NEW YORK — Actor Blake Lively asked a judge on Thursday to dismiss a countersuit filed against her by her “It Ends With Us” costar Justin Baldoni, calling his claims “vengeful and rambling” after she sued for sexual harassment and retaliation. Lively’s lawyers wrote in papers filed in Manhattan federal court that Baldoni and his […]
Blake Lively is seeking dismissal of Justin Baldoni's countersuit, calling it an abuse of legal process after she sued him for sexual harassment and retaliation. Baldoni's countersuit claims defamation and extortion, seeking $400 million in damages from Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds. Both sides accuse the other of attempting to ruin their reputations and businesses. The lawsuit follows discord surrounding the film "It Ends With Us," where both Lively and Baldoni were stars.
