The New York Times is suing actor Justin Baldoni’s production company for legal costs over a dropped $400 million defamation suit – piling on to a complex web of legal action between “It Ends With Us” co-stars Baldoni and Blake Lively.

The paper is seeking unspecified damages from Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios to cover the costs of a lawsuit he filed – that was later dismissed – alleging the New York Times, Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds falsely accused him of a smear campaign and sexual harassment.

“The District Court’s opinion makes clear that Wayfarer and its affiliates both commenced and continued the lawsuit against The Times without a substantial basis in fact and law,” the Times said in a complaint filed Tuesday in New York state Supreme Court. 4

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