Blake Lively sues Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment, smear campaign

Blake Lively has declared legal war against his former “It Ends With Us” costar/director Justin Baldonidetailing her allegations of sexual harassment and what she claims is a coordinated effort to destroy her reputation, but Baldoni’s team has fired back, calling the allegations a bogus attempt to restore her reputation.

According to the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, things got so bad during filming that there was an all-hands-on-deck meeting to address what she claims was a hostile work environment. Ryan ReynoldsBlake’s husband, was among the participants.

The lawsuit lists the claims that were addressed … she says because of Baldni’s behavior. Among these demands – no more showing nude videos or pictures of women to Blake, no more mention of Baldoni’s alleged past “pornography addiction”, no more discussions of 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.

There is also a requirement that “no more sex scenes, oral sex, or on-camera climaxes be added by BL outside the scope of the script BL approved when he signed off on the project.”

The suit alleges that the demands were embraced and approved by the studio, but ultimately the film flopped, in part due to a huge conflict over how it would be marketed. Blake wanted a more upbeat pitch about her character’s resilience, while Baldoni wanted the focus to be on domestic violence.

Lively alleges that Baldoni and company then engaged in a “social manipulation” campaign to “destroy” Lively’s reputation. The suit includes texts from Baldoni’s publicist to the studio publicist, who say Baldoni “wants to feel like (Ms. Lively) can be buried and ‘We can’t write, we want to destroy her.’

The suit alleges that the campaign caused Lively damage to her business and caused her family “severe emotional distress.”

Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedmanlashed out at the lawsuit, saying it was designed to “fix her negative reputation,” adding that the allegations are “false, scandalous and deliberately malicious with intent to injure the public.”

Freedman goes on to say that Lively was a nightmare on set, “threatening not to show up for the scene, threatening not to promote the film, which ultimately led to its demise during release.”