Justin Baldoni.
(Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Vital Voices Global Partnership)Justin Baldoni has been dropped as a client by WME.
According to Deadlinethe decision was made by WME management on Saturday, December 21, for the talent agency to part ways with Baldoni, in part due to the sexual harassment complaint filed against the actor/director by his It ends with us costar Blake Lively on Friday, December 20.
Lively, for her part, is still repped by WME.
On Friday, Lively filed a sexual harassment case against Baldoniin which she alleged his behavior on set It ends with us – which he starred in, directed and produced – caused her “severe emotional distress”. (Lively also produced the film and stars as the title character, Lily Bloom.)
Months after a reported rift between It Ends With Us co-stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, she sued him for sexual harassment. In the lawsuit, which was filed on Friday, December 20, and obtained by Us Weekly after being reported by TMZ and The New York Times, Lively accused Baldoni of starting (…)
The lawsuit alleges that a meeting was held during the film’s production in January 2024 to address Lively’s claims of a “hostile work environment” on set. The meeting was attended by many people who worked on the film, including Baldoni and Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds.
As the complaint states, Lively’s requests for the meeting included “no more showing of Blake’s nude videos or images of women, no more mention of Baldoni’s alleged previous “porn addiction”, no more discussions of sexual conquests in front of Blake and others, no more references to the genitalia of the cast and crew, no more inquiries about Blake’s weight, and no more mention of Blake’s dead father.
In a statement to Us WeeklyBaldoni’s lawyer Brian Friedman addressed Lively’s “completely false, outrageous and intentionally obscene” claims, claiming the actress filed the lawsuit to “repair her negative reputation” and “reframe the narrative” regarding the film’s production.
Lively, on the other hand, accused Baldoni’s team of deliberately dragging her name through the mud calculated “astroturfing” campaign..
Blake Lively claims co-star and “It Ends With Us” director Justin Baldoni ran a campaign of “social manipulation” to damage her reputation. News broke on Saturday, Dec. 21, that Lively, 37, had sued Baldoni, 40, for sexual harassment. According to The New York Times, the lawsuit – which was filed on Friday, December 20 – (…)
In his statement to usFriedman further alleged that Lively made “numerous demands and threats” while filming It ends with ussuch as “threatening not to show up on set, threatening not to promote the film, ultimately leading to his death during release if her demands were not met.”
In a statement to New York Times in December, Lively said, “I hope my lawsuit helps pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to hurt people who speak up about wrongdoing and helps protect others who may be targeted.” The actress also denied to have spread negative information about Baldoni.
us has reached out to representatives for both Lively and Baldoni for comment.
