Blake Lively files sexual harassment lawsuit against ‘It Ends with Us’ costar and director Justin Baldoni

Blake Lively sued her “It Ends with Us” costar, Justin Baldoni, for sexual harassment and coordinating attempts to damage her reputation.

The lawsuit, obtained by B-17, says Lively attended an “all-hands” meeting with Baldoni and the film’s producer, Jamey Heath, to address the “hostile work environment that had nearly derailed production of the film.” Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds, also attended the meeting.

“Ms. Lively was forced to address concerns about Mr. Baldoni and Mr. Heath’s misconduct with them directly and began doing so months before filming began,” the lawsuit said. “The concerns she raised were not only for herself, but for the other female cast and crew, some of whom had also spoken up.”

The meeting ended with all parties agreeing to a code of conduct for on-set behavior, including “no more showing nude videos or images of women, including the producer’s wife,” to Lively or her employees. The agreement also required “no more mention of Mr. Baldoni or Mr. Heath’s previous pornography addiction or BL’s lack of pornography consumption to BL or to other crew members.”

The lawsuit said another issue arose between Lively and Baldoni after filming due to differing marketing strategies. Lively said in the lawsuit that she adhered to a “marketing plan” that focused on her character’s “strength and resilience as opposed to describing the film as a story about domestic violence.”

Baldoni “abruptly” switched marketing strategies before the film and focused on the domestic violence aspect, according to the lawsuit.

Lively said in the lawsuit that Baldoni and his team engaged in “social manipulation” to “destroy” her reputation through a “sophisticated press and digital plan in retaliation for Ms. Lively exercising her legally protected right to speak up about their misconduct on the set, with the additional objective of intimidating her and anyone else from revealing in public what actually occurred.”

Bryan Freedman, a lawyer for Baldoni, said in a statement to TMZ that Lively filed the suit to “fix her negative reputation” and that the claims were “false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt.”

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.