The former Boston Globe employee being sued by the newspaper for information about her sexual harassment claims has fired back, saying the Globe is trying to bully her into silence, ignored her offer to meet on the issue and doesn’t need her to provide information it can get from editor Brian McGrory.

In May, the Globe sued former Boston.com editor Hilary Sargent after she claimed McGrory had harassed her in a text message. McGrory has denied the claim. The newspaper sued to compel Sargent to turn over the text messages, which it claims Sargent has to do as part of a severance agreement.

Sargent’s filing, a response to the Globe’s motion to compel Sargent to give up the texts, says she is “reasonably” cooperating and blasts the Globe for filing suit, while ignoring her efforts to meet and discuss the matter privately. The filing adds that it “makes no sense” to press her for details on texts and emails that it can obtain from McGrory.

“For the past two weeks, the Globe legal team has bombarded me with threats of litigation and demands for cooperation, while I was scrambling to find legal representation,” Sargent wrote in an affidavit, adding that she believes the paper has tried to “smear” her in articles. “Given the disparity in resources and influence between me and the Globe, I believe this lawsuit is an effort to both intimidate and silence me.”

Sargent’s attorney, Jack I. Siegal, who accuses the Globe of “bullying,” wrote, “The Globe’s scorched earth approach is not conducive to cooperation, let alone reasonable cooperation in a way fair to Ms. Sargent. Simply put, there is no breach and there is no refusal to cooperate.”

A Globe spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.