Blake Lively suing Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment

[PrettyFlyforaMaiTai]

According to TMZ Blake Lively is suing Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment on the set of ‘It Ends With Us’.

According to the lawsuit, a meeting was held in regards to the hostile work environment. Blake demanded that Baldoni stop showing nude videos or images of women to her, no more mention of Baldoni's alleged previous "pornography addiction," no more discussions about sexual conquests in front of Blake and others, no further mentions of cast and crew's genitalia, no more inquiries about Blake's weight, and no further mention of Blake's dead father and no more adding of sex scenes, oral sex or on camera climaxing by Blake outside of the script Blake approved when signing onto the project.

Baldoni’s representative have denied the allegations and state this is an effort for Blake to rehabilitate her recent poor image.

www.tmz.com/2024/12/21/blake-lively-sues-justin-baldoni-sexual-harassment-retaliation-on-it-ends-with-us-set/

I believe her.

Love how some people never need "all the evidence" for any of their opinions until a woman has accused a man of misconduct.

A few minutes of her being bitchy on video and she's a terrible person. But we need ALL THE EVIDENCE before we can decide whether a man has faults.

I got a bit sucked in and read the whole 80 page document yesterday. Definitely Team Blake here.

What the actual fuck was going on on that set. What a clusterfuck the whole thing has been.

That article is INSANE. Excellent journalism. I believe the BS too (sorry!). I think Blake probably has much better lawyers.

*believed

I don’t blindly support all women. Unfortunately some women lie and do bad things. I would hardly say Blake supports other women if the Gossip Girl rumours, viral interviews and Where’s Kate insta posts are anything to go by (although at least she had the good grace to admit her wrongdoing and apologise).

It’s difficult to ascertain the situation. If they have minutes and impartial witnesses for the meeting then she should have a good case. But is she complaining about the initial harassment or is she stating that even after the meeting it continued? And why did she leave it until now to sue? She’s not some meek wilting flower, she was a joint producer and a major Hollywood star so it’s not like there was a power imbalance. She felt confident enough to address the issue at the time and give her terms and conditions of what was and wasn’t acceptable.

It all seems to stem from the post production fall out. Was he a part of the viral campaign to tarnish her reputation because she stood up for herself? Is this retaliation for her bad behaviour being exposed? It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

The list of 'demands' that Lively apparently made during the production include many requests not to be sexually assaulted and harassed in various ways that make it pretty clear that these things were happening previously on set.

It's grim reading.
https://x.com/flopfitzgerald/status/1870506349739794789?s=61&t=U9XrcF693-JpMxeIueYG7g

Don’t know why you think that? Nothing to do with woman v man…where did you get that from?? I don’t blindly support anyone until I know the facts, why would I? You expect me to support women simply because they’re women? Love how some people immediately jump on the ‘I believe you’ bandwagon before we actually know what happened 🤷🏼‍♀️ I haven’t seen the video, I wouldn’t know Blake Lively if she was standing in front of me at this minute, so I’ll choose to wait until the facts come out…

This is textbook male abuser behaviour. Tale as old as fucking time. From Weinstein to Wallace. It would be boring if it weren’t so disturbing.

I've read both links that @katter and @noblegiraffe have shared and I'm definitely Team Blake. The set sounds like it was absolutely toxic.

I really don’t like BL, but I absolutely believe her after reading the documents and the texts he and his team sent about her.

I'm team BL.

It’s amazing how powerful these PR firms are, they went all out to get Blake hence all the negative content that appeared overnight on sm.

she may or may not be a bit prickly but i absolutely believe he’s done this and as in the case of Amber and Johnny, victims don’t have to be perfect

Mean girl or not his actions are completely wrong and rightly so should be called out.

It’s not just Blake that is doing the accusing. It is other women who were on set, too.

“Another woman on the production spoke to Ms. Lively afterward to offer empathy and to share her
own similar experiences with Mr. Baldoni commenting about her in sexual terms.
45. As result of Mr. Baldoni's behavior, on May 29, 2023, another cast member lodged
a sexual harassment complaint about Mr. Baldoni's "gross" and "unwanted comment[s]" towards her and
others.”

Blake has the receipts. She has witnesses and texts and agreements. Someone can be unpopular and still be subjected to sexual harassment. They’re not mutually exclusive. For what it’s worth, I think BL is as smart as hell and would be unlikely to sue unless she knew what she was doing and unless she had a mountain of evidence.

Ah I misread the talking “to” Blake’s deceased father as talking about”about”. What the fuck, why would he do that? So disrespectful.

It’s also worrying to see that it’s been suggested that they did some scenes (whether rehearsed or filmed) without an intimacy co-ordinator on set. This sets alarm bells ringing!

On the other hand, I’ve seen that the image/video of Baldoni’s wife nude was a video of her giving birth naked. I’m not saying this is the only video/photo he showed her, but it’s not as inappropriate as it’s first made out to be if this is the case. He should tell people first though obviously. But if he’s showed overtly sexual photos of naked people then he is 100% in the wrong.

And the weight thing, his side said he wanted to know her weight as he had to carry her in the film and he needed to protect his back. I’m sure if that is the case he could have done this in a more sensitive manner. This could also be a covert way of humiliating her under the guise of health and safety.

It does seem to have been a very toxic work environment.

I don't see how any woman could read that list of demands from Lively on set and continue wittering on about how she was mean in an interview.

It's pretty horrifying that a famous woman could experience that sort of behaviour in her job and then have people, including women, rally around to protect the man.

Found that article scary reading. No matter how successful you are, as a woman your position is always precarious if a man decides to use his power against you. Even his female pr team noted that.

@PrettyFlyforaMaiTai

There was no scene where he carried her.

Oh wow, thanks for bringing that to my attention. What an absolute creep!

Thanks for the link to the NYT article @katter that sets it out really clearly. It’s horrifying that even some one with her level of fame, wealth and connections has to make requests not to be sexually harassed.

I got sucked into reading the whole filing too. Pretty grim reading. After the initial HR complaint made during filming, there was a document signed to say BL wouldn't be treated detrimentally as a result of her complaint. Then apparently, they (the film company/Baldoni) panicked in case the complaint became public and so started a campaign against her to muddy the waters.

This.

99% of the time I will believe women. But even with all the "proof" laid out in the text messages etc, I'm not seeing anything that would mean JB sexually harassed her. Longer kissing scenes, talking about whether or not to show body parts, talking about past pornography addiction, consent could all have been relevant to the subject matter of the film. I'm struggling to work out which parts are sexual harassment.

I'm not saying JB is innocent, but none of us know the background of this. Personally it seems like it started due to creative differences and escalated into a publicist war.

Yes JB has had stories planted etc but Blake has form for this as well as being a mean girl - both seen as bad as each other.