Blake Lively hit with $7 million lawsuit from publicist she claimed set 'digital army' against her

In that filing, her lawyers claimed that Wallace was hired by Baldoni’s PR team to assist in an alleged smear campaign against Lively.

Blake Lively is the subject of a new $7 million defamation lawsuit being brought against her by crisis publicist Jed Wallace, who the actor had previously claimed “weaponized a digital army” against her as part of a smear campaign.

In a statement to The Independent regarding the lawsuit, Lively’s legal team said: “Another day, another state, another nine-figure lawsuit seeking to sue Ms Lively ‘into oblivion’ for speaking out against sexual harassment and retaliation.