On Thursday, January 16, Justin Baldoni sued Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, his publicist Leslie Sloane, and Sloane’s PR firm, Vision PR, Inc., for everything he experienced during the filming of It Ends With Us.
The lawsuit was filed in the Southern District of New York for 400 million dollars under the name of the actor and director, producer Jamey Heath, publicist Jennifer Abel, and crisis publicist Melissa Nathan, where they claim that Lively allegedly took control of the film on her own terms.
For civil extortion, defamation, and more
The lawsuit against Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, their publicist Leslie Sloane, and the public relations firm is for claims of civil extortion, defamation, false invasion of privacy, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, intentional interference with contractual relations, intentional interference with prospective economic advantage, and negligent interference with prospective economic advantage.
Bryan Freedman, Baldoni’s lawyer, said: “This lawsuit is a legal action based on an overwhelming amount of unaltered evidence detailing Blake Lively and her team’s deceptive attempt to destroy Justin Baldoni, his team, and their respective companies by spreading grossly edited, unfounded, new, and manipulated information to the media. It is clear, based on our complete willingness to provide all text messages, emails, video footage, and other full documentary evidence 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.”
“Let's not forget that Mrs. Lively and her team tried to destroy reputations and livelihoods for heinous and selfish reasons through their own dangerous manipulation of the media even before taking legal action. We know the truth, and now the public knows it too. Justin and his team have nothing to hide, the documents do not lie.”
This says the demand from Lively
In the complaint made by the actress on December 20th, she stated that Baldoni's alleged behavior while filming It Ends With Us and during its promotion caused her "pain, fear, trauma, and extreme anxiety."