Justin Baldoni Files $400 Million Lawsuit Against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds
In a dramatic turn of events, actor Justin Baldoni is pursuing $400 million in damages in a lawsuit against his co-star Blake Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds. This legal confrontation follows Lively’s earlier lawsuit against Baldoni, which she filed just ten days after lodging a complaint with the California Civil Rights Department. In her claims, she accused Baldoni of conducting a malicious smear campaign aimed at tarnishing her reputation as retaliation for her complaints regarding alleged sexual harassment on the set of It Ends With Us.
As reported by Variety, Baldoni’s complaint, filed on January 16, 2025, in the Southern District of New York, accuses Lively and Reynolds of civil extortion, defamation, and invasion of privacy. The extensive 179-page lawsuit alleges that the couple misused their significant influence to misrepresent facts and unlawfully appropriate an entire film.
Statements from Baldoni’s Legal Team
This lawsuit is a legal action based on an overwhelming amount of untampered evidence detailing Blake Lively and her team’s duplicitous attempt to destroy Justin Baldoni, his team and their respective companies by disseminating grossly edited, unsubstantiated, new and doctored information to the media. 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. Lively will never again be allowed to continue to exploit actual victims of real harassment solely for her personal reputation gain at the expense of those without power. Let’s not forget, Ms. Lively and her team attempted to bulldoze reputations and livelihoods for heinously selfish reasons through their own dangerous manipulation of the media before even taking any actual legal action. We know the truth, and now the public does too. Justin and his team have nothing to hide, documents do not lie.
As developments unfold, the implications of this legal battle may resonate beyond the parties involved, reflecting broader issues of power dynamics and accountability in Hollywood.
For ongoing updates regarding this lawsuit, please refer to the original source from Variety.
For more information and images related to this case, visit: Screen Rant.
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