Blake Lively Fires Back at Justin Baldoni’s $400 Million Lawsuit

Blake Lively will not be backing down from Justin Baldoni‘s huge authorized problem … and she or he says his $400 million lawsuit is straight out of the abuser playbook.

Blake’s authorized group responded to Justin’s lawsuit Thursday with a scathing assertion, saying … “This is an age-old story: A woman speaks up with concrete evidence of sexual harassment and retaliation and the abuser attempts to turn the tables on the victim. This is what experts call DARVO. Deny. Attack. Reverse Victim Offender.”

Lively’s group says Justin and his manufacturing firm are pulling out all of the stops to attempt to “overwhelm the public’s ability to understand that what they are doing is retaliation against sexual harassment allegations.”

As we instructed you … Baldoni and his manufacturing firm Wayfarer Studios filed a federal lawsuit in opposition to Blake, Ryan Reynolds, and Blake’s publicist Leslie Sloane this week, accusing Blake and Leslie of an alleged marketing campaign to smear Baldoni and take management of “It Ends With Us.”

Blake’s authorized group pushes again, saying … “They are trying to shift the narrative to Ms. Lively by falsely claiming that she seized creative control and alienated the cast from Mr. Baldoni. The evidence will show that the cast and others had their own negative experiences with Mr. Baldoni and Wayfarer. The evidence will also show that Sony asked Ms. Lively to oversee Sony’s cut of the film, which they then selected for distribution and was a resounding success.”

Back in Could 2023 — when the flick first began taking pictures — Baldoni claims Lively engaged in a “takeover” technique as a result of she needed artistic management over the film.

He additionally mentions a gathering at Blake and Ryan’s NYC penthouse to debate a script rewrite … a gathering Baldoni views as extra of an ambush than collaboration.

Taylor Swift even made an look throughout this alleged assembly, Baldoni claims … and, he is included a textual content he says exhibits Blake Lively evaluating herself to Daenerys Targaryen, a serious character on “Game of Thrones.”

Baldoni makes different claims, together with about his expertise throughout a manufacturing assembly the place Ryan allegedly went off on him, alleging JB had sexually harassed Blake. Baldoni additionally mentions a contest the place the 2 costars every minimize their very own variations of the film.

He is suing Lively, Reynolds and Sloane for defamation, civil extortion, interference with contractual relations and a slew of different allegations — and is searching for a minimum of $400 million in damages.