to intense scrutiny over its privacy and lack of moderation. the founder was arrested in france last year for allegedly allowing criminal activity on the platform. >>> "sonic the hedgehog" movie took the top spot at the box office.

talent agency giant wme telling "the new york times" it dropped baldoni from its roster one day after lively filed a legal complaint accusing him of sexual harassment and retaliation. >> i want to see you again. >> now you see me. >> you know what i mean. >> reporter: he starred in and directed the box office hit "it ends with us," a film about domestic violence based on the bestselling book by romance novelist colleen hoover. hoover herself coming out in support of live leave on social media this weekend, urging her to never change, never wilt. the allegations first made public in a "new york times" investigation by megan touhy whose reporting in hollywood helped trigger the me too movement. why do you think it's important in this moment? >> it's a story that raised questions about the integrity and authenticity of the online narratives that exist today and to what extent they're being manipulated by people for hire. >> reporter: the 80-page complaint, a precursor to a possible lawsuit, alleges in graphic detail harassment by baldoni on the production set, including kissing and touch

justin baldoni says the claims are false and salacious. nada tawfik reports. us over the summer. 0n the red carpet, their creative differences were apparent. this is not a story about domestic violence. it's a woman's story about her life. there's this intersection between wanting to make the flowery movie, because oftentimes studios think that's what's best, and then the artistic choice. but it's now clear the drama on set went much deeper. lively has accused baldoni, both the director and a star of the film, of inappropriate behaviour and sexual harassment. the hollywood film star and entrepreneur, who first rose to fame on the tv show gossip girl and her actor husband ryan reynolds, who owns wrexham fc, held a meeting injanuary with baldoni and other producers to discuss her concerns. a legal complaint details the alleged demands she made at the time, including no more showing of nude videos or images of women, including the producer's wife, no more descriptions of their own genitalia, no more mention by mr baldoni of him speaking to blake lively�*s dead fa

and some of that online scrutiny directed at lively now turning toward baldoni.ively says she hopes her legal actions helps pull back the curtain on these sinister, retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about misconduct and helps protect others who may be targeted. willie? >> iscilla thompson, thank you very much. >>> baseball fans are mourning the loss of a legend this morning with the news that hall of famer rickey henderson has died. nicknamed the man of steel, henderson is major league baseball's all-time leader in both stolen bases and runs scored. viewed as the greatest leadoff hitter of all time, henderson won the american league mvp award in 1990 and a world series title with the oakland a's in 1989. playing until the age of 44. rickey henderson was 65 years old. >>> the home teams dominated on saturday in the inaugural 12 team play of yo. penn state knocking off smu after a pair of pick six and rolled into a school record, 192th 12th win of the season. them get boise state. in austin, texas, longhorns running back wiesner scored twice in ut's c

mr baldoni's legal team told the bbc the allegations are "categorically false"., and told us what more we know. details have come out in paperwork that has been filed to the california civil rights department, and they are part of a complaint by the actress blake lively, and she is accusing actor justin baldoni and his team, of sexual harassment and a campaign to destroy her reputation. but samantha, to understand how we got to this point, we need to rewind a little bit first, because lively and baldoni were stars of the netflix film it ends with us, which came out in the summer. now the film did very very well with viewers, but in this complaint filed in california we have been made aware of some big disagreements on the set. it states on 11th january a meeting was held to address what has been described as a hostile work environment, and the meeting was attended byjustin baldoni, who was also the film's director and the co—chairman, and co—founder of wayfarer — this is the production company behind the movie. blake lively attended with her husband, the actor rh

baldoni's team spread false stories that she didn't care about domestic violence.udes messages that lively says show the coordinated scheme between baldoni's team and a crisis management expert, one reading we can bury anyone. another saying, i'm having reckless thoughts of wanting to plant pieces this week of how horrible blake is to work with. and tonight, baldoni's attorney calling lively's accusations false, adding the studio added a crisis manager because lively was threatening to skip out on filming and promotion. rachel? >> morgan, thank you. >>> still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this sunday. a garbage truck goes up in flames, and what the driver did next may have prevented a tragedy. and a first for tiger woods' son. what he did to make his dad proud. before taking breztri for my copd, i had bad days. days ruined by flare-ups [cough] that could permanently damage my lungs. then i talked to my doctor about breztri, and i noticed things changed. breztri gave me better breathing. ♪ starting within 5 minutes, my lung function improved. ♪ breztri als

you mention the impact already on justin baldoni's career, what about blake lively?think you might have _ affect her work? i think you might have her, _ affect her work? i think you might have her, looking - affect her work? i think you - might have her, looking better, to be honest, because during the time that they were out promoting this film, there was a lot of negative comments being made on social media and in certain articles about her behaviour or about how she was acting towards journalists and it just wasn't positive acting towards journalists and itjust wasn't positive and a positive light on her. i think once people read this entire legal complain, page to page and read the entire article that's been put out on the new york times, it gives a little bit more of an understanding of why she may have been responding that way or what was happening behind—the—scenes because i think a lot of people do not understand that she felt that there was this really orchestrated campaign being lodged against and i think if anything, it might make her look better.— look be

lively accusing baldoni of sexual harassment on set.her reputation. abc's morgan norwood is here with the details of the complaint. morgan, this all came out yesterday and it went from 0 to 100 really quick. >> reporter: real quick and a lot of people are talking about this, janai, because blake lively says baldoni allegedly added extra sex scenes and discussed his personal intimate life with her and when she raised concerns, he tried to silence her. baldoni's team is firing back and calling these claims false. >> i thought we were friends. >> we are friends. >> reporter: it was the film that captivated audiences with its raw emotion. >> he knows it was an accident and i told him it was an accident. >> reporter: and this morning, blake lively accusing "it ends with us" director and co-star justin baldoni of sexual harassment and a smear campaign to destroy her reputation. according to the complaint filed with the california civil rights department, baldoni and a producer engaged in inappropriate behavior on set, prompting lively and her

details emerge of a legal complaint made by hollywood actress blake lively against her co—star justin baldoniter he's accused of a smear campaign against her. israel's exploding pagers and walkie—talkie attacks on hezbollah — the lid is lifted on an operation that was ten years in the making. and the power of the earth on full view — one of the most active volcanoes erupts in hawaii. good evening. for the first time in almost 20 years, the monarch�*s christmas day message is not being broadcast from a royal residence. instead, the king has chosen a former hospital chapel, the fitzrovia chapel in london, which was used by staff and patients of the middlesex hospital before it closed in 2005. it is now used for community events. our senior royal correspondent, daniela relph, has more. an image taken from this year's christmas day broadcast after a turbulent year for the king with a cancer diagnosis and treatment. to reflect that, he wanted his christmas message to come from a location connected to health care and used by the community. he chose here — fitzrovia chapel in central london. the cha

it also accuses baldoni of breach of contract. now, he has not responded to the latest lawsuit, but has denied all of the allegations made by blake lively. joining us now to talk much more about this. it is a twisted tale. it has become is executive editor at deadline. dominic patten, thank you so much for coming in. i mean, you have done extensive reporting on this whole situation since the beginning. how does this lawsuit now fit into the larger kind of scandal swirling around baldoni and blake lively? >> well, first of all, happy christmas to you and everybody. >> secondly, not a great christmas for justin baldoni at this point. >> this is now going going into almost a week now of allegations of claims of evidence. >> this lawsuit, which is actually, as you pointed, out, the first formal lawsuit. blake lively filed a complaint with the california civil rights department, which is a prelude to a lawsuit which we all assume is going to happen, if not before the before the 1st of january, certainly soon afterwards. but this lawsui

slate did not mention baldoni or anyone else.t, lively says baldoni repeatedly sexual harassed her on set and crossed boundaries during intimate scenes. the long-time publicist is defending herself against lively's claim that was a victim of a retaliation campaign on baldoni's behalf. her publicicist is dending her work, saying her team never actually launched any campaign to smear lively. nbc news reached out to able but has not heard back. according to lively's complaint, baldoni and his team also retained crisis pr, the same public relations team johnny depp hired during his defamation trial against former wife, amber heard. heard weighed in, i saw this close and uphand. a lawyer representing baldoni and his production companies called lively's allegations completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to hurt and rehash a narrative in the media. baldoni's attorney defending the publicity team, writing it must be the most powerful team for it to completely change the perception of both amber heard and

baldoni of him speaking to blake lively's dead father.s, she alleges he hired a pr crisis firm to launch a smear campaign against her. >> who else is engaged in paid for higher, online manipulation on behalf of powerful clients to manipulate public opinion and do damage to people's reputations? >> justin baldoni's legal team says the claims are salacious but the reaction has been swift in hollywood. his talent agency dropped him and some of her costars were quick to support her with this statement. we saw her some the courage to ask for a safe workplace and we are appalled through the evidence of a premeditated and vindictive effort that ensued to discredit her voice. once again, behavior in hollywood is back in the spotlight, and what lengths some will go to protect their image. bbc news, new york. lauren: now an achievement for ugandan runner who lives in london. he set out from cape town last july. after crossing two continents and more than 8000 miles later, he's made it back home after an extraordinary run. he ran across nine countri

the complaint also alleges that baldoni hired a crisis management team to destroy her reputation.es discussed baldoni's desire to see lively buried. >> it will definitely make all the parties involved in this looks somewhat calculating, somewhat vicious, frankly. >> attorneys for baldoni deny the allegations, calling them categorically false , a desperate attempt by lively to fix her negative reputation. >> justin baldoni has really presented himself as kind of a feminist who has talked negatively about toxic masculinity and this seems to fly in the face of that. it is a huge deal. a lot of reputational issues at stake, a lot of money at stake and the careers of two very big stores. -- stars. >>> when we come back we are remembering baseball hall of famer ricky henderson who had the most stolen bases of all time. >>> plus, a look back at our year of heroes who saved the day and inspired us when we needed it most. and could reactivate. shingles strikes as a painful, blistering rash that can last for weeks. and it could wake at any time. think you're not at risk for shingles? it's t

standing behind baldoni. yeah. >> well, you know, hollywood and lots of places are full of crisis managers. >> what happens is there was a pr person for wayfarer, i think, which is a company he owns with others. and then they hired a crisis firm when they probably anticipated that this was going to happen, given her complaints that had been kept quiet. right, that she was trying to change things. and i think they often these people go into overdrive and create all kinds of, of havoc. and one of the things that's important to remember here is they don't have to do much. you just have to start to amplify things on social media in a very small way. and with people desperate for the story, people search. and then others provide it. and so you can you can gin things up pretty quickly and pretty cheaply online, and you don't have to do much. and i think that's what they were talking about. if you create sort of questions about someone, especially a woman, it happened with amber heard, which was outsized, given even

she includes text messages between baldoni and his team with the pr agency.quote: he wants to feel like she can be buried, of this the pr expert if replied, you know we can bury anyone. and here is a look at some of those negative headlines that circulated during that press tour of the movie including one calling lively rude, hard to. watch and canceled. but attorneys for ball coney are firing back saying, quote, these claims are false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to to publicly hurt and rehash a narrative in the media. and now in light of this lawsuit, baldoni has been dropped from his talent agency, guys. carley: what an interesting story. i saw all of this unfold in really thyme on -- realtime on social media where there were all these negative headlines about her and posts under social media, the comments were so awful. i'm thinking, why is everybody ganging up on her? now, if this was an orchestrated effort, you can see why she's suing, by goodness. >> reporter: the lawsuit contains thought -- thousands of experts between baldon

baldoni, for his part, denies the claims.ere's more from cnn's elizabeth wagmeister. >> there was already intense speculation over what was going on on this set. the reason why is because when this film was released, a lot of fans noticed that blake lively and other cast members from this film didn't follow justin baldoni on social media, and the two stars never posed for a photo together or did a single interview in the promotion of the film, which obviously is incredibly rare for two costars. well, now we are learning more of what happened, at least from blake lively's side in this civil rights complaint where she alleges that she was subjected to an unsafe work environment during production of the film, and that she was subjected to sexual harassment by justin baldoni and another male producer on the film. now, some of her allegations include that there were unwanted sexual comments made that justin baldoni was talking about his sex life. she alleges that he and that male producer came into her trailer numerous times, unin

baldoni or wayfarer.filing. i'm sure more will come out over the coming days because people are glued to the story. >> and i know you will be following it all. >> i will. >> coming up in "popstart," the stars came out on saturday night. we will take a look at the hollywood legends who stopped by "snl" to celebrate martin short. >>> up next, the travel season means a lot of work for the baggage handlers. american airlines gave our sam brock a look behind the scenes to see how they keep up. sam is suited up. hey, sam. >> reporter: it is 11 degrees outside right now. the expression, "it takes a village" truly applies here. american airlines letting us spend the day at dfw and speak with some of the 4,000 people involved in getting your bags from the airport to the plane and to the destination. we will pull back the curtain coming up right after this break. and like this. ♪♪ it takes two to feel the joy. [card reader beeps] earn unlimited 2% cash back. 1% when you buy, and 1% as you pay with the citi double c

we'll have the latest on the blake lively and justin baldoni dispute. good morning. i'm rahel solomon, live in new york, and you are in the cnn newsroom. we want to begin in new york, where the man accused of killing united health care ceo brian thompson has pleaded not guilty to state murder and terror charges in new york. here's luigi mangione. just about an hour ago, as he entered the courtroom for his arraignment, dressed in street clothes, he was flanked by officers mangione faces 11 counts in new york, including one for first degree murder and two counts for second degree murder. now, if found guilty of the top charge, he could get life in prison without parole. but he also faces a federal murder charge, which means that the death penalty is on the table if he is convicted. this morning, mangione lawyer spoke about her concern about her client's ability to get a fair trial. take a listen. >> he's a young man, and he is being treated like a human. ping pong ball between two warring jurisdictions here, these federal and state prosecutors are coordinating with one

baldoni then decides to launch what's a smear campaign.vil rights, california civil rights division, that's where the subpoena then comes out, there's clear evidence of what is by every stretch and and means a smear campaign against her. and even some of those texts between the pr crisis people, the narrative's going so well, i never thought it was -- howard: yeah. they're congratulating themselves. >> they're supporting baldoni, they're congratulating themselves. we'll see what baldoni does next, but already it has had an impact because his agency, william morris, has dropped him. howard: right. there's starting to be backlash there. but, you know, for wayfarer to say rehashing a narrative in the media, it's pretty clear from these documents that that narrative in the media was at least partially shaped not just by justin baldoni, but by these pr crisis experts and so forth. oh, we can't say what we're really doing, but that's an admission. i mean, the fact that they admitted in these texts and e-mails that, i think, just makes it awful a

now, as you said justin baldoni, he is fiercely denying this.ant to read you part of a statement from his attorney that i obtained. sarah, his attorney, says, quote, it is shameful that miss lively and her representatives would make such serious and categorically false accusations as yet another desperate attempt to fix her negative reputation. now, a statement from blake lively. she is saying, quote, i hope that my legal action helps pull back the curtain on the sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about misconduct and helps protect others who may be targeted. now the fallout sarah has been swift. i heard from a source over the weekend that justin baldoni agency, wme, one of the biggest agencies in hollywood, has dropped him in the wake of lively's allegations. >> elizabeth wagmeister. we will see this play out likely in court. thank you so much. i appreciate it there's a lot going on with that. >> there's a lot going on today. there's a lot of live. live breaking news happening. we're just tracking luigi mangione in court a

an attorney for justin baldoni and his production company is calling these claims categorically falseook or of the movie -- sorry, i panicked and i thought you stopped talking. >> well, actually there's a ton here we can get to and obviously it's something that captivated people throughout the weekend and it's a story people are interested in because it involves two incredibly high-profile figures, and here's a bit of my report to learn more. >> i love you. >> reporter: this morning, holiday reacting to those explosive allegations of sexual harassment on the set of the hit movie "it ends with us." >> one day if you have a daughter, what would say to her? >> blake lively filed a legal complaint saying justin baldoni repeatedly crossed boundaries on intimate scenes, and blakely's friends and family showing support, including "sister of the traveling pants" co-stars, saying throughout the filming of it ends with us, we saw her summons courage. and also the author of the novel writing thank you for being exactly the human you are, never change, never wilt. and the complaint accused justin

she points to private text messages between baldoni's reps.to feel like she can be buried. the crisis manager responding, "we can bury anyone" baldoni firing back to abc news, writing, "these are completely false, salacious and hired a crisis manager to the marketing campaign due to the multiple demands and threats made by ms. lively during production which included threatening not to show up to set and threatening not to promote the film if demands were not met. >> i thought we were friends. >> we are friends. >> the movie based on best-selling novel a woman in an abusive relationship grossing $350 million worldwide. the book's author, hoover coming to lively's defense posting on instagram, blake lively you have been honest, kind, supported and patient since the day we m met. never change, never wailed." >> now that blake lively followed filed the complaint, discovery and other arguments made whether the case goes to a form of trial or settle before that. >> and lively sisterhood of the traveling pants costar, jeff put out a statement saying,

this morning, new developments in the blake lively justin baldoni dispute.ding with blake lively because her costar in the film was the director. jenny slate who plays justin baldoni's sister said to today.com as leave like lee's castmate and friend i voice my support as she takes action against those reported to have planned and carried out an attack on her reputation. she did not mention justin baldoni or anyone else but added, the attack on blake is terribly dark, disturbing and holy threatening. she says justin baldoni repeatedly sexually harassed her onset and crossed boundaries during intimate scenes. this longtime publicist is defending herself against the claim she was a victim of a retaliatory social manipulation campaign on justin baldoni's behalf. according to rolling stone and other outlets who viewed the sense deleted facebook post, the publicist is defending her work, saying, the team never launched any campaign to smear blake lively. nbc news reached out but has not heard back. according to the complaint, justin baldoni and his team maintained

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baldoni did not respond to abc news request for comment on the jones lawsuit.comes just days after lively filed a complaint accusing baldoni of sexual harassment and a retaliatory smear campaign. baldoni's attorney has called lively's allegations completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious. >> come on. what? >> what are you doing? coming up at 7 a.m. we'll tell you more about the falt with your gma first. look, i'm andrew dymburt, abc news, new york. >> okay. this story is just bizarre here at appliance. known for frying might actually be spying instead. experts say certain air fryers and other app connected appliances could be harvesting users data. a recent report from a consumer watchdog group claims popular fryers are not only sharing data with companies like facebook and tiktok, but also storing users data on chinese servers. some experts are even speculating that the devices could be recording your conversations. >> the chinese companies, when you load in their application, they're effectively asking for access to your microphone. now, they'v

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an attorney for baldoni calling the allegations categorically false.her after the release sparking rumors of a feud. lively frequently coming under fire online. >> i'm wondering if blake is actually the problem. >> reporter: something she now alleges was the result of a smear campaign master minded by baldoni's crisis pr team. >> this reveals a new playbook. this raises questions about who else is sort of being targeted. to use their own language. they used the terms social manipulation. >> the legal battle only beginning. the pr battle raging on. david noriega, nbc news, los angeles. >>> we are back in a moment with some video of more than 100 people being rescued after they were trapped above a ski mountain. >>> and the emotional holiday mountain. >>> and the emotional holiday homecoming that these dry eyes still feel gritty, rough, or tired? with miebo, eyes can feel ♪ miebo ♪ ♪ ohh yeah ♪ miebo is the only prescription dry eye drop that forms a protective layer for the number one cause of dry eye: too much tear evaporation. for relief that's ♪ mieb

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baldoni's attorney also defending the publicity team writing tag p.r. group of publicists the world has ever seen for it to completely change the perception of both amber heard and blake lively. as the crisis escalates, liz plank, the co-host of the podcast the man enough is announcing she is bowing out posting in part, i will miss you, the listeners, so much. meanwhile, an award baldoni received for advocating on behalf of women and girls has been rescinded. back to you. >> thank you, chloe, so much for that report. and up next if you're still working on finishing up your holiday shopping, you still have just a few more hours. the best places to go for last-minute deals is next. liberty mutual customized my car insurance so i saved hundreds. with the money i saved i thought i'd get a wax figure of myself. cool right? look at this craftmanship. i mean they even got my nostrils right. it's just nice to know that years after i'm gone this guy will be standing the test of ti... he's melting! oh jeez... nooo... oh gaa... only pay for what you need. ♪ libert

blake lively is accusing her costar justin baldoni of sexual harassment.e complaint details multiple allegations of harassment against baldoni and the producer. things were so bad on set that her husband ryan reynolds joined a meeting to address baldoni's behavior. his attorney has denied the allegations. >>> tiger woods and his son charlie are back on the links this weekend. we want to show you them competing in the pnc championship in orlando. charlie reaches down for the ball and father and son are perfectly in sync. >>> well, forget a white christmas. the mega millions lottery is offering a whole lot of green. a nearly billion dollar jackpot is up for grabs. it is the biggest ever in december. the drawing is tuesday, christmas eve. try to keep up with that, santa. >>> next on the "cbs weekend news," meet the young newspaper publisher who is keeping his neighbors informed. >>> well, a lot of kids will be getting tablets or video games this holiday. but one young boy in boston has put down the gadgets and has lifted his entire neighborhood. in tonight's

blake lively has filed a legal complaint against her it ends with us co—star justin baldoni allegingabout harmful conduct. justin baldoni told the bbc that the allegations are categorically false. 0ur correspondencejoins us are categorically false. 0ur correspondence joins us now, what more can you tell us? came out of the — what more can you tell us? came out of the paperwork _ what more can you tell us? came out of the paperwork of _ what more can you tell us? came out of the paperwork of the - out of the paperwork of the california rights department by the actor blake lively which accuses justin l the actor blake lively which accusesjustin l dhoni and his team of sexual harassment and a campaign to destroy her reputation. to understand how we got to this point we first have to rewind a little bit. they starred in the next flicks from it ends with us which came out in the summer. the film did very well with viewers but this paperwork filed in california has made us aware of some very big disagreements on the set. it states that on the 11th of january, a meeting was held to address

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