Sony has chosen sides.
Sony Pictures has publicly voiced its assist for actress Blake Lively following her allegations towards It Ends With Us director and co-star Justin Baldoni.
The A Simple Favour star has accused Baldoni of sexual harassment, fostering a poisonous work atmosphere, and orchestrating a smear marketing campaign to wreck her fame.
In a press release to Variety, a spokesperson for Sony Pictures Entertainment stated, “We have beforehand expressed our assist for Blake in connection together with her work on and for the movie.
We absolutely and firmly reiterate that assist right now. Further, we strongly condemn any reputational assaults on her. Any such assaults haven’t any place in our enterprise or in a civil society.”
The allegations, first reported by the New York Times, describe Baldoni’s alleged conduct as inflicting Lively and her household “extreme emotional hurt.”
Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, has referred to as the claims “shameful” and filled with “categorically false accusations.”
Lively’s grievance has sparked widespread consideration, prompting the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA to additionally weigh in.
“These are startling and troubling allegations. Employees have each proper to boost problems with concern or to file complaints. Retaliation for reporting misconduct or inappropriate conduct is prohibited and unsuitable,” the group stated in a press release.
SAG-AFTRA recommended Lively’s bravery, including, “We applaud Blake Lively’s braveness in talking out on problems with retaliation and harassment and for her request to have an intimacy coordinator for all scenes with nudity or sexual content material.
This is a crucial step that helps guarantee a protected set.”
