Blake Lively's Lawyers Say 'Nothing' About Justin Baldoni's New Lawsuit 'Changes Anything' About Her Claims

Mar. 15, 2025

Blake Lively; Justin Baldoni.Photo:Jeff Spicer/Getty; Dia Dipasupil/Getty

Jeff Spicer/Getty; Dia Dipasupil/Getty

Blake Lively’s legal team is responding toJustin Baldoni’smove to sueThe New York Timesoveran explosive articledetailing her complaints against him.

On Tuesday, Dec. 31, Baldoni was among plaintiffs who filed an 87-page complaint over a Dec. 21Timesarticle concerning LivelysuingherIt Ends with Usdirector-costar, 40, allegingsexual harassment and a retaliatory smear campaignagainst her. Baldoni, his production company Wayfarer Studios, business partners and public relations team, sued the publication for $250 million, alleging libel, false light invasion of privacy, promissory fraud and breach of implied-in-fact contract.

Blake Lively; Justin Baldoni.Gotham/WireImage (2)

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Many of the allegations in Lively’s initial complaint concern administrative complaints she made against Baldoni during the filming of theColleen Hooverscreen adaptation. Lively’s legal team accused Baldoni’sTimeslawsuit of having an “obviously false premise that Ms. Lively’s administrative complaint against Wayfarer and others was a ruse based on a choice ‘not to file a lawsuit against Baldoni, Wayfarer,’ and that ‘litigation was never her ultimate goal.’”

Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively on the set of ‘It Ends with Us’.Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

Among Lively’s allegations in her lawsuit: Baldoni — a married father of two who has positioned himself as an ally to women and domestic abuse survivors in numerous interviews — walked into her makeup trailer uninvited while she was breast-feeding; talked about a previous pornography addiction; alluded to past non-consensual sexual encounters and asked Lively to divulge details of her own “intimate life.”

Baldoni’s complaint alleges it was Lively “who engaged in a calculated smear campaign” and lists multiple examples refuting claims that were allegedly made out of context, including one alleged text message from Lively that read, “I’m just pumping in my trailer if you wanna work out our lines." Baldoni responded, per his complaint, “Copy. Eating with crew and will head that way,” which the lawsuit claims shows Baldoni did not enter uninvited.

In a statement to theTimeson Dec. 21, Lively said, “I hope that my legal action helps pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about misconduct and helps protect others who may be targeted.”

source: people.com