Justin Baldoni Files Libel Lawsuit Against NYT Over Blake Lively Story [Video]

Justin Baldoni is taking legal action against The New York Times after the paper reported about his costar Blake Lively’s allegations of misconduct against him.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in the Los Angeles Superior Court, named Baldoni, his publicists Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel, and the “It Ends With Us” producers Jamey Heath and Steve Sarowitz as plaintiffs.

The lawsuit, obtained by Business Insider, accused the Times of relying “almost entirely” on what it described as “Lively’s unverified and self-serving narrative” and said the newspaper disregarded “an abundance of evidence that contradicted her claims and exposed her true motives.”

The lawsuit, embedded in full below, included screenshots of messages that it said contradicted the Times’ reporting.

The lawsuit said the plaintiffs suffered damages that amounted to at least $250 million.

In a statement provided to BI, a Times spokesperson said the outlet stood by the reporting and would “vigorously defend against the lawsuit.”

“Our story was …