Blake Lively is suing her co-star and director Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment and staging a smear campaign against her after she went public with allegations of misconduct on the set of her film “2024.” It ends with us.

The 37-year-old Hollywood star initially filed a lawsuit in December detailing claims against her co-star and director, who she was rumored to be dating while filming the adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s best-selling 2016 novel had clashed.

In the lawsuit, filed in New York federal court on Tuesday, January 31, Lively accused Baldoni, 40, and his public relations team of orchestrating an elaborate scheme to damage her reputation in retaliation for her had spoken out about alleged misconduct on set.

The complaint named Baldoni, his film studio Wayfarer, as well as PR manager Jennifer Abel and crisis management expert Melissa Nathan.

“As set forth in this complaint, the public attack on Ms. Lively led by Baldoni-Wayfarer was the intended result of a carefully crafted, coordinated, and resourced retaliation plan to discourage her and others from speaking out about the hostile environment in which Mr. Baldoni is alive and Mr. Heath created it,” the lawsuit says about Baldoni and his Wayfarer CEO Jamey Heath. deadline Reports.

It added that Lively is taking legal action to hold Baldoni and his associates accountable for “the ongoing threats of retaliation and the harm they have caused to Ms. Lively, other cast and crew members, and all of their families.”

Accordingly The Hollywood ReporterLively said in the lawsuit that she had raised concerns before It ends with us The shooting began because Baldoni allegedly “improvised physical intimacy that had not been rehearsed, choreographed or discussed with Ms. Lively without the involvement of an intimacy coordinator.”

Baldoni reportedly defended a graphic sex scene he wanted to add in which Lively’s character orgasms on camera, saying he wanted the characters to “orgasm together on their wedding night.” He apparently said this was important to him because “he and his partner climax at the same time during intercourse.”

Lively accused Baldoni of subsequently asking her for personal information about her relationship with her husband, fellow actor and producer Ryan Reynolds.

She said she experienced a number of inappropriate interactions with Baldoni and Heath, including the two men talking to her about their past sexual relationships and “past porn addictions” and calling women on set, including her, “sexy.” .

Lively claimed that after several unsuccessful attempts to raise concerns about Baldoni and Heath’s alleged behavior, an “in-person, all-hands meeting” was held in early January to “address the hostile work environment that nearly derailed the film.” , in which she detailed a series of requirements to protect cast and crew members so she can continue to work.

The lawsuit claimed that the situation regarding advertising had changed yet again It ends with us. While the cast and crew were reportedly contractually obligated to promote the film with a focus on the resilience of Lively’s character Lily, rather than describing it as a domestic violence story.

Baldoni is accused of focusing on the darker aspects of the story during the commercial. Lively claimed in his lawsuit that this was part of an explanation for why many of the film’s cast and crew unfollowed him on social media.

It was around this time, Lively claimed, that Baldoni and his team began his “social engineering” campaign to “destroy” her reputation.

Baldoni’s attorney Bryan Freedman, who also represents his public relations team, denied all of Lively’s allegations in her initial complaint filed on December 20, 2024.

The Independent asked Freedman for comment.

Lively’s lawsuit was filed the same day Baldoni sued New York Timesfor reporting her allegations against him.

Baldoni and nine other plaintiffs, including Nathan and Abel, have filed a $250 million lawsuit against the newspaper for defamation and false invasion of privacy.

The suit you saw The independent, was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging that the Times reported on “redacted and altered communications that were deprived of necessary context and intentionally spliced ​​together to mislead.”

It was argued that “the Just relied almost entirely on Lively’s unverified and self-serving narrative.”

Baldoni is also reportedly planning a countersuit against Lively. Freedman told Deadline last week: “When we file our first lawsuit, it will shock everyone who has been manipulated into believing a demonstrably false narrative.”