Justin Baldoni files $250million suit against New York Times for “cherry-picked” Blake Lively story

nme.com:

New York Times for a “cherry-picked” story about Blake Lively’s accusations against him.The suit was submitted to the Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday (December 31), citing the article ‘We Can Bury Anyone: Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine’, dated December 21.Baldoni is one of 10 plaintiffs in the suit, alongside publicists Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel and It Ends With Us producers Jamey Heath and Steve Sarowitz, who are suing the newspaper for libel and false light invasion of privacy.

They claim the story in question relied on “cherry-picked” communications that were “stripped” of context in a deliberate attempt to mislead the reader (via Variety).A New York Times spokesperson has responded: “The role of an independent news organization is to follow the facts where they lead.

Our story was meticulously and responsibly reported. It was based on a review of thousands of pages of original documents, including the text messages and emails that we quote accurately and at length in the article.”“To date, Wayfarer Studios, Mr.

Baldoni, the other subjects of the article and their representatives have not pointed to a single error. We published their full statement in response to the allegations in the article as well.