TMZ reported the lawsuit Lively filed this week against the men and their production company alleges that they sexually harassed her and then tried to ruin her professional reputation when she complained about their actions.
The suit said they damaged her business and caused her family, including her husband, actor-producer Ryan Reynolds, "severe emotional distress."
"It is shameful that Ms. Lively and her representatives would make such serious and categorically false accusations against Mr. Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and its representatives, as yet another desperate attempt to 'fix' her negative reputation which was garnered from her own remarks and actions during the campaign for the film; interviews and press activities that were observed publicly, in real time and unedited, which allowed for the internet to generate their own views and opinions," Bryan Freedman said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter on Saturday.