Blake Lively blasts Justin Baldonis $400M lawsuit: Another chapter in the abuser playbook

It’s not ending.Blake Lively has responded to Justin Baldoni’s $400 million lawsuit against his “It Ends With Us” co-star.Baldoni, 40, is suing Lively, 37, her husband, Ryan Reynolds, 48, their publicist Leslie Sloane and Sloane’s p.r.

firm Vision PR Inc.over the ongoing “It Ends With Us” saga, which centers on Lively’s allegations of sexual harassment against Baldoni.The suit — filed Thursday in the Southern District of New York by Baldoni’s attorneys on behalf of the “Jane the Virgin” star, “It Ends With Us” producer Jamey Heath, publicist Jennifer Abel and crisis publicist Melissa Nathan — claims Lively took certain measures to gain control over the 2024 film.Lawyers for Lively have issued a response to the complaint, claiming his accusations are “retaliation against sexual harassment allegations.”“This latest lawsuit from Justin Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios, and its associates is another chapter in the abuser playbook,” Lively’s legal team said in a statement to The Post.

“This is an age-old story: A woman speaks up with concrete evidence of sexual harassment and retaliation and the abuser attempts to turn the tables on the victim.This is what experts call DARVO.

Deny.Attack.

Reverse Victim Offender.”The statement continued, “Wayfarer has opted to use the resources of its billionaire co-founder to issue media statements, launch meritless lawsuits, and threaten litigation to overwhelm the public’s ability to understand that what they are doing is retaliation against sexual harassment allegations.“They are trying to shift the narrative to Ms.Lively by falsely claiming that she seized creative control and alienated the cast from Mr.

Baldoni.The evidence will show that the cast and others had their own negative experiences with Mr.

Baldoni and Wayfarer,” Lively’s lawyers added.“The evidence will also show that Sony asked Ms.

Lively to oversee Sony’s cut of the film, which they then selected for distri...