Blake Lively has been hit with a new $7 million lawsuit as her current legal proceedings with Justin Baldoni rumble on.
Lively and Baldoni have been embroiled in legal disputes since December 2024, just months after the release of It Ends With Us.
Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldoni and his production company, Wayfarer Studios, accusing him of sexual harassment and intimidation.
In response, Baldoni denied the allegations and later sued The New York Times for libel, claiming the publication had unfairly sided with Lively’s account.
He then launched a $400 million lawsuit against Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, alleging civil extortion, defamation, and invasion of privacy.
Lively has claimed that Baldoni and his production company engaged in a deliberate effort to tarnish her reputation. Baldoni's team, however, denies these claims and insists that the actress and her husband were instead working to discredit him.
In a new twist, Jed Wallace, a crisis publicist and the owner of PR firm Street Relations, has sued Lively for $7 million in damages.
Wallace's lawsuit follows Lively’s previous allegations that his firm "weaponized a digital army" as part of an orchestrated smear campaign against her.
Baldoni’s legal team recently published a 168-page document outlining the timeline of events surrounding the controversy.
Wallace, who was named in Lively’s initial lawsuit, was accused of mobilizing a network across major cities, including New York and Los Angeles, to create and distribute misleading content on social media and online forums.
As part of his lawsuit, Wallace's legal team stated: "(Lively's legal team) conceded that Lively has no facts supporting the allegations she made against Wallace and Street in the Precursor which 'made headlines around the world' as she now, apparently under the threat of sanctions from one of Plaintiffs' attorneys, sought to 'investigate the scope of Mr. Wallace’s conduct.'”
Lively had previously requested a deposition from Wallace, but this request was rescinded on Tuesday (February 4).
In a statement to The Independent regarding the defamation lawsuit, Lively’s team dismissed it as another attempt to silence her.
“Another day, another state, another nine-figure lawsuit seeking to sue Ms. Lively ‘into oblivion’ for speaking out against sexual harassment and retaliation,” the statement read.
Describing the lawsuit as a "publicity stunt," they added: “It is transparent retaliation in response to allegations contained within a sexual harassment and retaliation complaint that Ms. Lively filed with the California Civil Rights Department.
While this lawsuit will be dismissed, we are pleased that Mr. Wallace has finally emerged from the shadows, and that he too will be held accountable in federal court.”