Lively formally filed a lawsuit against Baldoni, his film studio and public relations team after previously filing a complaint with the California Civil Rights Department.

The director of the film “It Ends With Us” has sued The New York Times for libel over its story saying he sexually harassed and tried to smear the reputation of the film's star Blake Lively.

A recent Times article detailed an alleged smear campaign involving film’s director and his publicists.

Blake Lively sued Justin Baldoni, accusing her "It Ends With Us" co-star and director of a smear campaign and breach of contract.

Blake Lively has formally filed a lawsuit against Baldoni and others for alleged sexual harassment while filming "It Ends With Us."

It Ends With Us is back in the news in a very unfortunate way. The film was controversial from the start, with arguments over its source material’s depiction of domestic violence (it’s based on Colleen Hoover’s novel) and whether or not star Blake Lively fit the lead role of Lily Bloom.

Baldoni claims that NYT defamed him and his team in an article about Lively’s allegations that she had been the victim of a smear campaign. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Justin Baldoni's lawyer plans to file a countersuit against Blake Lively amid the "It Ends With Us" co-stars' escalating feud.

Never think for a second that anything like New Year's Eve could get in the way of some old-fashioned Hollywood legal fireworks. Eleven days after Blake Lively filed a sexual harassment and retaliation complaint with California's Civil Rights department against Justin Baldoni and his team over what went down during production of It Ends With