Justin Baldoni sues New York Times for $250M over Blake Lively story: A guide to the key players involved in the 'It Ends With Us' dispute

Justin Baldoni has filed a $250 million lawsuit against the New York Times for their Dec. 20 story titled, " 'We Can Bury Anyone': Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine" Blake Lively filed a complaint with the California Civil Rights Department the same day the story was published.

She accused Baldoni of sexual harassment, retaliation, intentional infliction of emotional distress and more in the report.

Jennifer Abel Abel Abel is a publicist representing Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios .

Jamey Heath Heath is the CEO of the studio behind It Ends With Us .

Steve Sarowitz is a billionaire philanthropist who reportedly invested $125 million in the studio.

Jennifer Nathan Nathan is a crisis PR expert who worked with Johnny Depp during his successful defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard .

Ryan Reynolds is accused of berating Lively during a meeting at their New York residence.

The suit claims Reynolds pressured agency WME — home to Baldoni , Reynolds and Lively — to drop the director during July 's Deadpool and Wolverine. This allegedly happened before Baldoni hired a crisis PR agency. WME ultimately dropped Baldoni earlier this month after Lively 's filing. A WME rep denied to Variety the company pressured from Reynolds or Lively..