Ryan Reynolds named in Justin Baldoni lawsuit as Blake Lively battle reaches new heights
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Justin Baldoni labelled Blake Lively's husband Ryan Reynolds 'aggressive' in the new lawsuit filed by the It Ends With Us director against The New York Times. On December 20, Lively lodged an extensive 80-page legal complaint against Baldoni following what has been described as a tense working relationship on the Hollywood film, released in August. Part of her complaint accuses him of deliberately trying to "destroy her reputation" as well as sexual harassment. She alleges that his behaviour resulted in her suffering "severe emotional distress.".
Baldoni has denied the allegations against him. Lively filed a second lawsuit this week and accused Baldoni of causing "severe emotional distress and pain, humiliation and embarrassment". She also accused him, along with his publicist Jennifer Abel and crisis PR Melissa Nathan, of making her suffer 'mental pain and anguish' as well as lost wages'.
Gossip Girl actress Lively has asked for 'punitive' and 'compensatory' damages and a jury trial. Baldoni also filed a lawsuit, but against New York Times, who published an article called 'We Can Bury Anyone’: Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine. The lengthy article included the claims that Baldoni and his team were trying to create a smear campaign against Lively. The NYT said they "plan to vigorously defend against the lawsuit.".
According to the legal documents, as Variety reports, Baldoni claimed Deadpool star and Lively's husband Reynolds 'berated' him during a meeting held at the couple's home on January 4. The meeting was also attended by other It Ends With Us producers as well as a rep for Sony.
