Blake Lively breaks silence on Justin Baldoni's 'damning' video and slams co-star
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Blake Lively claims footage Justin Baldoni's legal team released in the wake of her sexual harassment allegations shows she was uncomfortable during the It Ends With Us scene. The actress, 37, referred to raw footage Baldoni's team shared to the press on Tuesday night following her claims he acted inappropriately during filming of the film.
Her lawyer told TMZ : "Justin Baldoni and his lawyer may hope that this latest stunt will get ahead of the damaging evidence against him, but the video itself is damning. Every frame of the released footage corroborates, to the letter, what Ms. Lively described in Paragraph 48 of her Complaint.".
The explosive video shows all three takes of a dance scene between Lively and Baldoni, 40, who directed and starred in the film alongside her. Lively's teams claim the video "shows Mr. Baldoni repeatedly leaning in toward Ms. Lively, attempting to kiss her, kissing her forehead, rubbing his face and mouth against her neck, flicking her lip with his thumb, caressing her, telling her how good she smells, and talking with her out of character.".
Lively's lawyer also added that none of the intimacy shown in the video was choreographed. They continued: "Every moment of this was improvised by Mr. Baldoni with no discussion or consent in advance, and no intimacy coordinator present. Mr. Baldoni was not only Ms. Lively’s co-star, but the director, the head of studio and Ms. Lively’s boss.".
