“It Ends With Us” actor and director Justin Baldoni has sued his co-star Blake Lively and her husband, “Deadpool” actor Ryan Reynolds, for defamation on Thursday in the latest step in a bitter legal battle surrounding the dark romantic drama. The lawsuit from Baldoni and production company Wayfarer Studios, which…

Blake Lively's legal team has responded to a defamation and extortion lawsuit filed by Justin Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios. They describe the $400 million lawsuit as a retaliatory move against her harassment claims.

The court action is the latest twist in the row between the stars over her alleged treatment on the set of the movie.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “It Ends With Us” actor and director Justin Baldoni has sued his co-star Blake Lively and her husband, “Deadpool” actor Ryan Reynolds, for defamation and extortion on Thursday in the latest move in a bitter legal battle surrounding the dark romantic drama. The suit filed in federal court in New York by Baldoni and production company Wayfarer Studios seeks at least $400 million for damages that include lost future income. It alleges that Lively and Reynolds hijacked the production and marketing of “It Ends With Us

It Ends With Us actor and director Justin Baldoni has filed a $400m (£327m) suit against his co-star Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds for defamation.

Hollywood power couple Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are being targeted in a $400 million defamation suit by Justin Baldoni, Lively’s co-star on bleak romance “It Ends With Us” — the latest caustic twist in the legal battle engulfing the film.