Blake Lively Slams “False Premise” Of Justin Baldoni’s $250M Suit Against New York Times Over Actress’ Sexual Harassment & Retaliation Claims – Update

deadline.com:

(Updated, 4:57 pm with statement from Blake Lively‘s lawyers) In a move straight out of the Donald Trump playbook, Justin Baldoni and his publicists have sued the New York Times for millions because of the paper’s explosive story on his It Ends With Us co-star Blake Lively’s claims of sexual harassment and a smear campaign from the Jane the Virgin alum and his flacks.

The 87-page libel complaint filed in LA Superior Court just hours before 2024 ends accuses the Grey Lady and its journalists of being in league with Lively with a lengthy article that “cherry-picked and altered communications stripped of necessary context and deliberately spliced to mislead.” The NYT did not respond to request for comment from Deadline on Baldoni and crew’s action.

If they do, this post will be updated. Blake Lively’s side, on the other hand, certainly had something to say. “Nothing in this lawsuit changes anything about the claims advanced in Ms.

Lively’s California Civil Rights Department Complaint, nor her federal complaint, filed earlier today,” attorneys for Lively told Deadline. “This lawsuit is based on the obviously false premise that Ms.