Justin Baldoni's explosive fightback against Blake Lively revealed: Claims her team smeared HIM, 'weaponised' WhatsApps and lawsuit is ploy to rebuild her image. Read ALISON BOSHOFF'S bombshell world exclusive
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There's nothing new about a Christmas ceasefire. But the current break in hostilities between A-list actress Blake Lively and her once obscure co-star in It Ends With Us, Justin Baldoni, isn't down to anything as heart-warming as a spot of seasonal goodwill. It's simply due to the fact that the courts are shut over the festive period.
![[The legal complaint claims that Baldoni, 40, entered Lively's make-up trailer while she was topless and showed her pornographic pictures and a graphic video of his wife giving birth]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/27/21/93527881-14230651-image-a-13_1735334160150.jpg)
It was last Friday, just before the break, that the bombshell news first broke that 37-year old Lively – who found fame on TV soap opera Gossip Girl and is married to film star Ryan Reynolds – had filed an 80-page legal complaint against Baldoni. This included claims that Baldoni, 40, entered Lively's make-up trailer while she was topless, showed her pornographic pictures and a graphic video of his wife giving birth, repeatedly discussed his 'porn addiction', described his own genitalia and even bit and sucked on Lively's lips during an improvised kissing scene for which Baldoni insisted on doing multiple takes.
![[It Ends With Us, based on the 2016 bestseller by Colleen Hoover, was released in August and was a box office hit, grossing more than $350million against a $25million production budget]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/27/21/93527873-14230651-image-m-17_1735334305776.jpg)
Her lawsuit also alleged Baldoni claimed he was 'speaking to' Lively's dead father and fat-shamed the actress by asking about her weight. It further claimed that Baldoni's PR team had attempted to smear Lively's reputation, citing a text message from his publicist Melissa Nathan which read: 'We can bury anyone.'.
![[Baldoni's counterclaim will allege that Lively's publicist Leslie Sloane, one of Hollywood's most influential women, tried to smear Baldoni by planting stories with news organisations]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/27/21/93527969-14230651-image-m-19_1735334371777.jpg)
The furore made headlines around the world with The New York Times publishing a 4,000-word article titled 'Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine' within a few hours of the documents being filed. The film, based on the 2016 bestseller by Colleen Hoover, was released in August and was a box office hit, grossing more than $350 million against a $25 million production budget. It follows Lily Bloom, a florist played by Lively, who falls in love with a charming but abusive neurosurgeon played by Baldoni, who also directed the movie.
![[Lively found fame on TV soap opera Gossip Girl and is married to film star Ryan Reynolds]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/27/21/93527911-14230651-Lively_found_fame_on_TV_soap_opera_Gossip_Girl_and_is_married_to-a-5_1735334625531.jpg)
