Jane the Virgin star Brett Dier has weighed in on former co-star Justin Baldoni’s ongoing authorized dispute with Blake Vigorous. In an interview with Fan Mail revealed on Could 22, Dier described the scenario as ‘actually intense.’
“I most likely shouldn’t say a lot,” Dier mentioned, “however I’ll say this: I at all times beloved Justin.” He additionally acknowledged, “Justin has at all times been a tremendous buddy to me. I’m simply hoping every little thing resolves in time.”
Dier and Baldoni grew to become shut throughout their time on Jane the Virgin, the place Dier performed Michael Cordero and Baldoni starred as Rafael Solano. The CW collection aired from 2014 to 2019.
Though Jane the Virgin ended six years in the past, Dier revealed he nonetheless stays in touch with lots of his former castmates. “It was a wild experience,” he recalled of the present.
Whereas he didn’t identify anybody particularly, Dier was seen publicly supporting Baldoni in August 2024 when Baldoni’s film It Ends With Us premiered in theaters. Dier attended the screening with Yael Grobglas, who performed Petra on the present and Baldoni’s on-screen ex-wife.
“Our genius buddy @justinbaldoni made an exceptional movie,” Grobglas shared on Instagram. “I cried an embarrassing quantity and tried to cover it however most likely failed.” She posted a photograph with Dier from the theater, writing, “I’m so happy with you, and I really like you, buddy !!!!”
The film It Ends With Us, which Justin Baldoni directed and starred in, is now on the middle of a authorized battle. In December 2024, Blake Vigorous filed a sexual harassment grievance towards Baldoni. She accused him of making a hostile work setting and inflicting her ‘extreme emotional misery’ throughout filming.
Baldoni has denied all of the allegations and responded with a USD 400 million lawsuit towards Vigorous, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and her publicist Leslie Sloane. He claimed they tried to destroy his status by spreading edited and unverified info.
Ryan Reynolds and his authorized crew have requested the court docket to dismiss Baldoni’s defamation declare. “The whole thing of Mr. Baldoni’s case seems to be based mostly on Mr. Reynolds allegedly privately calling Mr. Baldoni a ‘predator,’” mentioned Reynolds’ attorneys Mike Gottlieb and Esra Hudson in a March assertion to Us Weekly.
They added, “The grievance doesn’t allege that Mr. Reynolds didn’t consider that assertion to be true.” Reynolds’ crew additionally acknowledged that Baldoni himself has overtly spoken about his previous of mistreating ladies and pushing the boundaries of consent.
Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, responded by claiming Reynolds performed an energetic function within the scenario, allegedly pushing WME to drop Baldoni and serving to orchestrate a marketing campaign to break Baldoni’s profession.
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