Blake Lively claims Justin Baldoni let his 'friends' watch her film sex scene

Blake Lively is suing her It Ends with Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment, with the actress claiming she was subject to inappropriate behaviour while filming

Blake Lively has claimed former It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni let "friends" watch her film a sex scene, in her bombshell sexual harassment and defamation lawsuit.

Lively, 37, worked with Baldoni, 40, on the adpatation of Coleen Hoover's bestselling novel, which follows a toxic relationship between their two lead characters, Lily Bloom and Ryle Kincaid. But the press tour was plagued by rumours of a feud between the leads, with leaked messages between Baldoni's lawyer and publicists suggesting there was a co-ordinated effort to destroy Lively's reputation.

Lively's legal team reportedly instigated a meeting with Baldoni, his production company Wayfarer Studios' CEO Jamey Heath and a producer on It Ends With Us to lay out some ground rules. Lively put forward a series of points for the team to agree on, which were laid out in an 80-page document.

One point that was reportedly agreed on read: "No more entering, attempting to enter, interrupting, pressuring or asking BL to enter her trailer or the makeup trailer by Mr Heath or Mr Baldoni while she is nude, for any reason."

Another said: "All actors participating with BL in intimate scenes involving her being in any state of nudity or simulated nudity must be classified as active, working actors, not "friends" of the director or producers, and must be pre-approved by BL."

Other claims suggest Baldoni inappropriately asked Lively about her sex life, including asking her if she and husband Ryan Reynolds "climax simultaneously during intercourse, which Ms. Lively found invasive and refused to discuss". It also claims he made comments about her body and asked her to lose weight in two weeks, even enlisting a "weight loss specialist". The legal document, obtained by the New York Times, also states the Lively spoke up not just for herself, but for other female crew members.

The Mirror has reached out to Baldoni's reps for comment on the claims.

Baldoni's team have responded by slamming Blake's "shameful" claims as "false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt." They also claim that Blake made "multiple demands and threats" to purposely jeopardise the success of the movie.

The statement reads: "It is shameful that Ms. Lively and her representatives would make such serious and categorically false accusations against Mr. Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and its representatives, as yet another desperate attempt to ‘fix’ her negative reputation which was garnered from her own remarks and actions during the campaign for the film; interviews and press activities that were observed publicly, in real time and unedited, which allowed for the internet to generate their own views and opinions.

"These claims are completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt and rehash a narrative in the media. Wayfarer Studios made the decision to proactively hire a crisis manager prior to the marketing campaign of the film, to work alongside their own representative with Jonesworks employed by Stephanie Jones, due to the multiple demands and threats made by Ms. Lively during production which included her threatening to not showing up to set, threatening to not promote the film, ultimately leading to its demise during release, if her demands were not met.

"It was also discovered that Ms. Lively enlisted her own representative, Leslie Sloan with Vision PR, who also represents Mr. Reynolds, to plant negative and completely fabricated and false stories with media, even prior to any marketing had commenced for the film, which was another reason why Wayfarer Studios made the decision to hire a crisis professional to commence internal scenario planning in the case they needed to address.

"The representatives of Wayfarer Studios still did nothing proactive nor retaliated, and only responded to incoming media inquiries to ensure balanced and factual reporting and monitored social activity. What is pointedly missing from the cherry-picked correspondence is the evidence that there were no proactive measures taken with media or otherwise; just internal scenario planning and private correspondence to strategize which is standard operating procedure with public relations professionals.”

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