"It Ends with Us" director Justin Baldoni accused Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds of defamation, while Lively's team says his attack is "desperate."

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 lawsuits surrounding It Ends With Us keep making headlines.

Baldoni, his studio Wayfarer, and their publicists are alleging civil extortion, defamation and a slew of contract-related claims about the film It Ends With Us.

Justin Baldoni is leaning on the ones closest to him amid the “It Ends With Us” drama. After the actor, 40, filed a lawsuit against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, their publicist Leslie Sloane and Sloane’s p.r. firm Vision PR Inc. for $400 million on Thursday, he revealed how he’s coping.

The "Deadpool" franchise is named in Justin Baldoni's new lawsuit against "It Ends With Us" costar Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds. Here's why.

Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, had said for weeks he planned to file a suit against Lively, Baldoni’s co-star on “It End With Us,” and Reynolds, Lively’s husband.

The lawsuit is the latest legal action in a feud tied to the 2024 film “It Ends With Us,” which starred Ms. Lively and Mr. Baldoni, who also directed the film.

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Ryan Reynolds is one of the stars to have invested in Colombian soccer team La Equidad—a deal that was announced the same day as Justin Baldoni’s lawsuit against the Deadpool star and Blake Lively.

Ryan Reynolds is one of the stars to have invested in Colombian soccer team La Equidad—a deal that was announced the same day as Justin Baldoni’s lawsuit against the Deadpool star and Blake Lively.