Jenny Slate addresses Blake Lively and the Justin Baldoni lawsuit

Another member It ends with us publicly supports the cast Blake Lively in the midst of her lawsuit against the director and costar Justin Baldoni.

“As a teammate and friend of Blake Lively, I support her as she takes action against those who are said to have planned and carried out an attack on her reputation.” Jenny Slate shared in a statement for Today.com on Monday, December 23. “Blake is a leader, a loyal friend and a trusted source of emotional support to me and the many people who know and love her.”

She added: “What has been revealed about the attack on Blake is terribly dark, disturbing and completely horrifying. I praise my friend, I admire her bravery and I stand by her side.”

Slate, 42, portrayed Allysa, who is the sister of Baldoni’s character Ryle Kincaid. It ends with us. The film, which hit theaters in August, follows Lively’s Lily Bloom as her relationship with Ryle becomes dangerous at a time when her first love, Atlas (Brandon Glazier) re-enters her life.

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Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Sony Pictures Blake Lively has received public support from her famous friends and other Hollywood stars following news of her lawsuit against Justin Baldoni. Lively sued the It Ends With Us director and co-star Baldoni for sexual harassment in a lawsuit filed on Friday, Dec. 20. According to court documents that (…)

Months after Lively, 37, and Baldoni, 40, made headlines for a reported on-set rift, the actress filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against her former brother on Friday, December 20. In the legal documents he obtained My WeeklyLively accused Baldoni of causing her “serious emotional distress” and creating a “hostile work environment.”

Between lawsuits several claimsLively claimed that she rejected the gratuitous sex and nude scenes that Baldoni wanted to add to the film, claiming that he improvised kissing and discussed his sex life around her without her consent. Lively’s lawsuit also alleges that Baldoni embarrassed her during production and that Baldoni and the producer Jamie Heath once entered her trailer while she was undressed and nursing.

Lively’s lawsuit heavily accuses Baldoni of launching a campaign of “social manipulation.” “destroy” her reputation and cites numerous texts and emails between Baldoni, a crisis management expert, and a columnist working with the studio.

The documents alleged that Baldoni and his team proposed to engage in “astroturfing,” which is defined in the lawsuit as “the practice of posting opinions or comments on the Internet, in the media, etc., that appear to come from ordinary members of the public.” but they actually come from a particular society or political group.

“I hope my legal action will help pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics that harm people who speak up about misconduct and help protect others who may be targeted,” Lively said in a statement. The New York Times earlier this week.

Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedmanin a statement, he called the lawsuit’s allegations “completely false, outrageous and intentionally shameful.” Our. Freedman claimed that Lively filed the lawsuit to “correct her negative reputation” and claimed that she threatened not to show up on set or promote the film “unless her demands were met.”

Slate is one of several celebrities who have spoken out in support of Lively in the wake of the lawsuit, with the Glazier34 a It ends with us author Colleen Hoover both encourage fans to read NOW story. “(Blake) you have been honest, kind, supportive and patient since the day we met,” Hoover, 45, wrote alongsidenstagram Story snap herself with Lively on Saturday, December 21. “Thank you for being exactly the person you are. Never change. It never withers.”