A legal expert tells Page Six Baldoni’s team likely chose that massive amount to message he “will fight to the death to defend his name and bring Lively and Reynolds down.”

The REAL — and very calculated — reason Justin Baldoni is suing Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds for exactly $400 million has been revealed. Knewz.com can report the former co-stars are currently in a nasty and bitter legal battle after the Gossip Girl star accused the director of “sexual harassment” as they filmed It Ends With Us.

Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds and Michele Morrone were seen reuniting in a photo posted on Morrone's Instagram Stories on Sunday, Jan. 26.