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It Ends With Us?
More like… it’s just starting between them.
As you may have already read about, Blake Lively recently accused Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment on the set of their recent hit movie; claiming her co-star created a hostile work environment on the film’s set and later took part in a smear campaign against his colleague.
And now Baldoni has fired back.
Attorneys for the 40-year-old filed a $400 million lawsuit in the Southern District of New York on January 16 on behalf of Baldoni, producer Jamey Heath, publicist Jennifer Abel, and crisis publicist Melissa Nathan.
Baldoni is now backing up his claim by releasing unedited footage from the set of It Ends With Us. He claims the 10 minutes of video refute Lively’s claims of sexual harassment.
The footage provided shows the actors engaging in playful banter. But of course, they only depict one side of this story.
Baldoni is taking legal action on allegations of civil extortion… defamation… false light invasion of privacy… breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing… intentional interference with contractual relations… intentional interference with prospective economic advantage… and negligent interference with prospective economic advantage.
The actor also directed It Ends With Us.
He says in these documents that Lively was “determined to make Baldoni the real-life villain of her story,” and “falsified stories” of his sexual harassment, noting that the Gossip Girl alum’s damaged reputation following the release of this movie was “of her own making,” and NOT a smear campaign, as her lawsuit states.
