Justin BaldoniIts former agency, WME, insisted that Ryan Reynolds And Blake Lively Apart from the actors and directors, they had nothing to do.

Talent agency The 40-year-old dropped Baldoni as a client last month Just one day after Lively, 37, filed a complaint with the California Department of Civil Rights, Baldoni accused of sexual harassment and a hostile workplace on their movie sets, It ends with us. Tuesday, December 31, Baldani filed a $250 million lawsuit against The New York Times — which covers Lively's Dec. 21 complaint — alleges that Reynolds pressured Baldoni's agent to land her there. Deadpool and Wolverine Premier last year in an attempt to "destroy Baldoni's career and personal life".

WME on Wednesday, January 28 The Hollywood Reporter"In Baldoni's filing, there is a claim that Reynolds pressured Baldoni's agent Deadpool and Wolverine Premier. This is not true. Baldoni's former representative was not there Deadpool and Wolverine There was no pressure from Reynolds or Lively to drop Premier or Baldoni as clients."

Baldoni is suing New York Times for defamation and for false light invasion of privacy, among other things.

Case, received by our weeklyAlleged that Lively "systematically sidelined (her) from marketing her own film."

Baldoni also complained Lively tried to get him banned from the movie's premiere last summer

"Further downplaying Beldoni's role, Lively initially refused to allow her appearance at the film's premiere," the lawsuit states. "Only after significant pressure did he reluctantly agree to allow Baldoni and the Wayfarer team to participate, but under humiliating conditions. The Wayfarer team, including Baldoni and (producer Jamie) Heath, and their families were separated from the main cast, banned from exclusive after-parties. And were forced to organize their own events at extra cost."

The lawsuit also describes Lively's alleged barrage of Baldoni and his family at the film's premiere.

"Baldoni's participation on the red carpet was cut short, and his family and friends were confined to a temporary holding area in the basement before being moved to a separate theater after Lively left," the lawsuit continues. "Not only did Lively steal the film, but she robbed Baldoni and his team of any real opportunity to celebrate their hard work."

lively filed his own lawsuit against Baldoni Tuesday in the Southern District of New York, our can confirm Apart from Baldoni, the actress is also suing publicists Melissa Nathan And Jennifer Abelincluding Wayfarer Studios.

The lawsuit alleges sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy and lost wages. The claims parallel Lively's complaint filed 11 days earlier with the California Department of Civil Rights.

"Nothing in this lawsuit changes anything about Ms. Lively's claims advanced in her California Department of Civil Rights complaint or her federal complaint, which was filed earlier today," Lively's attorney said in a statement responding to Baldoni's lawsuit. our. "This case is based on the patently false premise that Ms. Lively's administrative complaint against Wayfarer and others was a ploy based on a choice 'not to sue Baldoni, Wayfarer,' and that 'litigation was never her ultimate goal.' As demonstrated by the federal complaint filed by Ms. Lively earlier today, the frame of reference in the Wayfarer case is false. While we will not litigate this matter in the press, we encourage the public to read Ms. Lively's complaint in its entirety. We look forward to resolving each of Wayfarer's grievances in court."