The legal drama surrounding the film It Ends with Us continues. There’s an old saying that the best defense is a good offense. That seems to be the approach lawyers for actor/director Justin Baldoni are taking. In the wake of a lawsuit filed against him by actress Blake Lively, Baldoni has now sued the NY Times for $250 million claiming the paper misled readers.
The lawsuit, which seeks $250 million in damages, accuses The Times of uncritically accepting a “self-serving narrative” by the actress that Mr. Baldoni, his production company and their public relations team worked to harm her reputation after she complained about misconduct during the film’s shooting. It asserts that the Dec. 21 article deliberately omitted portions of text exchanges and other information that contradicted the actress’s version of events.
“The article’s central thesis,…
