The “emotional impact” of the online scrutiny has been “extreme” for Lively and also Reynolds and their four children — James, 10, Inez, eight, Betty, five, and Olin, two — the amendment claims.
The new court document, obtained by The Independent, addressed some of the backlash Lively received last summer due to Baldoni’s alleged smear campaign,.
Rumors of a feud between Baldoni and Lively on the set of It Ends with Us — based on the Colleen Hoover book of the same name — started percolating online last year, as they appeared to avoid each other during the film’s promotional tour.
In the lawsuit against Baldoni, filed in December, Lively alleged that the backlash she received was part of a carefully orchestrated effort by Baldoni’s PR team.
The Jane the Virgin alum is suing The New York Times for $250 million, and he is counter-suing Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds for $400 million.
