Baldoni’s lawsuit alleges that metadata shows the Times began preparing its article weeks before Lively filed her formal complaint. A digital forensics expert explains.

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Justin Baldoni has updated his lawsuit against Blake Lively to make claims about Nicepool and metadata on the New York Times' website.