Blake Lively may have settled her lawsuit with Justin Baldoni, but her legal battles are far from over. The actress now faces legal action after crisis management consultant Jed Wallace filed an appeal seeking to revive the previously dismissed defamation suit.Jed Wallace has filed a dismissed lawsuitThe development comes after Lively and Baldoni reached a settlement in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit related to their time on the set of “It Ends With Us.”According to TMZ, Wallace and his company, Street Relations Inc., were named in Lively’s 2024 civil rights complaint, which accused Baldoni’s team of orchestrating an online smear campaign. In response, Wallace filed a defamation suit in federal court in Texas last year. At the time, it was argued that Lively had falsely implicated him in the alleged campaign. However, the case was dropped after a judge ruled that the Texas court “lacked jurisdiction.”Jed Wallace says Blake Lively took “deliberate” actionsNow, according to newly filed appeals documents, TMZ reports that Wallace is contesting that ruling and claims that Lively took “significant actions directed at Texas.”The appeal argues that Lively’s allegations were directly related to Wallace’s alleged conduct in Texas and that the actress allegedly “summoned a Texas court to investigate her allegations, hired Texas attorneys and paid Texas court filing fees.”Wallace is asking the court to reverse the dismissal and reopen the defamation case.About the caseIn his original complaint, The Hollywood Reporter reports, Wallace denied allegations that he coordinated a digital campaign against Lively. Lively filed a complaint alleging that Wallace helped create and deploy an online ad campaign designed to appear organically on social media platforms and Internet forums in an attempt to attack the actress and defend Baldoni. The complaint also alleged that Baldoni’s public relations team used fabricated online content to influence media narratives and public opinion.Wallace has denied wrongdoing and is seeking at least $7 million in damages, along with a court declaration that he did not harass or retaliate against Lively.
