Justin Baldoni hit back against Blake Lively‘s accusations — and hit hard! In her California Civil Rights Department complaint filed just before Christmas, she accused Justin and his producing partner Jamey Heath of inappropriate behavior on the set of It Ends With Us, including sexual harassment.
She alleged when she spoke out against the misconduct, they perpetrated a smear campaign against her, using viral posts to make her look like a mean girl.
Well, on New Year’s Eve, Justin Baldoni fired his first shot in return — a massive $250 million libel lawsuit against The New York Times.
Why? He and his fellow plaintiffs argue the paper’s December 21 exposé “‘We Can Bury Anyone’: Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine” used the Gossip Girl star’s accusations as its basis.
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