Ryan Reynolds was photographed on a walk in N.Y.C. on Thursday, Jan. 16, the same day Justin Baldoni filed a $400 million lawsuit against him and Blake Lively in the ongoing 'It Ends With Us' legal battle.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “It Ends With Us” actor and director Justin Baldoni has sued his co-star Blake Lively and her husband, “Deadpool” actor Ryan Reynolds, for defamation and extortion on Thursday in the latest move in a bitter legal battle surrounding the dark romantic drama.

Ryan Reynolds may have been named in a $400 million lawsuit by Justin Baldoni, but that isn’t stopping him from expanding his soccer empire.

Justin Baldoni is taking legal action against his "It Ends With Us" co-star and her husband in a lawsuit he filed on Thursday.

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Justin Baldoni sued Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds for $400,000,000 following the actress' sexual harassment lawsuit. Baldoni and Lively seemingly had issues filming "It Ends With Us."

"It is not strange that Ryan Reynolds was named in light of Baldoni's theories in the complaint," a defamation attorney tells Yahoo Entertainment.

Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, had said for weeks he planned to file a suit against Lively, Baldoni’s co-star on “It End With Us,” and Reynolds, Lively’s husband.

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The lawsuit is the latest legal action in a feud tied to the 2024 film “It Ends With Us,” which starred Ms. Lively and Mr. Baldoni, who also directed the film.

Baldoni and Lively have been at odds since the now-endless It Ends With Us press tour, after which rumors of sexual harassment allegations spilled into the press. By the end of Us, Baldoni had filed suit against the Times for its bombshell story accusing him of harassing Lively and orchestrating a smear campaign against him.