Blake Lively‘s publicist Leslie Sloane made a formal request to be removed from Justin Baldoni‘s lawsuit that targets her, Blake and Ryan Reynolds.
The 41-year-old actor/director filed the lawsuit in January and is seeking $400 million in damages. In it, he accused Blake and Leslie of orchestrating a smear campaign against him in order to take control of their movie It Ends With Us.
On Thursday (February 20), Leslie alleged that she was “dragged” into this situation and asked a judge to remove her from it.
She also continued to defend Blake while slamming Justin for “sexist” behavior. Keep reading to find out more… In a motion to dismiss that was obtained by People, Leslie said that her inclusion int he lawsuit was a “smoke and mirrors exercise to distract” from Blake‘s allegations of sexual harassment against Justin.
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