00:00Blake Lively is speaking up after Justin Baldoni filed a second lawsuit,
00:04this time a bombshell lawsuit against herself and husband Ryan Reynolds.
00:08Baldoni filed a $400 million lawsuit against the two over what transpired on the set of
00:14It Ends With Us and in the weeks following the movie's release. Lively's legal team is
00:18now responding, saying it's another chapter pulled from the abuser playbook.
00:22This is an age-old story. A woman speaks up with concrete evidence of sexual harassment
00:27and retaliation, and the abuser attempts to turn the tables on the victim.
00:31This is what experts call DARVO, Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim Offender.
00:35The rebuttal was issued hours after Baldoni filed a 179-page lawsuit in New York federal court
00:42against Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds, alongside two publicists,
00:45alleging extortion, defamation, and claims related to breach of contract
00:50tied to the making and release of It Ends With Us.
00:52In describing how Lively allegedly slowly and deliberately took over the movie,
00:56Baldoni says she invoked best friend Taylor Swift's name when presenting him with rewrites,
01:01telling him that both Swift and Reynolds, whom she referred to as her dragons,
01:05thought the changes were great.
01:07In another twist, Baldoni and his lawyer are also going after Disney and Marvel Studios,
01:11saying that Reynolds used the character Nice Pool in Deadpool and Wolverine to mock him.
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