Justin Baldoni has sued his It Ends with Us co-star Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds for $400 million in the latest escalation of a bitter legal dispute that arose from the film. The lawsuit filed in New York on Thursday alleges that the Hollywood power couple and Leslie Sloane, a publicist, attempted to hijack the film and made false claims of sexual harassment against Baldoni, who served as director as well as playing a lead role. Lively, 37, had earlier accused Baldoni of sexual harassment on the set and of trying to destroy her reputation in a lawsuit filed on January 1. In response to that, Baldoni sued The New York Times, which first reported Lively’s allegations, for libel for allegedly working

Source: The Times January 16, 2025 20:41 UTC