Baldoni filed a $250 million libel lawsuit against the publication for its reporting of Lively’s suit she filed against Baldoni, who she claimed engaged in inappropriate behavior on the film’s set and later engaged in a “smear campaign” to destroy her reputation.
The suit saw Baldoni dropped from his agency quickly afterward, and his podcast co-host quit their show.
Now, he is retaliating against the claims, and while his suit is against the Times, it does drag Lively into it by calling out her husband.
In his filing, the actor and director claimed that the Deadpool star “berated” him in an “aggressive” confrontation, saying he “fat-shamed” his wife.
He also claimed he apologized profusely at the time.
“The confrontation that followed was so aggressive that Baldoni felt compelled to offer repeated apologies,” his suit claims, adding he “continued to bend to [Lively’s] will” to avoid future conflicts.
The alleged incident of body-shaming took place after Baldoni asked a trainer about Lively’s weight prior to filming a scene with a lift, after she allegedly “refused to perform” the sequence in question.
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Lively’s rep said afterwards that the acting didn’t “change anything about [her] claims.”
The New York Times also said that it stood by its “meticulously and responsibly reports” story and vowed it would also “vigorously defend” itself against the suit.
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