Justin Baldoni is suing The New York Times for $250 million over the publication’s bombshell article, in which they alleged the actor and others coordinated a smear campaign against his “It Ends with Us” costar, Blake Lively.
Baldoni, who directed and starred in the romance drama with Lively, was accused of sexual harassment by the actress in a legal complaint — and subsequent lawsuit — which was featured heavily in The Times’ piece.
However, according to Variety, Baldoni has now accused the paper of libel, invasion of privacy, promissory fraud and breach of implied-in-fact contract over the article … alleging the Times “cherry-picked” details and altered key communications to “deliberately” mislead readers.
