Justin Baldoni Sues New York Times Over Blake Lively Allegations
Director Justin Baldoni has filed a $250 million libel lawsuit against The New York Times regarding a story about Blake Lively’s claims
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Los Angeles: So, Justin Baldoni, the director of “It Ends With Us,” is taking The New York Times to court. He’s suing them for libel over a story that claims he harassed Blake Lively and tried to ruin her reputation.
This lawsuit is no small matter; he’s asking for at least $250 million! It’s a big deal in Hollywood, and it’s stirring up quite a buzz. Baldoni claims that the Times and Lively worked together to smear him and his co-plaintiffs.
The Times is standing firm, saying they’ll fight back against the lawsuit. They believe their reporting was thorough and accurate. They’ve got thousands of documents backing up their story, including text messages and emails.
Interestingly, the lawsuit argues that if the Times really looked at all those documents, they would have found proof that Lively was the one trying to damage Baldoni’s reputation, not the other way around.
Now, Lively isn’t being sued directly, but her lawyers made it clear that this lawsuit doesn’t change anything about her own claims against Baldoni. It’s a tangled web for sure.
The film “It Ends With Us,” based on a popular novel, did really well at the box office, but there’s been a lot of talk about tension between Baldoni and Lively during its release. While Lively was out promoting the film, Baldoni seemed to take a step back.
For those who don’t know, Lively became famous from “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” and “Gossip Girl.” Baldoni, on the other hand, is known for “Jane the Virgin” and has directed a few films, too. It’s a wild situation, and it’ll be interesting to see how it all unfolds.