smear campaign. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images) Heard told NBC News in an exclusive statement published Monday morning: “Social media is the absolute personification of the ...

She also claimed that Baldoni and his team — including publicist Jennifer Abel and crisis PR manager Melissa Nathan — orchestrated a smear campaign against her. Baldoni has denied the allegations.

New reporting from the New York Times finds that Lively was likely the victim of a coordinated online smear campaign executed by a crisis PR firm hired by Baldoni. The pair indeed had issues on ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s pick for Defense Secretary, was grilled on Capitol Hill today during his Senate confirmation hearing. NBC News’ Garrett Haake reports the latest.

Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth is hitting back forcefully at accusations that have been levied against him in recent months by whistleblowers and anonymous sources in the press, saying that it ...

Justin Baldoni has been hit with another lawsuit, this time from his former publicist Stephanie Jones. The actor, as well as his publicist Jennifer Abel, crisis manager Melissa Nathan and Wayfarer ...

Kjersti Flaa, a Norwegian journalist who helped fuel a backlash against Blake Lively in the summer, denies being part of an alleged smear campaign against the actor. In August, Lively was ...

“It Ends With Us” director and co-star Justin Baldoni sued The New York Times for $250 million on Tuesday over its explosive report alleging a smear campaign against co-lead Blake Lively after ...