Blake Lively sues Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment after It Ends with Us allegations

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Blake Lively is suing her former It Ends with Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment.The actress worked with Justin on the movie adaption of Colleen Hoover's best-selling novel, which divided critics and was plagued by reports of backstage drama.

Months after reports of a fallout between the leading stars, Blake has accused her co-star and director of a co-ordinated effort to destroy her reputation, in legal papers seen by US outlet TMZ.In response, Baldoni's team have responded by branding Blake 'shameful' and accusing her of a 'false attempt' to rehab her own reputation.The actor's lawyer Bryan Freedman, hit out at the lawsuit, saying it was designed to "fix Blake's negative reputation," adding the claims are "false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt."Months after the release, Blake claims Baldoni's alleged behaviour caused her 'severe emotional distress'.

According to TMZ, the lawsuit states a meeting was held to address Lively's claims and her demands for working on the film. It was attended by various figures, including Lively's husband, Ryan Reynolds.Some of the demands that were addressed, according to the lawsuit cited by TMZ, included "no more showing nude videos or images of women to Blake, no more mention of Baldoni's alleged previous 'pornography addiction,' no more discussions about sexual conquests in front of Blake and others, no further mentions of cast and crew's genitalia, no more inquiries about Blake's weight, and no further mention of Blake's dead father."No more adding of sex scenes, oral sex or on camera climaxing by BL outside the scope of the script BL approved when signing onto the project," were other demands mentioned in the lawsuit,