In the Blake Lively legal battle with Justin Baldoni, a reporter whose text message was used in Baldoni's countersuit has come forward to clarify that Lively's publicist Leslie Sloane never told him the actress was "sexually assaulted,

The ongoing legal dispute between "It Ends With Us" co-stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni escalated Tuesday over Lively's decision to withdraw claims of emotional distress from her lawsuit.

Blake Lively called out Justin Baldoni, and now, 19 women’s rights groups are backing her. What started as a legal dispute has turned into a public reckoning, with advocacy organizations stepping in to defend Lively’s right to speak out.