Explanation of Blake Lively’s allegations against Justin Baldoni

Months after the reported rift between It ends with us costars Blake Lively and Justin Baldonishe sued him for sexual harassment.

In the lawsuit, which was filed on Friday, December 20 and obtained by My Weekly after reporting it TMZ and The New York TimesLively accused Baldoni of launching a campaign of “social manipulation” against her. “ruin” her reputation.

Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedmanin a statement, he called Lively’s allegations “completely false, outrageous and intentionally lewd.” Ourclaims that Lively filed the lawsuit to “correct her negative reputation” and “exaggerate the story” about the film’s production.

Freedman further alleged that Lively made “multiple demands and threats”. shooting It ends with usincluding “threatening to not show up on set, threatening not to promote the film, ultimately leading to its demise during release if her demands were not met.”

Our reached out to Lively’s rep for comment, but he did not immediately hear back. In the statement to The New York Times of her lawsuit, Lively said, “I hope my legal action will help pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics designed to harm people who speak up about inappropriate behavior and help protect others who may be targeted.”

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Adding sex scenes

According to the lawsuit, Lively initially expressed concerns about Baldoni. Before they started filming That ends Ourshe objected to the sex scenes he wanted to add – which she thought were gratuitous.

The lawsuit also demanded that BL no longer “add sex scenes, oral sex, or on-camera climaxes outside of the script approved by BL when the project was signed.”

Lively claimed that Baldoni improvised an unwanted kiss and discussed his sex life, including times when he may not have received consent.

“Mr. Baldoni improvised physical intimacy that was not rehearsed, choreographed or discussed with Ms. Lively, without the involvement of an intimacy coordinator,” the document states. “For example, Mr. Baldoni subtly bit and sucked Ms. Lively’s lower lip during a scene in which he improvised every shot of multiple kisses, Mr. Baldoni insisted on filming the entire scene over and over, far beyond what would be required on a regular basis. filming, and without prior notice or consent.”

Another example of alleged attempts to add nudity to the script is one of the final scenes of the film, when Lively’s character gives birth. “Mr. Baldoni insisted to Ms. Lively that women give birth naked and that his wife was ‘ripping off her clothes’ during labor,” the document says. she did not agree to this, but felt compelled to compromise that she would be naked from the chest down.’

Alleged addiction to pornography and more

The lawsuit claims a meeting was held in January to address some of Lively’s concerns It ends with us‘ production.

The meeting was attended by Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynoldsand some of her demands that were addressed included “no more showing nude videos or pictures of women to Blake, no mention of Baldoni’s alleged previous ‘pornography addiction,’ no further discussion of sexual conquests in front of Blake and others, no further mention of genitalia cast and crew, no more questions about Blake’s weight, and no more mention of Blake’s dead father.”

Lively claimed that the manufacturer Jamie Heath he showed her a video of his wife naked and watched Lively in her trailer while she was upstairs with no makeup on – after she asked him not to watch. Lively claimed that both Heath and Baldoni entered her makeup while she was undressed, including while she was breastfeeding.

According to the lawsuit, Wayfarer agreed to the terms it sought, acknowledging that “While our perspectives differ on many aspects, ensuring a safe environment for all is paramount.”

Lively reportedly told people she worked with that the men’s behavior had improved by spring due to the new protections.

Character breakdown

In the documents, Lively claimed that Baldoni broke character during the slow dance scene on the roof. “He leaned forward and slowly moved his lips away from her ear and down her neck as he said, “It smells so good.” None of this was remotely in character or based on any scripted dialogue, and there was no need to say anything because, again, he wasn’t hear no sound – Mr. Baldoni was stroking Mr. Lively’s mouth in a way that had nothing to do with his roles. When Ms. Lively later objected to this behavior, Ms. Baldoni’s response was: ‘Me neither you’re not attractive’.”

Body-Shaming

Lively accused Baldoni of berating her on set. “Mr. Baldoni also routinely degraded Ms. Lively by finding ways to criticize her body and weight,” the documentary alleges. “A few weeks before filming began and less than four months after Ms. Lively gave birth her fourth childMs Lively was humiliated to learn that Mr Baldoni had secretly called her fitness trainer, without her knowledge or permission, suggesting that she would weigh in in two weeks. Mr. Baldoni told the coach that he asked because he was worried he would have to pick up Ms. Lively in a scene for the movie, but there was no such scene.’

A “Social Manipulation” campaign to “destroy” her reputation

Lively accused Baldoni of launching a campaign of “social manipulation” against her to “destroy” her reputation.

In the lawsuit — which included “thousands of pages of text messages and emails” Lively obtained through a subpoena — a publicist working with the studio and Baldonim reportedly wrote to a crisis management expert: “She wants to feel like she can be buried. “

“This plan went far beyond standard crisis PR,” the document says, claiming that Baldoni’s team proposed a concept called “astroturfing,” which was defined as “the practice of publishing opinions or comments on the Internet, in the media, etc. which appear to come from ordinary members of the public but in fact come from a particular company or political group.”

Baldoni would “set up the story for the social media campaign,” according to the documents. One of the examples cited was the thread X o Hailey Bieber “who accused another female celebrity of bullying women.” Baldoni wrote in the text: “This is what we would need.”

After “almost all of the cast members chose to appear in public separately from Mr. Baldoni due to his behavior on set,” according to the documents, he was allegedly “concerned that the public would discover that ‘there was something much bigger beneath the surface.'” causing him to change his own social media strategy as well.

“After the film’s release, Mr. Baldoni changed his Instagram profile, removed hilarious social media posts, and instructed his team to seek reactions and support from survivors — all in an effort to quickly shift his own public narrative to focus solely on survivors and domestic violence organizations,” the documents state, when his team noted that “this shift may be “too drastic too soon,” he didn’t care. The documents read: “Nevertheless, Mr Baldoni insisted on a ‘Tik Tok strategy’ and that his promotional activities for the film should seek to expand what he described as ‘survivor content’.”