William Earl Blake Lively and husband Ryan Reynolds told a federal judge Thursday that they will seek to dismiss Justin Baldoni‘s defamation lawsuit.
Attorneys for the two sides are due in court Monday for the first hearing on the megafeud between the two “It Ends With Us” co-stars.
Lively has accused Baldoni, who was also the film’s director, of sexually harassing her on set, and then retaliating with a smear campaign when she dared to speak up about it.
Baldoni and his publicists have countered that Lively defamed them by taking text messages out of context and mischaracterizing their interactions.
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