WHOA. Justin Baldoni has officially declared war — to the tune of $400 MILLION. After months of back and forth between him and Blake Lively over everything that allegedly went down on the set of It Ends with Us, the embattled director has officially launched his lawsuit against Blake.
And not just her either — he also names her husband Ryan Reynolds, her publicist Leslie Sloane, and Sloane’s PR firm Vision PR, Inc. And he’s looking for the eye-watering sum of $400 million in damages.
Wow. Justin’s legal team, which includes lawyer Bryan Freedman, launched the lawsuit in the Southern District of New York on Thursday on behalf of the Jane the Virgin alum, his producing partner Jamey Heath, his publicist Jennifer Abel, and crisis publicist Melissa Nathan, and Wayfarer Studios.
According to court docs obtained by multiple outlets, Justin, who feels Blake attempted to take over control of IEWU, is suing for an amalgamation of claims including: civil extortion defamation false light invasion of privacy breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing intentional interference with contractual relations intentional interference with prospective economic advantage negligent interference with prospective economic advantage.
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