Blake Lively is speaking up after Baldoni filed a second lawsuit this time a bombshell lawsuit against herself and husband Ryan Reynolds. Baldoni filed a $400 million lawsuit against the two, over what transpired on the set of 'It Ends With Us' and in the weeks following the movie's release. Lively's legal team is now responding saying it's another chapter pulled from the abuser playbook.
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00:00Blake Lively is speaking up after Justin Baldoni filed a second lawsuit,
00:04this time a bombshell lawsuit against herself and husband Ryan Reynolds.
00:08Baldoni filed a $400 million lawsuit against the two over what transpired on the set of
00:14It Ends With Us and in the weeks following the movie's release. Lively's legal team is
00:18now responding, saying it's another chapter pulled from the abuser playbook.
00:22This is an age-old story. A woman speaks up with concrete evidence of sexual harassment
00:27and retaliation, and the abuser attempts to turn the tables on the victim.
00:31This is what experts call DARVO, Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim Offender.
00:35The rebuttal was issued hours after Baldoni filed a 179-page lawsuit in New York federal court
00:42against Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds, alongside two publicists,
00:45alleging extortion, defamation, and claims related to breach of contract
00:50tied to the making and release of It Ends With Us.
00:52In describing how Lively allegedly slowly and deliberately took over the movie,
00:56Baldoni says she invoked best friend Taylor Swift's name when presenting him with rewrites,
01:01telling him that both Swift and Reynolds, whom she referred to as her dragons,
01:05thought the changes were great.
01:07In another twist, Baldoni and his lawyer are also going after Disney and Marvel Studios,
01:11saying that Reynolds used the character Nice Pool in Deadpool and Wolverine to mock him.
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