Blake Lively, 37, is suing her ‘It Ends With Us’ co-star, Justin Baldoni, 40, for “sexual harassment,” and the actress’ sister has spoken out in support of the claims.
Twin Peaks star Robyn Lively, 52, shared several posts on her Instagram Stories today highlighting Blake’s case. In her first post, she put together a collage of tracts from an article summarising the lawsuit. "FINALLY justice for my sister @BlakeLively," Robyn wrote alongside the screenshots. Next, she shared a link to the same article, and urged: “Please read!”
Robyn then shared an Instagram reel from the New York Times, titled “The Waging of an Alleged Smear Campaign Against Blake Lively.” Robyn tagged the outlet and journalist behind the video, and wrote: “THANK YOU for this expose on the sinister side of Hollywood.”
Blake’s half-sister Robyn isn’t the only star to share support for her claims. Colleen Hoover, who wrote the novel ‘It Ends With Us’ is based upon, praised Blake when the lawsuit became public yesterday. The author posted a photo of herself and Blake embracing, and wrote: "@blakelively, you have been nothing but honest, kind, supportive, and patient since the day we met. Thank you for being exactly the human that you are. Never change. Never wilt." Colleen also added a link to an article detailing the allegations Blake has made against Justin.
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Sony)Blake and Justin reportedly had a contentious time working together on the Hollywood movie, which was released in August, and in part of her lawsuit she alleges that Justin made a concerted effort to “destroy her reputation.” Blake claimed that Justin's alleged behaviour caused her “severe emotional distress.” The lawsuit states that a meeting was held back in January to address Blake's claims and her demands for working on the film.
Demands addressed in the 'It Ends with Us' team meeting included "no more showing nude videos or images of women to Blake, 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.”
Blake's team has said that text messages included in their legal documents show that there was a "multi-tiered plan that Mr. Baldoni and his team described as 'social manipulation' designed to 'destroy' Ms. Lively's reputation." Blake has claimed that the actor hired crisis management expert Melissa Nathan, who has previously worked with Johnny Depp, as part of a PR team that also included Justin's publicist, Jennifer Abel.
In one such message, Abel allegedly stated that Justin "wants to feel like she [Lively] can be buried". Nathan allegedly responded: "Of course - but you know when we send over documents we can't send over the work we will or could do because that could get us in a lot of trouble. We can't write we will destroy her".
The alleged reply from Abel read: "Imagine if a document saying all the things that he wants ends up in the wrong hands. You know we can bury anyone but I can't write that to him. I will be very tough."
On Saturday, Justin’s attorney released a statement slamming Blake’s claims. In his opening paragraph, attorney Bryan Freedman wrote: “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.”
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