‘It Ends with Us’ star Justin Baldoni dropped by talent agency following Blake Lively allegations

nme.com:

It Ends With Us star and director Justin Baldoni has been dropped by his agency after Blake Lively sued him, claiming he caused her “severe emotional distress”.News emerged yesterday (December 21) that Lively had filed a sexual harassment and retaliation complaint against her former costar.

As reported by TMZ, the suit claims that Baldoni exhibited behaviour that caused Lively “severe emotional distress”.Now, Baldoni has reportedly been dropped by his talent agency William Morris Endeavor (WME).The agency, which also represents Lively, felt action was required swiftly due to the seriousness of Lively’s allegations, per Variety.

WME have not commented.Baldoni was notified of the decision from WME on Saturday (December 21), following Lively’s filing on Friday evening (December 20).NME has reached out to Baldoni’s legal representatives for comment.The suit claims Baldoni sexually harassed her on the set of the film.

She states that a meeting was held between the two parties and their lawyers, as well as Lively’s husband Ryan Reynolds, to address the problems.It is said that the meeting included a number of demands made by Lively, including “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.”It added that she demanded “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”, as reported by TMZ.Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freeman told TMZ that he believed the suit.