Justin Baldoni has escalated his legal battle against his It Ends With Us costar Blake Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds.

Your extinction. The absence of love. We as transgender people stand up and fight. It’s our innate instinct. To be the change we want to see. To educate. To overcome disinformation, hate and fear.

In a series of text messages released by the director on Saturday, February 1 via his new website, thelawsuitinfo.com, Reynolds, 48, allegedly referred to Baldoni, 41, as a “stand up person.” ...