Jennifer Abel gives her side to those bombshell internal messages and maintains Lively's "incredibly difficult" team were the real aggressors. While lawyer Bryan Freedman warns: "Anyone involved with this abhorrent conduct will be sued into oblivion.

Baldoni's attorney told NBC News that the director-star plans to sue Lively over her claims about a smear campaign and sexual harassment: "The question really in this case is, does it rise to the level of sexual harassment?

Justin Baldoni's attorney spoke with NBC News about the accusations made against the actor-director by "It Ends with Us" co-star Blake Lively and the lawsuit against The New York Times.