Um, Justin Baldoni's Lawyer Just Got Sued For Malpractice

Justin Baldoni's lawyer has been sued.

It Ends With Us isn't the first time Justin Baldoni and his lawyer have crossed paths. They were actually on opposite ends of the courtroom in 2021 when Bryan Freedman represented a man with cystic fibrosis named Travis Flores, who had appeared on Justin's My Last Days documentary series and then claimed Justin's Five Feet Apart (about a young couple with CF) was taken from his script Three Feet Distance.

Bryan issued a statement about representing Justin in his current case, saying, “The [Flores] case was resolved without any determination of liability on Justin’s or Wayfarer or any other defendant’s part. Since then, it has been further confirmed to me that Justin and Wayfarer are exceedingly honorable and highly ethical.”

Travis' husband Clement Souyri filed a lawsuit on October 8 alleging "legal malpractice, invasion of privacy and defamation," according to THR. It also claims the lawyer “traded up” from a “seriously ill client” to a “healthier client,” and offered information that was supposed to remain confidential.

Blake Lively & Justin Baldoni's judge dismisses Justin's $400 million lawsuit.

Judge Lewis J. Liman dismissed Justin Baldoni's lawsuit against Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, and their publicist, as well as his defamation claim against the New York Times, which published a story in December 2024 claiming Justin Baldoni and his team had orchestrated a smear campaign against Blake Lively.

"The alleged facts indicate that the Times reviewed the available evidence and reported, perhaps in a dramatized manner, what it believed to have happened," the judge's motion says (via ABC). "The Times had no obvious motive to favor Lively's version of events."

Justin could refile his claims until June 23, but his original claims no longer stand. "As we have said from day one, this '$400 million' lawsuit was a sham, and the Court saw right through it," Blake Lively's lawyers said in their own statement. "We look forward to the next round, which is seeking attorneys' fees, treble damages and punitive damages against Baldoni, Sarowitz, Nathan, and the other Wayfarer Parties who perpetrated this abusive litigation."

Justin Baldoni's lawyer Bryan Freedman had previous called Blake Lively's amended complaint, which stated she wasn't the only person uncomfortable on the It Ends With Us set, "underwhelming."

"Her underwhelming amended complaint is filled with unsubstantial hearsay of unnamed persons who are clearly no longer willing to come forward or publicly support her claims," he told People, adding that Justin and his team "have been transparent in providing receipts, real time documents and video showing a completely different story than what has been manipulated and cherry picked to the media."

Meanwhile, Kevin Goldberg, Freedom Forum's Vice President and First Amendment expert, says Justin Baldoni's website, where he leaked messages of his own, could "backfire."

"I think it's unusual and I'm not sure it's appropriate once you have already filed a defamation lawsuit," he told Forbes. "Legally speaking, it's not going to be, itself, relevant as evidence. It could be introduced in evidence but there's no need for it."

And trying to win both the legal battle and an unscathed reputation may actually "backfire on Justin," Kevin says. "Is his reputation being restored? I'm not sure it is, in my mind."