Justin Baldoni is finally breaking his silence after filing a $400 million defamation lawsuit against his It Ends With Us costar Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds.
The 40-year-old actor chatted briefly with videographers when he was spotted walking into Los Angeles’ LAX airport early on Friday morning in a clip obtained by TMZ.
Baldoni was joined at the airport by his family, including his wife Emily, his daughter Maiya, nine, and his son Maxwell, seven.
The actor is suing Lively and Reynolds, as well as Lively’s publicist Leslie Soane, for alleged defamation, as well as civil extortion, and false light invasion of privacy, among other claims.
It follows an earlier lawsuit seeking $250 million that he filed against the New York Times over its reporting on Lively’s own federal lawsuit accusing him of sexual harassment and orchestrating a smear campaign against her.
Baldoni, who was dressed casually in a black hoodie and matching New York Yankees cap, said he was ‘grateful to be with the family’ after he ascended an escalator.
Justin Baldoni is finally breaking his silence after filing a $400M defamation suit against his It Ends With Us costar Blake Lively and husband Ryan Reynolds. He was spotted with his family at Los Angeles’ LAX airport early Friday, according to TMZ; seen December 4 in Beverly Hills
When asked how he would make it past the ‘tough time’ he was dealing with, Baldoni said he would lean on his ‘amazing friends and family.’
He concluded by adding that his ‘faith’ was essential to making it through his ongoing conflict with Lively and Reynolds.
On Thursday, Baldoni escalated their legal war of words when he filed a $400 million against Lively, Reynolds and her publicist, accusing them conspiring to trash his reputation with sexual harassment allegations that Lively previously made.
In court papers obtained by DailyMail.com, Baldoni accused Lively of hijacking the filming of their romantic drama It Ends With Us — which he directed.
He also accused her and her Deadpool star husband of ruining his experience of the film’s premiere by forcing him and his family to wait in a basement holding area surrounded by overstocked concession stand offerings and security guards to ensure that she wouldn’t see him in the theater.
In court papers obtained by DailyMail.com, Baldoni accused Lively of hijacking the filming of It Ends With Us — which he directed — and ruining his experience at the premiere by forcing his family to wait in a basement so that she wouldn’t see him; seen in August in NYC
At the airport, Baldoni said he was ‘grateful to be with the family.’ He said he would make it through this ‘tough time’ by leaning on his ‘amazing friends and family and faith’; seen in December 2023 in NYC
