Blake Lively sues It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni for s exual harassment, claiming he caused her severe emotional distress
A lawyer for Baldoni, who directed the film, said the allegations are «false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt».
Blake Lively is suing her It Ends with Us costar Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment.
Months after rumors of behind-the-scenes discord on the set of the adaptation of the Colleen Hoover novel, the actress, 37, said in the lawsuit, obtained by PEOPLE, that Baldoni’s alleged behavior caused her «severe emotional distress.» (Baldoni, 40, also served as It Ends with Us’ director.) TMZ was first to report the lawsuit.
The lawsuit states there was a meeting held to address Lively’s claims and her demands for working on the film. It was attended by various figures, including Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds.
Some of the demands that were addressed included «no more showing nude videos or images of women to Blake, no more mention of Baldoni’s alleged previous ‘pornography addiction,’
no more discussions about s exual conquests in front of Blake and others, no further mentions of cast and crew’s genitalia, no more inquiries about Blake’s weight, and no further mention of Blake’s dead father.»
«No more adding of sex scenes, oral sex or on camera climaxing by BL outside the scope of the script BL approved when signing onto the project,» were other demands mentioned in the lawsuit.
