Justin Baldoni Sues Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds for $400 ...

The lawsuit itself states: “This is not a case about celebrities sniping at each other in the press. This is a case about two of the most powerful stars in the world deploying their enormous power to steal an entire film right out of the hands of its director and production studio.”

It alleges that Blake "set out to destroy Plaintiffs’ livelihoods and businesses if they did not bend to her incessant demands, and when they refused to give way, she did exactly that, accusing them of foul and reprehensible sexual misconduct.”

Blake Lively's lawyers have since responded with a statement in response to the lawsuit, calling it "another chapter in the abuser playbook".

"This is an age-old story: A woman speaks up with concrete evidence of sexual harassment and retaliation and the abuser attempts to turn the tables on the victim," it states. "This is what experts call DARVO. Deny. Attack. Reverse Victim Offender.

"They are trying to shift the narrative to Ms. Lively by falsely claiming that she seized creative control and alienated the cast from Mr. Baldoni. The evidence will show that the cast and others had their own negative experiences with Mr. Baldoni and Wayfarer. The evidence will also show that Sony asked Ms. Lively to oversee Sony’s cut of the film, which they then selected for distribution and was a resounding success

They added: “The strategy of attacking the woman is desperate, it does not refute the evidence in Ms. Lively's complaint, and it will fail.”

Back in December 2024, before the Times article was published, Lively filed a complaint against Baldoni for sexual harassment on the set of their film, It Ends With Us, and further alleged that Baldoni’s team had set out to destroy her reputation through “social manipulation.”

The suit listed the demands Lively made of Baldoni, including “no more showing nude videos or images of women to Blake, no more mention of Baldoni’s alleged previous ‘pornography addiction,’ no more discussions about sexual conquests in front of Blake and others, no further mentions of cast and crew’s genitalia, no more inquiries about Blake’s weight, and no further mention of Blake’s dead father.”

This article originally appeared on GLAMOUR US.