Justin Baldoni, star and director of “It Ends With Us,” sued his co-star Blake Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds and Lively’s publicist Leslie Sloane in New York federal court Thursday, accusing them of defamation and extortion—weeks after Lively filed her own lawsuit against Baldoni in a sprawling legal battle between the film’s stars.

<div class="image-embed__placeholder"><img src="https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/678938c4de7197197d40781d/-It-Ends-With-Us--New-York-Premiere/960x0.jpg?cropX1=296&amp;cropX2=2870&amp;cropY1=55&amp;cropY2=1502" alt="" it="" ends="" with="" us"="" new="" york="" premiere"="" width="100%" height="auto"></div><figcaption><fbs-accordion class="expandable" current="-1"><p class="color-body light-text" role="button">Baldoni filed his lawsuit in New York federal court Thursday morning. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty <span class="plus" data-ga-track="caption expand">... [+]</span><span class="expanded-caption"> Images)</span></p></fbs-accordion><small>Getty Images</small></figcaption>

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Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, had said for weeks he planned to file a suit against Lively, Baldoni’s co-star on “It End With Us,” and Reynolds, Lively’s husband.{ai:summary}<p>Justin Baldoni has filed a lawsuit against co-star Blake Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and Lively's publicist Leslie Sloane for defamation and extortion in New York federal court. This comes weeks after Lively initiated her own lawsuit against Baldoni, escalating the legal dispute between the film's stars. </p><p>#culture</p>

Justin Baldoni Sues Blake Lively And Ryan Reynolds For Defamation, Extortion

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