India, Feb. 6 -- Blake Lively finds herself in legal trouble again, this time over a defamation suit filed by a crisis management firm. The lawsuit comes from Jed Wallace of Street Relations, who is accused of being involved in the public relations clash between Lively and It Ends With Us director-actor Justin Baldoni.

Wallace claims Lively's actions are unjustly dragging him into ongoing legal disputes and has filed a complaint in Texas federal court seeking at least $7 million and a court order clearing his name of any wrongdoing.

The drama began after the Gossip Girl star accused Wallace of helping Baldoni's team orchestrate a smear campaign against her on social media. According to her, he used digital platforms to create fake conte...