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Justin Baldoni Sues Ryan Reynolds & Blake Lively For $400 Million -- AND Drags Taylor Swift Into It!

Justin Baldoni Sues Ryan Reynolds & Blake Lively For $400 Million -- AND Drags Taylor Swift Into It!

WHOA. Justin Baldoni has officially declared war — to the tune of $400 MILLION.

After months of back and forth between him and Blake Lively over everything that allegedly went down on the set of It Ends with Us, the embattled director has officially launched his lawsuit against Blake. And not just her either — he also names her husband Ryan Reynolds, her publicist Leslie Sloane, and Sloane’s PR firm Vision PR, Inc.

And he’s looking for the eye-watering sum of $400 million in damages. Wow.

Justin’s legal team, which includes lawyer Bryan Freedman, launched the lawsuit in the Southern District of New York on Thursday on behalf of the Jane the Virgin alum, his producing partner Jamey Heath, his publicist Jennifer Abel, and crisis publicist Melissa Nathan, and Wayfarer Studios. According to court docs obtained by multiple outlets, Justin, who feels Blake attempted to take over control of IEWU, is suing for an amalgamation of claims including:

  • civil extortion
  • defamation
  • false light invasion of privacy
  • breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing
  • intentional interference with contractual relations
  • intentional interference with prospective economic advantage
  • negligent interference with prospective economic advantage.

OK, we expected defamation but extortion?? Damn…

Related: Justin Baldoni Reveals Alleged Death Threats From Blake Lively Fans — Would These Scare YOU?!?

Justin is claiming this has nothing to do with sexual harassment — that it’s all about Blake trying to use her and Ryan’s movie star power to get control of the movie from him. The suit states:

“At bottom, this is not a case about celebrities sniping at each other in the press. This is a case about two of the most powerful stars in the world deploying their enormous power to steal an entire film right out of the hands of its director and production studio… When Plaintiffs have their day in court, the jury will recognize that even the most powerful celebrity cannot bend the truth to her will.”

Speaking of “the most powerful celebrity”, he dragged Blake’s BFF Taylor Swift into the mess, claiming she helped push him around. Per his version of events, the Blank Space singer was part of an ambush to push Blake’s script rewrites. According to him, he met The Shallows star and her hubby at their NYC penthouse to discuss her rewrite — and he was cornered by Ryan, who told him how good the script changes were. And then, in what he clearly thinks was a strategic move, Taylor popped in to hype up Blake’s Version. Anyone would be intimidated!

Ultimately he argues they pushed and pushed for more control, just as — he notes in the suit — Ryan did with the Deadpool franchise. And they used their powerful friends, a PR campaign, and ultimately a FAKE sexual harassment accusation to get their way. He accuses her PR team of using texts from his former publicist to “concoct a false narrative” that he was running a smear campaign.

Truly insane… if true.

This comes days after Justin filed a lawsuit against The New York Times for their coverage of Blake’s December 2024 sexual harassment complaint against Justin.

We have a feeling this is going to go on for a LONG time… Reactions?

[Images via Variety/YouTube, & Phil Lewis/MEGA/WENN]

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Jan 16, 2025 10:26am PDT