Blake Lively files complaint: after the actress, it is the director's turn to take legal action

Following their stormy collaboration on the set of the film called It ends with us, actress Blake Lively filed a complaint against actor Justin Baldoni. The actor who also directed this feature film decided to respond by also taking legal action.

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IN BRIEF

• The film 'Never Again', released on August 14, 2024 in France, is an adaptation of the novel 'It Ends with Us', starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.
• Blake Lively accuses Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment and toxic behavior during filming, leading to recently confirmed rumors.
• Tensions between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni could reveal shocking truths according to the director's lawyer.

Released in theaters on August 14, 2024 in France under the title Jamais plus. The film, called It Ends with Us in the original version, is in fact the film adaptation of the eponymous novel published in 2016. In this feature film, Blake Lively plays the character of Lily Bloom, who starts her new life in Boston. In order to leave behind a difficult past.

She makes her dream come true and opens a flower shop. She quickly meets Ryle Kincaid. A neurosurgeon played by Justin Baldoni, who is also the director of this film. Set off on the highway to happiness, everything seems to smile on them. But, suddenly, Ryle's behavior becomes worrying. This feature film had been much talked about during its promotion because Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have never appeared together in public.

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Blake Lively wore complaint for sexual harassment against Justin Baldoni

Many rumors had emerged at the time. These were finally confirmed in recent days. Indeed, the wife of the actor Ryan Reynolds recently filed a complaint against Justin Baldoni. Blake Lively accuses the filmmaker of having had toxic behavior during filming. She also claims that he sexually harassed her.

Assuring that she was prey to a state of “emotional distress“. Blake Lively would have demanded certain changes during the filming of the movie. In order to be able to work better. Among these, we can notably cite the ban on “showing videos or images of naked women”. But also the ban on mentioning the alleged“addiction to Justin Baldoni's pornography” Or even the ban on mentioning the actress's genitals. And on mentioning her deceased father.

The director will also take legal action against the actress

Furthermore, a request was also made so that there would be no more additions of sex scenes, oral sex or orgasm in front of the camera by Blake Lively outside the framework of the script that the latter approved”. Finally, Justin Baldoni decided to counterattack by taking in turn to justice against Ryan Reynolds' wife.

“I'm not going to talk about the number of complaints we're going to file. But as soon as we file the first one, the truth will shock everyone”, declared the filmmaker's lawyer in the columns of Deadline. “The truth will shock those who fell into the trap of Blake Lively's manipulative and mendacious narrative”, also added Justin Baldoni's legal representative.