Allegedly false statements from Leslie Sloane of Vision PR include assertions that the "whole cast doesn't like Justin" and that "Blake was sexually assaulted." She says they aren't defamatory.

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds’ publicist Leslie Sloane is standing strongly with her clients against Justin Baldoni’s alleged “bizarre and abusive practices,” but the Vision PR boss wants herself and her company dropped from the legal battle between the It Ends With Us stars.

Blake Lively’s publicist Leslie Sloane is asking to be released from Justin Baldoni’s $400 million lawsuit against them and Ryan Reynolds.

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' publicist Leslie Sloane filed a motion to dismiss, asking to be removed from Justin Baldoni's $400 million lawsuit. In the filing, her lawyers say Lively 'bravely spoke up about Baldoni’s predatory behavior.

Baldoni denied the allegations and subsequently filed a $400 million countersuit against Lively, Sloan and Lively’s husband Ryan Reynolds. Baldoni accused the group of civil extortion, defamation, false light invasion of privacy and other claims.

Blake Lively's longtime publicist, Leslie Sloane, is seeking to be removed from the $400 million lawsuit filed by Justin Baldoni, arguing that she was wrongfully implicated in a legal battle stemming from Lively's allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation against Baldoni and his associates.

Blake Lively's publicist believes she shouldn't be involved in any Justin Baldoni drama. Leslie Sloane of Vision PR has filed a motion in New York this week that states that the claims filed in Baldoni's lawsuit are opinions and thus can't be the subject of a defamation case.