#BlakeLively’s latest move in her legal battle against her “It Ends With Us” co-star and director
#JustinBaldoni is a motion to have the filmmaker’s $400 million defamation lawsuit dropped, claiming Baldoni’s suit is just his way getting back at her for legally accusing him of sexual harassment. Her argument is that the “vengeful” lawsuit breaks a 2023 California law from Gov. Gavin Newsom that protects victims who speak out, which he signed in the wake of
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“The Wayfarer Parties’ vengeful and rambling lawsuit against Blake Lively is a profound abuse of the legal process that has no place in federal court,” Lively’s legal team said in a 44-page memorandum submitted to the U.S. Southern District Court of New York on Thursday. “The law prohibits weaponizing defamation lawsuits, like this one, to retaliate against individuals who have filed legal claims or have publicly spoken out about sexual harassment and retaliation.”
Per that California law, Lively states Baldoni is prohibited...