Sony Condemns “Any Reputational Attacks” On Blake Lively From Justin Baldoni’s Alleged Smear Campaign Against ‘It Ends With Us’ Co-Star

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Sony has been silent since Blake Lively filed sexual harassment and retaliation claims against her It Ends with Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni, but now the movie’s distributor is speaking out as more and more of Hollywood offers support for the Gossip Girl alum. “We have previously expressed our support for Blake in connection with her work on and for the film,” a spokesperson for the studio said Monday afternoon after SAG-AFTRA made a public backing of Lively as more and more details of a crisis PR smear campaign against the actress emerged. “We fully and firmly reiterate that support today.

Further, we strongly condemn any reputational attacks on her. Any such attacks have no place in our business or in a civil society.” Late last week, IEWU star/producer Lively filed a graphic complaint illustrated with text messages against Baldoni, along with his company Wayfarer Studios, co-founder James Heath and others with California’s Civil Rights Department.

While not formally a lawsuit, Lively’s action is a clear tip of the legal hat of an official filing in the courts to follow.

After the claims of sexual harassment, retaliation and a social media campaign allegedly orchestrated to smear Lively, Baldoni on December 21 abruptly was dropped from their mutual agency WME, which also reps Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds. RELATED: Gwyneth Paltrow, Amy Schumer & Paul Feig Among Hollywood Stars Standing With Blake Lively After Bombshell Justin Baldoni Complaint Lively’s 10-claim complaint gives a specifically detailed list of misconduct by Baldoni and his Wayfarer co-founder on the 2023 set of the film based on Colleen Hoover’s 2016 novel about a toxic and violent relationship and attempts to straighten things out once