Blake Lively slams Justin Baldoni's 'sinister campaign' against her, demands lawsuit be dismissed

Blake Lively filed a motion to dismiss Justin Baldoni's defamation and civil extortion lawsuit against her on Thursday.

Lively's legal team claimed Baldoni used the lawsuit as a "blunt public relations instrument" designed to further the actor's "sinister campaign" to destroy his "It Ends With Us" co-star's reputation, according to the lawsuit obtained by Fox News Digital. Baldoni sued Lively for retaliation and defamation after the actress accused him of sexually harassing her while filming the Colleen Hoover movie.