In its own statement, SAG-AFTRA spoke out in support of Lively after deciding to take legal action against Baldoni and his team.

“These are frightening and disturbing allegations. Employees have every right to raise concerns or file complaints. Retaliation for reporting misconduct or inappropriate behavior is illegal and wrong,” the guild said in a statement The Hollywood Reporter. “We applaud Blake Lively’s courage in speaking out on issues such as retaliation and harassment, and for her request to have an intimacy coordinator for all scenes containing nudity or sexual content. This is an important step that helps ensure a safe set. We all have the right to be treated with dignity and respect at work and to work in an environment free from harassment, discrimination and retaliation. We encourage anyone who may experience abusive behavior to report such violations through our SAG-AFTRA Safe Place app and to their employer.”

The organization’s decision comes after Lively filed a complaint against Baldoni and his team, including Jamey Heath, alleging sexual harassment and a coordinated effort to “destroy” her reputation. According to the complaint, multiple parties were required to attend an all-hands meeting to address Lively’s claims of a hostile work environment.

Demands raised during the meeting included: “Lively must no longer show nude videos or images of women”; “no further mention of Mr. Baldoni or Mr. Heath’s previous ‘pornography addiction’”; “no more discussions with BL and/or her staff about personal experiences with sex”; “no more descriptions of one’s own genitals”; and more.

Since the lawsuit, several celebrities have spoken out in support of Lively, including her Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants co-stars, A simple favor Director Paul Feig and Amber Heard. Meanwhile, Baldoni was fired from WME, and his publicist Jennifer Abel, who was also named in the complaint, shared her side of the story.

The file contained numerous text messages between Abel, crisis PR manager Melissa Nathan of TAG PR and Baldoni about their efforts throughout the year It ends with us Press tour.

“What the cherry-picked messages do not contain, although not shocking as it does not fit the narrative, is that no ‘slander’ was committed,” Abel wrote in part. “There was never any negative press, no social battle plan, although we were prepared for it as it is our job to be prepared for any scenario. But we didn’t have to implement anything because the internet did the work for us.”

She added: “As can be seen from the texts, during the second year we enjoyed and privately joked with each other about the internet feedback for the woman whose team made our lives incredibly difficult over the course of the campaign. “I am human. The many hours and months of preparation, in addition to my day-to-day responsibilities… it felt good to see that even though we were prepared, we didn’t have to do anything excessive to protect our customer.”

Baldoni, Abel and Nathan’s attorney, Bryan Freedman, also released a new statement on Monday regarding the claims.

“TAG PR acted like any other crisis management firm when hired by a client facing threats from two extremely powerful people with unlimited resources,” he said. “The standard scenario planning designed by TAG PR proved unnecessary as audiences found Lively’s own promotions, interviews and marketing during the promotional tour uncomfortable and responded organically to what the media itself picked up. That’s ironic The New York TimesBy attempting to expose an insidious public relations operation, they played directly into the hands of Lively’s own dubious public relations tactics by publishing leaked personal text exchanges without critical context – the very same tactics she accuses the company of implementing.”