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Amber Heard speaks out on Blake Lively allegations against Justin Baldoni: 'I saw this firsthand'

Baldoni retained the same PR crisis manager that Johnny Depp used during his high-profile defamation trial against Heard in 2022. In an exclusive statement to NBC News, Heard called social media misinformation "as horrifying as it is destructive."

Lively accused Baldoni, the film's director, of sexual harassment, hostile work environment and trying to tarnish her reputation with a targeted social media campaign in an undated complaint filed with the California Civil Rights Department. The film's promotion made headlines at the time because the two stars appeared to avoid each other as rumors swirled on social media that they did not get along on set. Fans also noticed that Baldoni was doing press separately from his co-stars, and that some of the film’s stars, including Lively and Jenny Slate, did not follow him on Instagram.

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