Blake Lively’s legal team is responding to Justin Baldoni’s move to sue The New York Times over an explosive article detailing her complaints against him.
On Tuesday, Dec. 31, Baldoni was among plaintiffs who filed an 87-page complaint over a Dec. 21 Times article concerning Lively suing her It Ends with Us director-costar, 40, alleging sexual harassment and a retaliatory smear campaign against her. Baldoni, his production company Wayfarer Studios, business partners and public relations team, sued the publication for $250 million, alleging libel, false light invasion of privacy, promissory fraud and breach of implied-in-fact contract.
“Nothing in this lawsuit changes anything about the claims advanced in Ms. Lively’s California Civil Rights Department Complaint,” said attorneys for Lively, 37, in a statement obtained by PEOPLE. “While we will not litigate this matter in the press, we do encourage people to read Ms. Lively’s complaint in its entirety. We look forward to addressing each and every one of Wayfarer’s …