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A journalist whose text message was used in Justin Baldoni's lawsuit has come forward to clarify that Blake Lively's publicist never said the actress was "sexually assaulted"

Baldoni's lawyers used the text to try to support a defamation claim against the publicist Leslie Sloane

"In those text messages, my use of the phrase 'sexually assaulted' was a mistake," said Daily Mail reporter James Vituscka

Blake Lively 's publicist never claimed Justin Baldoni "sexually assaulted" the actress, a journalist now clarifies after his text message was used in Baldoni's $400 million countersuit.

A major component of Baldoni's defamation claim against Lively's longtime PR representative Leslie Sloane hinged on a text message from a reporter claiming that Sloane said "Blake was sexua

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