Justin Baldoni has left WME following Blake Lively’s complaint

Justin Baldoni has left WME following Blake Lively’s complaint

EXCLUSIVE: Justin Baldoni is no longer a WME customer. The decision to let the actor-director-producer leave the agency was made by WME leadership Saturday morning, in part because of the sexual harassment and retaliation complaint filed late Friday by Baldoni’s It ends with us co-star and co-producer Blake Lively, sources tell Deadline. Lively continues to be repped by WME.

The agency did not respond to Deadline’s requests for comment. When we do, we will update the story.

Blake filed a 10-lawsuit complaint with the California Department of Civil Rights late Friday, accusing Baldoni, his production company Wayfarer Studios and others involved It ends with us of sexual harassment and “a coordinated effort to destroy her reputation.”

In the filing, she details “the hostile work environment that nearly derailed the film’s production” and the multi-pronged “astroturfing” campaign that Baldoni and his company allegedly launched against her after the film’s release, according to Colleen Hoovers Book.

The complaint details problems Lively and/or her associates allegedly had on set because of “nude videos or images of women, including the producer’s wife,” mentions of Baldoni’s “past ‘pornography addiction'” or fellow producer Jamey Heath were exposed to discussions “about personal experiences with sex”, “descriptions of one’s own genitals” and “personal, physical touching or sexual comments” as well as requests from Baldoni to Lively’s trainer “without her knowledge or consent, her revealing weight” and Baldoni and/or others added “sex scenes, oral sex, or on-camera climaxes by (Lively) outside the scope of the script,” among other explosive claims.

In addition to production It ends with us Through his Wayfarer Studios, Baldoni directed the domestic violence-themed film alongside Lively.

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