Denise Julia and BJ Pascual. Image: Instagram/@denisejvlia, @bjpascual
After they both disclosed their private conversations regarding their canceled shoot, Denise Julia and celebrity fashion photographer BJ Pascual appear to be heading to a legal battle.
This will apparently be the case as the singer expressed intent to file a defamation suit against the photographer, as per her statement on her X (formerly Twitter) page on Christmas Day.
Denise’s post—which includes a screen recording of their managers’ full conversation—came after Pascual made clarifications and shared more images of their teams’ conversation to provide “full context.”
“We went into this wanting to work with you—we’re genuine fans and were so excited about the collaboration. From the very beginning, we were upfront about our budget and what we can afford to execute the music video, the photo shoot, the album art, the trailer and press photos,” Denise said.
“I had moved my entire release date just to be able to work with you, out of respect for your time. I’ve stayed quiet for as long as I could, but I needed to say my piece,” she continued.
Denise reiterated that her manager tried to make the negotiation between her and Pascual’s team work so that “no one’s effort goes to waste.”
“What hurts the most is seeing my character publicly attacked over something that’s not just out of my control but is a business negotiation between our managers and conversation that should’ve stayed private. You targeted me to bring me down,” Denise addressed Pascual.
“I thought this was something we had agreed on to talk about in person,” she continued, apparently referring to their earlier plan of meeting after the holidays to discuss the matter.
Concluding her post, “We are now in contact with our legal team about a defamation suit. I hate that this had to go this way when it didn’t have to.”
We went into this wanting to work with you—we’re genuine fans and were so excited about the collaboration. From the very beginning, we were upfront about our budget and what we can afford to execute the music video, the Photoshoot, the album art, the trailer and press photos.
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— denise julia ♡ (@denisejvlia) December 25, 2024
Pascual has yet to comment on the matter as of this writing.