Publicist Leslie Sloane Asks to Be Dismissed From Justin Baldoni Lawsuit

Blake Lively‘s publicist says she shouldn’t be a defendant in Justin Baldoni‘s lawsuit against Blake because, despite Baldoni’s claims to the contrary, she didn’t start this public relations war.

Leslie Sloane — owner of Vision PR — filed a motion to dismiss herself and her company from the civil lawsuit JB’s team filed against Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, Thursday … claiming there’s no factual basis that she started a PR war against Baldoni.

Sloane claims Baldoni’s amended complaint provides no evidence to back up this claim. In addition, she points to text messages Blake obtained last year … in which Jennifer Abel — part of the Baldoni PR machine — allegedly wrote she wanted to “plant pieces this week of how horrible Blake is to work with.”

Leslie claims she didn’t become involved in the saga until a few days after Abel’s alleged message … when she denied claims about Blake being a problem on the “It Ends with Us” set brought to her by a Daily Mail reporter.

Sloane says she told the reporter “That is 1000 percent untrue” and “Your info is totally off” before adding … “The whole cast doesn’t like Justin nothing to do with Blake” and “I’m telling you she’s a liar. They are panicking as the whole cast hates him.”

Sloane’s asking the judge to dismiss the case against her and Vision PR with prejudice, and she’s asking a judge to order Baldoni’s side to pay their attorneys’ fees.

It’s been a hectic week in this case … ’cause Blake Lively’s side filed an amended complaint Tuesday claiming multiple women on set were made uncomfortable by
Justin Baldoni — and saying at least two of them will testify to that effect.

Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, called the new allegations hearsay … calling out these alleged witnesses for not coming forward to support the lawsuit’s claims.