Blake Lively's Legal Team Calls Justin Baldoni's 'Strategy' Around $400M Lawsuit 'Desperate': 'It Will Fail'
Blake Lively’s legal team has responded toJustin Baldoni’s $400 millionlawsuit against the actressover the contentious situation behind the scenes of their filmIt Ends with Us. Responding to the director-star’s defamation and extortion suit filed Thursday, Jan. 16, Lively’s legal team said in a statement, “This latest lawsuit from Justin Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios, and its associates is another chapter in the abuser playbook." “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,” the statement continued....