Justin Baldoni sues Blake Vigorous and Ryan Reynolds for $400M – Nationwide

It Ends With Us actor and director Justin Baldoni has sued his co-star Blake Vigorous and her husband, Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds, for defamation on Thursday within the newest step in a bitter authorized battle surrounding the darkish romantic drama.

Baldoni’s swimsuit seeks no less than $400 million for damages that embody misplaced future earnings. The lawsuit from Baldoni and manufacturing firm Wayfarer Studios, which additionally names publicist Leslie Sloane as a defendant, comes about two weeks after Vigorous sued Baldoni and several other others tied to the movie, alleging harassment and a coordinated marketing campaign to assault her fame for coming ahead about her therapy on the set.

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That lawsuit got here the identical day that Baldoni sued the New York Instances for libel, alleging the paper labored with Vigorous to smear him.

The brand new lawsuit filed in federal courtroom in New York says the plaintiffs didn’t wish to file the swimsuit, however that Vigorous “has unequivocally left them with no alternative, not solely to set the report straight in response to Vigorous’s accusations, but in addition to place the highlight on the components of Hollywood that they’ve devoted their careers to being the antithesis of.”

An e-mail searching for remark from Sloane, whose PR firm represents each Vigorous and Reynolds, was not instantly answered.

The 2 actors are additionally each represented by company WME, which dropped Baldoni as a shopper after Vigorous filed a authorized criticism that was a precursor to her lawsuit and the Instances printed its story on the struggle surrounding the movie.

The shock hit movie primarily based on the novel by Colleen Hoover has made main waves in Hollywood and led to discussions of the therapy of feminine actors each on units and in media.