In the Blake Lively legal battle with Justin Baldoni, a reporter whose text message was used in Baldoni's countersuit has come forward to clarify that Lively's publicist Leslie Sloane never told him the actress was "sexually assaulted,

Blake Lively ramps up her legal fight with Justin Baldoni, accusing him of contradicting his #MeToo stance. Meanwhile, her hair-care brand Blake Brown faces a trademark dispute over "Beauty by Blake."

The ongoing legal dispute between "It Ends With Us" co-stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni escalated Tuesday over Lively's decision to withdraw claims of emotional distress from her lawsuit.