A Texas crisis communications specialist has sued Blake Lively for defamation after the actor pulled him into her legal fight with co-star and director Justin Baldoni over their film, “It Ends With Us.

Actress Blake Lively has been slapped with a fresh lawsuit worth $7 million. Lively's crisis publicist Jed Wallace has filed the lawsuit after the actress named her in the complaint she filed with the California Civil Rights Department, the Independent reported.

A line producer allegedly expressed concern over the budget, claiming the costume spending soared, "resulting from Lively’s takeover"