Has Justin Baldoni’s lawyer ever sued him for allegedly stealing a movie script while representing another client? Discover

Justin Baldoni’s attorney, Brayan Freedman, is doing everything in his power to defend his client against Blake Lively’s sexual harassment claims. She filed a $250 million lawsuit against The New York Times on Baldoni’s behalf, accusing the outlet of allegedly conspiring with the actress and her public relations team to establish false narratives against her client.

Earlier this month, the It Ends With Us star and director sued her co-star and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, with a $400 million defamation and extortion lawsuit. More recently, the lawyer posted 10-minute footage of Baldoni and Lively interacting during a scene, but apparently conversing, not like their characters.

Freedman released the images, in which the couple, who were close to each other, appeared to have given consent, to the media in hopes of debunking sexual harassment allegations. Surprisingly, one of Hollywood’s most divisive lawyers has opposed Baldoni in a case while representing another client.

In a previously unreported case, which has since been resolved, he was the representative of a person with cystic fibrosis who had appeared in the docuseries produced and hosted by Baldoni called My Last Days. The plaintiff, Travis Flores, accused the actor-director of stealing the story from his touching romantic screenplay Three Feet Apart.

He alleged that Baldoni’s directorial debut, Five Feet Apart, starring Cole Sprouse and Haley Lu, was a copy of his original story. He stated that the project, which also focused on young lovers with cystic fibrosis, had been in development with a company affiliated with Universal Pictures.

A mutual associate allegedly shared the script with Baldoni and others working on the project. The lawsuit contended that there were a number of copyright-infringing similarities between the projects’ plots, characters, and themes.

The film was mentioned as a dedication to YouTuber Claire Wineland, another person with cystic fibrosis who appeared in My Last Days. The case was eventually settled and Five Feet Apart earned $92 million on a $7 million budget.