PREVIEW

In December 2024, the actor-director filed a $250 million (£188 million) defamation lawsuit against editors at the newspaper regarding an exposé that detailed court documents and allegations made against him by his It Ends with Us co-star, Blake Lively. But in June 2025, a judge dismissed the complaint, with a representative for the outlet calling the lawsuit "a meritless attempt to stifle honest reporting" at the time. Later, executives at The New York Times filed a lawsuit against Baldoni's Wayfarer Studios in which they sought to recoup costs…