Justin Baldoni‘s ex-publicist needs it identified she was not a part of the alleged plot to smear Blake Full of life — and, in reality, she’s now suing the ladies Blake accused … claiming they tried to destroy her repute, too.Here is the deal … Stephanie Jones is an enormous deal celeb publicist, who reps of us like Tom Brady, Russell Wilson, Venus Williams and Baldoni … up till this 12 months, anyway. Within the lawsuit she simply filed, Jones says her ex-employee Jennifer Abel was assigned to deal with Baldoni’s publicity, and it was Abel’s determination to rent Melissa Nathan, a disaster PR specialist, when the “It Ends With Us” feud was beginning to erupt.
Now, within the new docs obtained by TMZ, Stephanie says Jennifer and Melissa’s actual aim was, “tearing down Jones’ repute to take her shoppers and enrich themselves upon Abel’s deliberate departure from” Jones’ PR agency.
Her lawsuit contains alleged textual content messages between the ladies … one in every of which, exhibits Melissa telling Jennifer, “I do know. And as soon as you might be gone — we might be on accounts collectively and make actually good cash and be pleased.”There are others discussing Jennifer leaving Jones’ agency and stealing Baldoni as a consumer.Within the swimsuit, Stephanie stresses her ex-employee, Jennifer, did not even like Baldoni. One alleged textual content she despatched mentioned, “I can not stand him. He is so pompous. … you are not that essential and no person offers a s**t how arduous your life is.
Jennifer additionally allegedly texted that Baldoni wanted to be taken down a notch. In projecting “It Ends With Us” would possibly bomb on the field workplace, she wrote … “He must be humbled. When this film flops, he’ll attempt to blame each particular person round him for it.”However, Stephanie claims Jennifer and Melissa additionally had their knives out for her — within the swimsuit, she says they labored media contacts to plant detrimental tales about her. Particularly, she cites one article headlined, “Who’s Afraid of Stephanie Jones?”There are different texts the place Jennifer is clearly excited concerning the plan to screw her boss. For example, she allegedly texted Melissa, “We’re going to struggle … I really feel so alive hahahahah.” And Melissa replied, telling Jennifer she was leaving Stephanie’s firm “with a BANG.”
In accordance with the swimsuit, Stephanie found Jennifer’s plot in August — as a result of she allegedly downloaded confidential firm paperwork — and fired her. It seems Stephanie discovered all these textual content messages by way of a sweep of Jennifer’s gadgets after she obtained canned.Stephanie is suing Justin, Jennifer, Melissa and Justin’s firm, Wayfarer Studios, for defamation, breach of contract and extra. She needs the courtroom to award unspecified damages she believes her firm has suffered.Her lawyer Kristin Tahler tells TMZ … For moths, this group has gaslit and disparaged Stephanie Jones and her firm for monetary acquire, to settle private scores and most not too long ago to distract from their disgraceful smearing of Blake Full of life.” She provides, Stephanie is suing merely to “get well the repute she has labored many years to determine.