Baldoni Crisis PR Team Asked for Raise to Deal With Swifties in Blake Lively War

A disaster PR agency in Texas working for Justin Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios of their warfare in opposition to Blake Lively requested for more cash to battle on his behalf … and it seems to be like at the very least a few of the worth was due to Blake’s former bestie Taylor Swift and her legion of followers.

Based on new authorized docs, obtained by TMZ, somebody from Justin’s workforce requested for a $30K charge to cope with potential on-line blowback from Swifties.

An exhibit filed within the Baldoni-Energetic case is an e-mail amongst PR execs on Baldoni’s aspect … it is from August 7, 2024 and it lays out their sport plan.

In the direction of the underside of the e-mail there is a be aware that claims … “The social workforce at the moment are frightened about Blake activating the Taylor Swift fan base, which is a serious concern. With this in thoughts and to make sure Justin and the studio are 100% protected shifting ahead, they’ve now modified the charge to $30,000 per 30 days because of the uptick in social chatter.”

One other authorized doc obtained by TMZ is an bill Jed Wallace‘s disaster PR agency Avenue Relations Inc. despatched to Baldoni’s studio … it is dated August 8, 2024 — the day after the e-mail — and it payments Wayfarer $30,000.

Jed’s identify first popped up in textual content messages Blake included in her sexual harassment lawsuit in opposition to Baldoni. Within the texts, which Blake says have been despatched by PR professionals working for Justin, Jed was hailed as being liable for the success of shifting the narrative about Energetic and Baldoni on social media.

Blake named Jed and his PR agency as events together with Baldoni in her December 2024 California civil rights criticism for alleged dangerous conduct associated to the filming of “It Ends With Us” … and Wallace fired back in February with a defamation go well with in opposition to Blake.

He was later dismissed from her go well with, though it seems to be with out prejudice which means she might attempt to refile later.

Blake’s additionally not too long ago given her highly-anticipated deposition … throughout which she reportedly referred to as out Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman for allegedly leaking the actual fact Justin was within the room. Freedman denied the allegation.