
Justin Baldoni sues Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds for $400 million as "It Ends With Us" dispute deepens
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Justin Baldoni filed a counter lawsuit against "It Ends With Us" co-star Blake Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, on Thursday, alleging the couple hijacked his film and sought to destroy his livelihood and career.
The lawsuit, which also named Lively's publicist, Leslie Sloane, and her firm Vision PR Inc., comes after Baldoni filed a separate defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, which first reported Lively's allegations of sexual harassment against Baldoni during the film's production. In the lawsuit's 179-page complaint filed in the Southern District of New York, Baldoni accuses Lively and Reynolds of civil extortion, defamation and invasion of privacy.
Baldoni's production company Wayfarer Studios, his business partner Jamey Heath and two others are also named as plaintiffs. They're seeking at least $400 million in damages.

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