The reportage that thrived in the late twenty-tens cannot break through on today’s volatile Internet, where information is misinformation and victims are offenders.

Baldoni’s legal team has called the suit “shameful” and full of “categorically false accusations,” but at this point, I think we all owe Blake Lively an apology. As Nathan put it in one text message subpoenaed by Lively’s attorneys, “It’s actually sad because it just shows you [how] people really want to hate on women.”

After Justin Baldoni filed a lawsuit against the Times for a story detailing an alleged smear campaign against Blake Lively following sexual harassment allegations, her legal team condemned the move.

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni are engaged in a legal battle stemming from their work on It Ends with Us. The situation began in earnest back in December, when actress and producer Lively filed a complaint against director and co-star Baldoni,