Justin Baldoni sued Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds for civil extortion, defamation and other actions in a lawsuit filed Thursday.
Baldoni accused Lively of tormenting him, his family and colleagues in a lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York and obtained by Fox News Digital. The actor requested a jury trial and a judgment of $400 million.
Lively sued Baldoni first for sexual harassment after the two starred together in the Colleen Hoover-adapted film, “It Ends With Us.” Since the premiere of the movie in August, Lively has also accused Baldoni of participating in a deliberate smear campaign to ruin her reputation.
However, Baldoni — along with Wayfarer Studios, Jamey Heath and others — paint a different story in the actor’s own lawsuit.
“Plaintiffs now have no choice but to fight back armed only with the truth — and the mountain of concrete evidence disproving Lively’s allegations,” the court docs read.
“Heartbreakingly, a film that Baldoni envisioned years ago would honor the survivors of domestic violence by telling their story, with the lofty goal of making a positive impact in the world, has now been overshadowed beyond recognition solely as a result of Lively’s actions and cruelty.”
