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Everything Blake Lively Claims in Complaint Against Justin Baldoni: Unwanted Kissing, Watching Her Naked and Smear Campaign

After months of rumors of a feud between them, Blake Lively has filed a complaint against 'It Ends with Us' star and director Justin Baldoni and his production company Wayfarer Studios, alleging he launched a smear campaign following sexual harassment on set including unwanted kissing and sexual comments.

Filming for It Ends with Us went on pause during the writers' strike last year but, before it was set to resume, Lively laid out her complaints about the director and producer — and their “invasive, unwelcome, unprofessional and sexually inappropriate behavior” — during a January 2024 meeting. The result of the "all hands" meeting, held to address “the hostile work environment that had nearly derailed production” prior to the strike, was a list of 30 protections, including 17 that were “designed to require Wayfarer to cease the on-set behavior of Mr. Baldoni and Mr. Heath,” per the complaint. In his statement, Baldoni's lawyer Freedman asserted that representatives of Wayfarer Studios "did nothing proactive nor retaliated, and only responded to incoming media inquiries to ensure balanced and factual reporting and monitored social activity.

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