Blake Lively takes inspiration from her Gossip Girl days in checkered co-ord
Blake Lively appeared to take inspiration from her Gossip Girl days as she stepped out in a colorful checkered co-ord in New York on Wednesday.
The actress, who starred as Serena van der Woodsen in the iconic series, stood out in a multi-colored blazer and mini skirt paired with a white top.
She paired the look with blue heels and a bright blue purse adorned with strawberries.
The star, 37, beamed as she went about her day. It comes after Monday's news that Justin Baldoni's $400million countersuit against her had been dismissed.
Justin's lawyer told TMZ Live on Tuesday that while he and the actor's camp 'weren't pleased that the judge dismissed the defamation claim,' it wasn't 'what the case is about'.
Bryan Freedman then recapped the series of events that led to the litigation surrounding It Ends With Us.
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He said: 'We got started because Blake Lively filed a CRD complaint and then walked over and filed a lawsuit which accused some very good people of a smear campaign and accused a terrific young man of sexual harassment - both of the which were completely untrue.'
Freedman added it is 'where the case got started' and 'where the case stands today'.
'What we wanted our win is to show there was no smear campaign, and there's no sexual harassment,' Freedman explained. 'And she hasn't proved a thing - as a matter of fact, it's just the opposite.'
Freedman told TMZ Live that evidence presented in the early stages of litigation has been damning for Blake and her husband, Ryan Reynolds.
'Look at the facts, look at what's been shown, look at the receipts, look at the video,' said the lawyer.
Freedman told the outlet that proving the claims Blake made to be false has always been the chief focus for Justin's team, 'in addition to getting damages'.
He said he was hoping Blakedidn't 'drop her lawsuit ... because she's on a false victory tour, and she's afraid of the truth'.
'The truth is going to be shown through depositions, which is what's going to be next,' Freedman said.
'I've noticed her deposition - it's set in June - we're going to see if she's going to appear at that deposition or not. And we're gonna proceed forward with the case, and we're gonna show that there was no sexual harassment, and we're gonna show that there was no smear campaign.'
On Monday, the actress released a powerful statement hours after the news broke.
She wrote: 'Last week, I stood proudly alongside 19 organizations united in defending women's rights to speak up for their safety.
'Like so many others, I've felt the pain of a retaliatory lawsuit, including the manufactured shame that tries to break us.
'While the suit against me was defeated, so many don't have the resources to fight back.'
Blake vowed that she was 'more resolved than ever to continue to stand for every woman's right to have a voice in protecting themselves, including their safety, their integrity, their dignity and their story'.
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