Actress Blake Lively asked a U.S. judge on Thursday to dismiss actor Justin Baldoni's $400 million defamation lawsuit, calling it a "vengeful" attempt to weaponize the federal courts after she accused him of sexual harassment.

Justin Baldoni's lawyer Bryan Freedman responded to Blake Lively's motion to dismiss his client's defamation lawsuit against the 'It Ends With Us' star, calling it 'one of the most abhorrent examples of abusing our legal system.

Blake Lively is asking a judge to dismiss Justin Baldoni’s $400 million lawsuit against her, arguing that her “It Ends With Us” co-star is “weaponizing” his own defamation claim to retaliate against her for publicly speaking out about her sexual harassment accusations against him.

In an explosive verdict, Greenpeace was found liable for defamation and other claims in conjunction with protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline. A North Dakota jury on Wednesday found Greenpeace liable for defamation and other claims brought by a pipeline company in connection with protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline.

A North Dakota jury ordered the environmental group to pay pipeline company Energy Transfer nearly $700 million in damages in the yearslong pipeline lawsuit.