Justin Baldoni has accused Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds of trying to 'destroy' him with false allegations in a new $400 million lawsuit.
The suit, filed in New York’s Southern District, accuses Lively, her husband, Ryan Reynolds, publicist Leslie Sloane, and her company Vision PR of defamation, extortion, and invasion of privacy. Along with Baldoni, the suit lists as plaintiffs his film studio Wayfarer, its chief executive Jamey Heath, and PR reps Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel.
He continued: “It is clear based on our own all out willingness to provide all complete text messages, emails, video footage and other documentary evidence that was shared between the parties in real time, that this is a battle she will not win and will certainly regret. Blake Lively was either severely misled by her team or intentionally and knowingly misrepresented the truth. Ms.
Following the film’s premiere, the lawsuit claims, Lively and Reynolds tried to “deflect the avalanche of negative media coverage of Lively” by demanding Baldoni, Wayfarer, and Heath sign a statement publicly apologizing for “so-called ‘mistakes’ during production.” The statement, the suit alleges, required the plaintiffs to “fall on their sword, despite having done nothing wrong — or else the ‘gloves would come off.
late last month with a precursor complaint filed with the California Civil Rights Department. In that document, she accused Baldoni of sexually harassing her on set andagainst her. Freedman denied the allegations at the time, claiming the actress’ suit was an attempt to “fix her negative reputation.” Lively reiterated many of her allegations in ansuggesting Baldoni would file a suit of his own once the courts reopened in 2025.
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