Justin Baldoni, who co-starred with Blake Lively within the film It Ends With Us, was accused of sexual harassment in a lawsuit.
The 40-year-old actor was stated to have allegedly performed a “social manipulation” marketing campaign to “destroy” Lively’s status.
However, the Jane the Virgin star responded to the allegations by way of his lawyer Bryan Freedman.
Freedman dubbed the Gossip Girl alum’s accusations “fully false, outrageous and deliberately salacious” in his official assertion to Us Weekly.
He additional claimed that the lawsuit was an try by the actress to “repair her damaging status” and “rehash a story” concerning the movie’s manufacturing.
Baldoni’s lawyer went on to state that Lively made “a number of calls for and threats” whereas filming It Ends With Us, together with “threatening to not present as much as set, threatening to not promote the movie, in the end resulting in its demise throughout launch, if her calls for weren’t met.”
The Savages star has not but responded to Baldoni’s authorized assertion.
The authorized battle comes after Lively and Baldoni encountered a battle through the creation of their movie, launched in August.
Fans had observed that Lively was seen selling the movie with a few of her co-stars, whereas Baldoni didn’t be part of them for any interviews or press alternatives.
“There have been two camps on the movie — staff Blake and staff Justin,” a supply informed the outlet solely. “This inventive battle set the tone for the damaging expertise behind the scenes and grew into them not talking anymore.”
