Bombshell suit! Justin Baldoni files $250 million lawsuit against New York Times over Blake Lively story; here are all the details
Justin Baldoni sues the New York Times for $250 million because of the Blake Lively story. Baldoni charged the Times with promissory fraud and implied-in-fact contract violation in the 87-page complaint that Variety was able to obtain. WME dropped him as a client hours after the 4,000-word article, "‘We Can Bury Anyone’: Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine," was published because of his harsh response to it.
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What are the key claims in Baldoni’s lawsuit?
The claims that Baldoni repeatedly entered her makeup trailer uninvited while she was undressed, including when she was breastfeeding, were one of those rebuttals.
The lawsuit claims that Lively texted Baldoni on June 2, 2023, accusing her assistant of failing to send her a new batch of script pages for "It Ends With Us."
Lively wrote that she was unaware that they were new. The actress allegedly used the universal symbol for a kiss, the «X,» to sign the message. Shortly after, she allegedly texted him again, saying that she was just pumping in my caravan if you wanted to work out their lines. He allegedly replied, «Copy.» We're having dinner with the crew and
