Justin Baldoni and his team sued The New York Times for defamation, seeking $250 million in damages, over a story about actress Blake Lively’s allegations of a smear campaign against her. Lively claimed Baldoni and his associates orchestrated a retaliatory PR campaign after she spoke out about misconduct during the filming of “It Ends With Us.” The Times defended its reporting, based on thousands of pages of documents, and Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldoni, his partner, and others in federal court.
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