Actress Blake Lively has filed a lawsuit against director Justin Baldoni and studio Wayfarer Studios, alleging sexual misconduct and a campaign to damage her reputation.
Blake Lively 's legal complaint against ' It Ends With Us ' co-star and director Justin Baldoni includes explosive allegations of sexual misconduct and a high-profile retribution campaign.
The complaint, filed Friday with the California Civil Rights Department, accuses Baldoni and the studio of embarking on a 'multi-tiered plan' to damage her reputation after a meeting where she and her husband Ryan Reynolds addressed 'repeated sexual harassment and other disturbing behavior' by Baldoni and one of the film’s producers.It names Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios Baldoni's publicists among the defendants.According to The New York Times, which reviewed thousands of pages of text messages and emails tied to the case, Lively accused Baldoni of improvised unwanted kissing during filming and also discussing his sex life, 'including encounters in which he said he may not have received consent,' The Times reports. Lead producer Jamey Heath had allegedly shown her a video of his wife naked, she said, and he refused to look away when she was topless in her trailer and having body makeup removed. She accused both men of repeatedly entering her makeup trailer uninvited while she was undressed. Lively complained to the studio, which added safeguards to the set in response. Lively told people that both men’s behaviors had improved after the studio made changes, but then creative differences arose when she made her own cut of the movie and ended up getting a producer credit. Sony and Wayfarer released Lively’s version – furthering the rift between Lively and Baldoni. 'It Ends With Us,' based on Colleen Hoover's bestselling 2016 novel about domestic violence, exceeded box office expectations in August with a $50 million debut. It made nearly $350 million in theaters worldwide, according to The New York Times, but the movie’s success was clouded by rumors of discord between Lively and Baldoni. Critics also raised concerns that 'It Ends With Us' romanticized domestic violenc
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