Pakistan, Jan. 23 -- Blake Lively is facing a fresh twist in her ongoing legal dispute as newly surfaced messages have added tension to her case involving co-star and director Justin Baldoni. The messages, now part of the lawsuit, have drawn public attention and raised questions about professional boundaries during film productions.

The two worked together on It Ends With Us, adapted from the best-selling novel by Colleen Hoover, a project that attracted massive fan interest before controversy overshadowed its release. While audiences praised the emotional story, reports suggest tensions quietly grew behind the scenes, eventually leading to formal legal action.

According to case documents, messages from April 2023 show Baldoni allegedly...