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Major update as Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' publicist requests to be removed from Justin Baldoni lawsuit

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Updated 12:22 22 Feb 2025 GMTPublished 12:01 22 Feb 2025 GMT

Major update as Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' publicist requests to be removed from Justin Baldoni lawsuit

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are in a legal battle with It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni

Anish Vij

Anish Vij

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' publicist has requested to be removed from Justin Baldoni's lawsuit.

Leslie Sloane represents the couple who are currently in a public legal battle with the It Ends With Us director after Lively sued her co-star for sexual harassment in December 2024.

Baldoni countersued for damages and defamation, as Sloane and her firm, Vision PR, were named in the suit.

The actor and his production company Wayfarer Studios, among others, filed a 179-page lawsuit against Lively, Reynolds, Sloane, and others, for damages that includes lost future income.

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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' publicist has requested to be removed from Justin Baldoni's lawsuit (Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' publicist has requested to be removed from Justin Baldoni's lawsuit (Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)

According to E! News, the lawsuit alleges that Lively's team, including Sloane, had spread 'malicious stories' against Baldoni and created a 'smear campaign' against him at the Gossip Girl star's direction.

Lawyer Sigrid McCawley filed a motion in New York federal court on Thursday (20 February), alleging that Sloane was 'dragged' into a 'smoke and mirrors exercise to distract from their own sexual harassment and systematic retaliation'.

Whereas McCawley writes that Sloane has a 'decades-long reputation for professionalism and trustworthiness' and that the claims have caused her 'irreparable professional damage and emotional harm'.

"Baldoni's allegations about the creative issues are irrelevant and tellingly sexist." the lawyer said (via The Independent). "Because Ms Lively – an executive producer on the film – dared to offer input on the script, wardrobe and editing, Baldoni blasts her as ‘tyrannical’ and ‘aggressive,’ among other coded terms.

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"When Ms Lively bravely spoke up about Baldoni's predatory behaviour, he and his team used every weapon in their arsenal to blame, embarrass and silence her, going so far as to hire a crisis PR manager who promised to 'bury' Ms Lively and 'destroy' her life."

McCawley's filing also claims there is no 'basis' for Baldoni's claims of a 'smear campaign' or 'malicious' stories being planted.

Justin Baldoni has countersued for damages and defamation (Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
Justin Baldoni has countersued for damages and defamation (Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

Bryan Freedman, Baldoni's attorney, has previously told LADbible Group of Lively's lawsuit: "This lawsuit is a legal action based on an overwhelming amount of untampered evidence detailing Blake Lively and her team’s duplicitous attempt to destroy Justin Baldoni, his team and their respective companies by disseminating grossly edited, unsubstantiated, new and doctored information to the media."

He continued: "Let’s not forget, Ms. Lively and her team attempted to bulldoze reputations and livelihoods for heinously selfish reasons through their own dangerous manipulation of the media before even taking any actual legal action. We know the truth, and now the public does too.

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"Justin and his team have nothing to hide, documents do not lie."

Meanwhile, Lively's lawyers called Baldoni’s lawsuit 'another chapter in the abuser playbook'.

"This is an age-old story: A woman speaks up with concrete evidence of sexual harassment and retaliation and the abuser attempts to turn the tables on the victim," her legal team said in a statement. "This is what experts call DARVO. Deny. Attack. Reverse Victim Offender."

LADbible Group has contacted Justin Baldoni's representatives for comment.

Featured Image Credit: Taylor Hill/FilmMagic/Getty Images

Topics: Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, Justin Baldoni

Anish Vij
Anish Vij

Anish is a Journalist at LADbible Group and is a GG2 Young Journalist of the Year 2025. He has a Master's degree in Multimedia Journalism and a Bachelor's degree in International Business Management. Apart from that, his life revolves around the ‘Four F’s’ - family, friends, football and food. Email: [email protected]

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