"It ends with us" actress Blake Lively wants to withdraw two of the eleven points in her lawsuit against Justin Baldoni. This happens after Baldoni's lawyers wanted to see notes about the actress's mental health, reports Variety.
The claims that Lively wants to withdraw concern intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress.
According to Lively's lawyers, it is because they want to streamline the actress's lawsuit, which primarily accuses her former co-star and director Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment and of initiating a smear campaign.
Justin Baldoni's representatives mean, according to Variety, that Lively's withdrawals come after Baldoni's team demanded to see evidence that she suffered emotional distress. For example, in the form of notes from therapy sessions.
There has been a long-standing storm surrounding the film "It ends with us" where the lead actress Blake Lively accused her co-star and director Justin Baldoni of sexually harassing her during filming – and then, with the help of a PR firm, launched a smear campaign against Lively.
The New York Times investigated the case and published text messages that, according to the article, show how the smear campaign was planned.
The same day Lively filed her lawsuit against Baldoni for sexual harassment, Baldoni sued The New York Times for libel and claimed that the newspaper collaborated with Lively to smear him.
