Blake Lively accuses Justin Baldoni of using 'abuser playbook' in his lawsuit against her and Ryan Reynolds
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Blake Lively's legal team furiously accused Justin Baldoni of using the 'abuser playbook' in his $400 million lawsuit against her and her husband Ryan Reynolds. Lively and Reynolds were sued for defamation Thursday by Baldoni and his publicists, who say the actress cooked up a scheme to kill their careers and discredit them by making false accusations of sexual harassment.
![[Blake Lively and husband Ryan Reynolds are being sued by actor Justin Baldoni and his publicists who say the actress cooked up a scheme to kill their careers and discredit them by making false accusations of sexual harassment]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/17/93527911-14293249-Lively_found_fame_on_TV_soap_opera_Gossip_Girl_and_is_married_to-a-30_1737048508067.jpg)
Court papers obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com accuse Lively and Reynolds of using their combined star power to hijack domestic abuse movie It Ends With Us, which Baldoni co-starred in and directed. The new defamation action is the latest broadside in an increasingly labyrinthine legal battle that began just before Christmas when Lively sued Baldoni, accusing him of sexually harassing her and creating a toxic work environment on the set of the film. He has staunchly denied the allegations.
![[The hijacking of the movie It Ends With Us allegedly went as far as relegating Baldoni and his family to the basement when they arrived at the premiere on August 6, 2024, because 'Lively demanded he not attend']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/17/93527881-14293249-The_legal_complaint_claims_that_Baldoni_40_entered_Lively_s_make-m-32_1737048533887.jpg)
In response to Baldoni's new lawsuit, Lively's attorneys issued a fiery statement declaring: 'This latest lawsuit from Justin Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios, and its associates is another chapter in the abuser playbook.'. They added: '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. This is what experts call DARVO. Deny. Attack. Reverse Victim Offender. Their response to sexual harassment allegations: she wanted it, it’s her fault.'.
![[The lawsuit against Lively and Reynolds was filed in New York on Thursday]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/17/94179933-14293249-image-a-43_1737049192928.jpg)
