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Justin Baldoni Sues Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, and Leslie Sloane for Defamation and Extortion

Justin Baldoni sues Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, and Leslie Sloane for defamation and extortion in a legal battle related to "It Ends With Us."

Justin Baldoni Sues Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, and Leslie Sloane for Defamation and Extortion
Justin Baldoni Sues Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, and Leslie Sloane for Defamation and Extortion

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Justin Baldoni, star and director of “It Ends With Us,” sued his co-star Blake Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds and Lively’s publicist Leslie Sloane in New York federal court Thursday, accusing them of defamation and extortion—weeks after Lively filed her own lawsuit against Baldoni in a sprawling legal battle between the film’s stars.

Justin Baldoni

Baldoni filed his lawsuit in New York federal court Thursday morning. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)

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