Actor-filmmaker Justin Baldoni has sued a major U.S. newspaper, for publishing the story, backing the sexual harassment allegations, by ‘It Ends With Us’ actor Blake Lively, against him.
As reported by foreign media, Justin Baldoni filed a $250 million libel lawsuit against the New York Times, for publishing an article ‘rife with inaccuracies, misrepresentations, and omissions’ that relied on a ‘self-serving narrative’ of Blake Lively.
For the unversed, Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldoni with the California Civil Rights Commission, accusing him of sexual harassment and a smear campaign, and NYT was the first to report the development last week. She alleged that ‘It Ends With Us’ co-star attempted to tarnish her image after he called up a meeting in which she brought along her actor husband, Ryan Reynolds, to address ‘repeated sexual harassment and other disturbing behaviour’ by the director and a producer on the set of the Box Office hit.
In response now, Baldoni, among the group of 10 plaintiffs including publicists Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel, as well as ‘It Ends With Us’ producers Jamey Heath and Steve Sarowitz, are now suing the publication for libel and invasion of privacy.
