After Blake Lively's complaint, Justin Baldoni was excluded from WME, the successful talent agency. The actress who shared the set of It Ends With Us with him accused him of harassment and of having orchestrated a campaign of social manipulation to ruin her image.
The William Morris Endeavorthe company that represents numerous talents and celebrities from the world of cinema and music, has decided to terminate relationships with Justin Baldoni – let it be known Variety.com – after the complaint of Blake Lively who accused him of sexual harassment and of having activated a campaign of social manipulation to ruin her image. The famous actress sued him accusing him of having ruined the film set It Ends With Us – which saw them both as protagonists – a hostile environment due to his bad conduct. In detail, in the lawsuit reported by TMZ, we read that Lively requested an emergency meeting with Sony Pictures (the film's production company) in which a list of requests was drawn up for Baldoni including that of refraining from talking about his previous “addiction to pornography“of his “sexual conquests and genital anatomy of the cast and crew“.
Blake Lively's complaint against Justin Baldoni: accusations of harassment and social manipulation
The document also states that Baldoni was ordered not to add further sex scenes with Blake Lively in the film outside of what was foreseen in the script approved by the actress at the time of signing the contract. In the complaint, the Gossip Girl star also accused the director of spied on her while she was topless in the dressing room, that he showed her a video of his naked wife and of having entered the dressing room without invitation while she was breastfeeding her son Olin.
Rumors of a conflict between the two had already circulated during the promotion of the film: Justin Baldoni released statements alone and Lively, in interviews, only praised the cast and crew, without ever mentioning the director and co-star of the film. The actress's lawsuit also alleges that Baldoni orchestrated a “manipulation campaign” in an attempt to destroy her image. In the document reported by TMZ there are also some messages sent by Baldoni's press officer in which we read that the director wanted to “bury” his colleague.
Blake Lively reports director Baldoni for harassment on the set of It Ends With Us, the reply: “Serious accusations”
The back and forth between Blake Lively and Boldoni's lawyer
In a note to the New York Times, Blake Lively said she hopes her lawsuit “help reveal sinister retaliation tactics against those who report bad behavior, and help protect others who may be targeted“. Boldoni's lawyer, Bryan Freedman, responded in a statement to Variety by calling the legal action “shameful” and full of false statements: “It is an attempt to 'make up' for his negative reputation, caused by his own statements during the campaign for the film. Interviews and press activity were observed publicly, in real time and without editing, allowing the internet to form its own opinions.”speech.
