Overview

• Justin Baldoni has filed a $400 million lawsuit against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, alleging defamation, civil extortion, and harm to his career and reputation.
• The lawsuit follows Lively’s December 2024 sexual harassment allegations against Baldoni, which he has denied, calling them false and retaliatory.
• Baldoni claims Lively and Reynolds orchestrated a campaign to smear him publicly and pressured him to relinquish creative control of the film 'It Ends With Us.'
• Lively’s legal team has dismissed Baldoni’s lawsuit as part of an 'abuser playbook,' accusing him of attempting to shift blame and discredit her allegations.
• The lawsuit also implicates Reynolds for allegedly using his influence to undermine Baldoni, including an incident involving accusations of fat-shaming Lively during production.