Blake Lively Sues Justin Baldona Over ‘It Ends With Us’ Feud

Blake Lively filed an official lawsuit against her co-star in the movie “It all ends with us” Justin Baldoni.

The 37-year-old actress sued Baldoni, 40, on Tuesday in New York federal court alleging sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy and lost wages, Page Six confirms.

The allegations in the lawsuit we received reflect allegations of complaint she filed a complaint with the California Department of Civil Rights last week.

In her lawsuit, Lively alleged that Baldoni sexually harassed her on the set of the August movie, and that after they had a meeting to address his alleged behavior, he allegedly hired a crisis management team to destroy her reputation.

In addition to Baldoni, Lively is suing her crisis manager Melissa Nathan, her publicist Jennifer Abel and Wayfarer, the studio that released “It Ends with Us.”

“Earlier today, Ms. Lively filed a federal complaint against Wayfarer Studios and others in the Southern District of New York,” her attorneys told us in a statement.

“RS. Lively previously filed her complaint with the California Department of Civil Rights in response to Wayfarer’s retaliation campaign against her for reporting sexual harassment and workplace safety issues.”

Her lawyers continued: “Unfortunately, Ms Lively’s decision to speak out led to further retaliation and attacks. Ms. Lively’s federal complaint alleges that Wayfarer and its partners violated federal and California law by retaliating against her for reporting sexual harassment and workplace safety issues. The defendants will now be held accountable for their conduct in federal court.”

Her lawyers concluded: “Ms. Lively has brought this lawsuit in New York, where a significant portion of the relevant actions described in the complaint occurred, but we reserve the right to pursue further action in other venues and jurisdictions in accordance with law.”

In her lawsuit, Lively claimed that a “general” meeting regarding Baldoni’s alleged behavior on set should have taken place during filming of the romantic drama.

During the alleged meeting, he was allegedly told to stop showing his colleague “nude videos or images of women,” mentioning his past “porn addiction” and sexual conquests, and mentioning “the genitalia of the cast and crew,” according to the lawsuit. .

Baldoni was also allegedly asked not to add any more sexual scenes “outside” the pre-approved script.

In addition, he was allegedly told to stop asking about Lively’s “weight” and “deceased father.”

Her husband, Ryan Reynolds, was present at the discussion, according to the lawsuit.

An attorney for Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios, Brian Friedman, previously told Page Six in response to the allegations, “It is disgraceful that Ms. Lively and her representatives are making such serious and categorically false allegations.

“These statements are completely false, outrageous, and intentionally obscene to publicly offend and reframe the media narrative.”

Friedman demanded his client hired an anti-crisis manager due to the “numerous demands and threats” Lively allegedly made during production, including “threats not to show up for filming (and) threats not to promote the film, which ultimately led to its demise during release unless her demands were met are satisfied »

Lively also claimed in her lawsuit that Baldoni was behind much of the avalanche of negative stories that began circulates about her shortly after he arrested said fixer, accusing them of engaging in “social manipulation” to “destroy” her reputation.

The suit included an alleged text message from Abel that said Baldoni “wanted to feel like (Lively) could be buried,” to which Nathan replied, “You know we can bury anybody.”

Lively alleged in the complaint that the Baldoni-Wayfarer team “hired subcontractors … who armed a digital army across the country from New York to Los Angeles to create, create and promote content that appeared to be authentic on social media platforms and Internet forums.” chat »

According to the lawsuit, they “then relayed pieces of this fictional content to unwitting reporters, making the content go viral in order to sway public opinion and thereby drive organic traffic.”

Friedman, however, called Lively’s lawsuit “another desperate attempt to ‘fix’ her negative reputation, which was earned by her own remarks and actions during the campaign for the film, interviews and press activities that were observed publicly, in real time and without editing , which allowed the Internet to generate its own views and opinions.”

He also accused her of using her publicist to spread negative stories about Baldoni, claiming that his client representatives did not respond to those messages.

“There was no proactive media or otherwise, just internal script planning and private correspondence to develop strategy, which is standard operating procedure for public relations professionals,” insisted Friedman.

Brisk said the New York Timeswho first reported her first complaint: “I hope my lawsuit will help pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about misconduct and help protect others who may be targeted.”

She also denied that her team spread any negative stories about Baldoni or Wayfarer.

Meanwhile, also on Tuesday, Baldoni and several others — including Wayfarer Studios, Nathan and Abel — filed their own $250 million lawsuit against the Times for alleged defamation, invasion of privacy, fraud and breach of contract.

“In this vicious smear campaign, orchestrated entirely by Blake Lively and her team, the New York Times has bowed to the whims and whims of two powerful ‘untouchable’ Hollywood elites, flouting the journalistic practices and ethics that once belonged to a respected publication, using falsified and manipulated material. texts and intentionally omitting texts that contradict their chosen PR narrative,” Friedman told Page Six in a statement.

“In doing so, they pre-determined the outcome of their story and aided and abetted their own devastating PR smear campaign, aimed at reviving Lively’s self-created tarnishing of her public image and countering an organic surge of criticism among the online public. There is a lot of irony.”

He continued: “Make no mistake, however, as we all unite to destroy the NY Times by no longer allowing it to deceive the public, we will continue this campaign of credibility by also prosecuting those individuals who have abused their power to try and destroy the lives of my clients.

“While their side supports the partial truth, we accept the full truth — and have all the communications to back it up. The public will decide for themselves, as they decided when it first started.”

In response to the lawsuit by Baldoni and the other plaintiffs, the New York Times said, “The role of an independent news organization is to follow the facts where they lead.

“Our story was covered carefully and responsibly. It was based on a review of thousands of pages of original documents, including text messages and emails, which we quote accurately and in detail in the article. To date, Wayfarer Studios, Mr. Baldoni, the other subjects of the article, and their representatives have not indicated any wrongdoing. We have also published their full statement in response to the allegations in the article.

“We plan to vigorously defend against the lawsuit.”