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Justin Baldoni Insists “Pietistic” New York Times Stay In Blake Lively Clash; Gray Lady Wants Dismissal


Over a year ahead of the Blake Lively vs Justin Baldoni trial start, the It Ends With Us director is fighting to keep the New York Times in the case

Just beforehand, Baldoni’s side on January 31 folded the NYT into their suit against Lively, Ryan Reynold and their PR chief Leslie Sloane for defamation and extortion with an impermissible group pleading amended complaint. Getting their hands on the documents within hours of them being filed, TMZ’s self-announced exclusive of ‘Blake Lively Sues Justin Baldoni For Sexual Harassment …Claims Of Wild Behavior On Set’ went up at 4:54 a.m. PT on December 21. For the A. G. Sulzberger run NYT, the attacks on the paper’s December 21 text message illustrated reporting on what went down between Baldoni and Lively on IEWU and afterwards in a distraction, on all levels.

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