The libel lawsuit accuses the Times of relying "almost entirely" on what it describes as "Lively's unverified and self-serving narrative."

Actor Ryan Reynolds has been roped into his wife Blake Lively’s legal feud with her “It Ends With Us” co-star Justin Baldoni, as Baldoni’s lawyer has threatened to sue both Reynolds and Lively and accused him of mocking Baldoni in a movie Reynolds starred in last year.

She says the paper never contacted her before publishing a story that tied her to a smear campaign against the actress.