When "It Ends With Us" was released, the press tour was, well, a mess. That disaster and the surrounding back-and-forth that played out in the press is now at the center of a lawsuit filed by the film's star,

Lively also alleged that Baldoni launched a smear campaign against her, but the publicist at the center of the lawsuit has spoken out about the “astroturfing” claims.

In a bombshell lawsuit filed on Dec. 20, Blake Lively accused Justin Baldoni, her co-star and the director of It Ends With Us, of sexual harassment, fostering a toxic workplace environment and orchestrating a smear campaign to tarnish her public image.