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Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni file separate lawsuits, ramping up legal battle - National | Globalnews.ca

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The lawsuits are major developments in a story emerging from the hit film It Ends With Us .

On Tuesday , Lively filed a lawsuit in New York against her co-star and the director of the film.

Meanwhile, Baldoni is suing the New York Times the outlet that first reported on Lively’s initial complaint late last month for libel.

Lively accuses Baldoni and the studio of a “multi-tiered plan” to damage her reputation.

“In doing so, they pre-determined the outcome of their story, and aided and abetted their own devastating PR smear campaign designed to revitalize Lively ’s self-induced floundering public image and counter the organic groundswell of criticism amongst the online public,” he told The Associated Press . “The irony is rich.” —with files from The Associated Press .