Baldoni's legal team argues that Lively started the "media feeding frenzy" alleging she provided The New York Times with a copy of her original complaint for the article " ‘We Can Bury Anyone’: Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine ," which broke down the details of her allegations against Baldoni and his associates.

One of the defendants, Jamari Lewis, even bragged about his fraud in a rap song, the indictment alleges. Prosecutors said Lewis, 26, who raps under the name “Mr. Chaketah,” recorded a track titled “I’m So Sophisticated (IRS).” Lyrics include, “That government bread I ran that shit up, like how am I gon’ lose?”

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The letter to Judge Lewis J. Liman also accuses Bryan Freedman of making statements containing "numerous new false statements about Ms. Lively and others"

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Much of the ongoing legal battle between It Ends with Us co-stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni has played out in the public eye through the media. And