Fresh lawsuit against Blake Lively in It Ends With Us fight

Blake Lively appears at the screening for the film It Ends With Us in London (AP)

A Texas crisis communications specialist has sued Blake Lively for defamation after the actor pulled him into her legal fight with co-star and director Justin Baldoni over their film It Ends With Us.

Jed Wallace and his company Street Relations filed the $7m lawsuit in federal court in Texas on Tuesday.