Baldoni retained the same PR crisis manager that Johnny Depp used during his high-profile defamation trial against Heard in 2022. In an exclusive statement to NBC News, Heard called social media misinformation "as horrifying as it is destructive.

Blake Lively is suing her It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment and a “toxic workplace environment”, months after the release of their box office hit.

Lively has accused Baldoni of sexual harassment on the set of the movie and a subsequent effort to “destroy” her reputation in a legal complaint.