Justin Baldoni launches website about Blake Lively feud with fresh claims just days before first court hearing

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In documents, Baldoni’s team claims that the New York Times had access to Lively’s civil rights complaint, 11 days before publishing their lengthy report on Balodoni’s alleged smear campaign on 21 December. In a statement given to the Daily Mail, Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman said: “The decision to amend our lawsuit was a logical next step due to the overwhelming amount of new proof that has come to light.” “This fresh evidence corroborates what we knew all along, that due to purely egotistical reasons Ms. Lively and her entire team colluded for months to destroy reputations through a complex web of lies, false accusations and the manipulation of illicitly received communications,” Freedman added. open image in gallery Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni in It Ends With Us “The ongoing public interest in this case online has ironically shed light on the undeniable facts pertaining to The New York Times and how heavily Ms Lively and her representatives were not only deeply involved in the attempted take down and smear campaign of Mr Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and their teams but that they themselves initiated it.” In response, a spokesperson for the New York Times said: “The Baldoni/Wayfarer legal filings are rife with inaccuracies about The New York Times, including, for example, the bogus claim that The Times had early access to Ms. Lively’s state civil rights complaint,” a Times’ spokesperson said in a statement. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free open image in gallery Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively Earlier this week, Lively and Reynolds reportedly asked a judge to dismiss Baldoni’s lawsuit against them.