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Justin Baldoni's lawyer slams Blake Lively's 'heinous final pivot' in rollercoaster court battle


Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds were sued for defamation Thursday by Baldoni and his publicists, who say the actress cooked up a scheme to kill their careers.

The new defamation action is the latest broadside in an increasingly labyrinthine legal battle that began just before Christmas when Lively sued Baldoni, claiming he sexually harassed her and created a toxic work environment on the set of the film. This malicious attack on private individuals by Ms. Lively and her team in which they chose to spoon feed The New York Times with doctored, out of context and edited text messages in an effort to paint herself as a victim set off a chain of events that has been harmful beyond measure,' they continued. Also included in the filing are the full versions of text conversations between Baldoni’s publicists which the lawsuit claims were obtained when Sloane seized Abel’s phone after she quit her job with her PR firm and selectively edited.

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