Actor Blake Lively has sued the director of the film “It Ends With Us” alleging harassment on the set and a coordinated campaign to smear her reputation. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday, just hours after the director, Justin Baldoni, and several others tied to the film filed their own lawsuit against The New York Times, alleging it coordinated with Lively to smear them. Lively’s suit filed in federal court in New York says the director schemed with publicists to plant negative stories about her. Baldoni’s suit says it was Lively and the Times that engaged in a scheme to smear his reputation. The Times said it stands by its reporting.
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