The 37-year-old actor recently launched a lawsuit against her It Ends With Us director and co-star, accusing him of harassing her while making the romantic drama film - but Baldoni has hit back, accusing the New York Times of publishing Blake's "self-serving narrative".
"The Times story relied almost entirely on Lively's unverified and self-serving narrative, lifting it nearly verbatim while disregarding an abundance of evidence that contradicted her claims and exposed her true motives," the lawsuit says.
Blake Lively has accused Justin Baldoni of harassing her while making the film It Ends With Us. (AP PHOTO)
Baldoni and his lawyers claim that Lively launched her lawsuit in an effort to "reshape her public persona" with "salacious, headline-grabbing allegations".
"Lively's cynical abuse of sexual harassment allegations to assert unilateral control over every aspect of the production was both strategic and manipulative," the lawsuit says.
"Simultaneously, her public image suffered as a result of a series of high-profile blunders, which she tried to deflect by blaming Plaintiffs for the public's prying interest into the foibles of an A-list celebrity.
"This is nothing but an excuse. Fame is a double-edged sword, but Lively's tactics here are unconscionable."
Danielle Rhoades Ha, a spokesperson for the New York Times, said the publication planned to "vigorously defend against the lawsuit".
"The role of an independent news organisation is to follow the facts where they lead," she told CNN.
"Our story was meticulously and responsibly reported.
"It was based on a review of thousands of pages of original documents, including the text messages and emails that we quote accurately and at length in the article.
"To date, Wayfarer Studios, Mr Baldoni, the other subjects of the article and their representatives have not pointed to a single error.
"We published their full statement in response to the allegations in the article as well."
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