Blake Energetic just isn’t backing down from Justin Baldoni‘s huge authorized problem … and she or he says his $400 million lawsuit is straight out of the abuser playbook.

Blake’s authorized staff responded to Justin’s lawsuit Thursday with a scathing assertion, saying … “That is an age-old story: A girl speaks up with concrete proof of sexual harassment and retaliation and the abuser makes an attempt to show the tables on the sufferer. That is what specialists name DARVO. Deny. Assault. Reverse Sufferer Offender.”

Energetic’s staff says Justin and his manufacturing firm are pulling out all of the stops to try to “overwhelm the general public’s potential to grasp that what they’re doing is retaliation in opposition to sexual harassment allegations.”

As we instructed you … Baldoni and his manufacturing firm Wayfarer Studios filed a federal lawsuit in opposition to Blake, Ryan Reynolds, and Blake’s publicist Leslie Sloane this week, accusing Blake and Leslie of an alleged marketing campaign to smear Baldoni and take management of “It Ends With Us.”

Blake’s authorized staff pushes again, saying … “They’re attempting to shift the narrative to Ms. Energetic by falsely claiming that she seized inventive management and alienated the solid from Mr. Baldoni. The proof will present that the solid and others had their very own unfavorable experiences with Mr. Baldoni and Wayfarer. The proof can even present that Sony requested Ms. Energetic to supervise Sony’s minimize of the movie, which they then chosen for distribution and was a convincing success.”

Again in Could 2023 — when the flick first began taking pictures — Baldoni claims Energetic engaged in a “takeover” technique as a result of she wished inventive management over the film.

He additionally mentions a gathering at Blake and Ryan’s NYC penthouse to debate a script rewrite … a gathering Baldoni views as extra of an ambush than collaboration.

Taylor Swift even made an look throughout this alleged assembly, Baldoni claims … and, he is included a textual content he says reveals Blake Energetic evaluating herself to Daenerys Targaryen, a significant character on “Sport of Thrones.”

Baldoni makes different claims, together with about his expertise throughout a manufacturing assembly the place Ryan allegedly went off on him, alleging JB had sexually harassed Blake. Baldoni additionally mentions a contest the place the 2 costars every minimize their very own variations of the film.

He is suing Energetic, Reynolds and Sloane for defamation, civil extortion, interference with contractual relations and a slew of different allegations — and is looking for a minimum of $400 million in damages.