Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni sexual harassment lawsuit explained after explosive texts
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The controversy surrounding It Ends With Us continues as Blake Lively sues director Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment. The film, based on the Colleen Hoover book of the same name, was released in August and saw Lively, 37, face intense criticism after claims the two leading stars were embroiled in a bitter feud.
While doing press for the film, the pair stayed largely silent with Baldoni, 40, saying in a ‘movie like this’ there is ‘always friction’. Now, Lively has launched legal proceedings against the director with claims stemming from the production of the film.
Here, we look at who Baldoni is, what Lively claims in her lawsuit, and what her co-stars have said about the allegations. Lively is suing Justin Baldoni, the director of It Ends With Us who also starred in the movie. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video.
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Up Next. He made his acting debut in the soap opera The Young and the Restless in 2004. One of his most popular roles came in 2014 when he starred as Rafael Solano in sitcom Jane The Virgin alongside Gina Rodriguez. In 2018, he starred as a young Barry Manilow in the biopic Con Man, which tells the story of the famous musician.
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He went on to direct 2019 romantic drama Five Feet Apart, starring Cole Sprouse and Haley Lu Richardson. In 2020 he directed the biopic Clouds covering the life of musician Zach Sobiech. Baldoni wed Swedish actress Emily Foxler in 2013 after two years of dating. The couple share two children.
