In a surprising twist, actor and director Justin Baldoni recently sued himself. It ends with us. Co-star Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds sought £320 million in damages.
The ongoing legal battle, which sent shock waves through Hollywood, centered around claims that Baldoni molested his co-star Lively during the production of his film.
A simple favor The star ended things by filing a lawsuit against the director in December 2024, as she accused him of sexually harassing her and running a smear campaign against her.
Baldoni has now filed legal action against Lively, Reynolds, their publicist Leslie Sloane and her PR firm Vision PR, making it clear the gloves are off.
Baldoni is now suing Lively, Reynolds, their publicist Leslie Sloane and her PR firm Vision PR — talk about throwing a legal wrench in the works.
Attorneys for the actor filed the lawsuit today (Jan. 16) in the Southern District of New York on behalf of the 40-year-old actor along with producer Jamie Heath, publicist Jennifer Abel, and crisis PR specialist Melissa Nathan.
Her lawyer told the LADbible group: “This case is a legal proceeding based on overwhelmingly unsullied evidence in which Blake Lively and his team, Justin Baldoni, his team and their respective companies are fully responsible. But it details a double-edged attempt to destroy the modified, unverified, new and new material provided to the media.”
“It is clear, based on our own willingness to provide all the full text messages, emails, video footage and other documentary evidence that were shared between the parties in real time, that this is a battle she will not win. And of course she will regret it,” she added.
He explained: “Blake Lively was either grossly misled by her team or knowingly and willfully misrepresented the truth. Ms. Lively will never again be allowed to do anything but her own personal opinion.” Continue to exploit real victims of harassment for credibility.”
“Let’s not forget, Ms. Lively and her team tried to damage reputations and livelihoods for very selfish reasons through their dangerous manipulation of the media before any real legal action was taken. We know the truth. , and now the public does too. Justin and his team have nothing to hide, the documents don’t lie.”