Justin Baldoni lawsuit claims Blake Lively blew It Ends with Us budget on her wardrobe

Blake Lively's huge alleged wardrobe spend on The It Ends With Us set has been detailed in Justin Baldoni's lawsuit documents. The legal fight erupted just before Christmas when the glamorous blonde, 37, sued her It Ends With Us co-star Baldoni, 41, for sexual harassment, which he denied. At the same time, the New York Times released a story based on Lively’s legal filing that accused him of orchestrating a negative publicity campaign against her.

In turn, Baldoni sued the Times for defamation and launched a $400m lawsuit against Lively and her husband Reynolds that accused her of using her celebrity power to hijack his film and attempt to torpedo his career - the Times and Blake Lively have denied these claims. Bombshell legal documents on Baldoni's explosive new website claim the budget for the film ballooned by $430,000 after Lively allegedly demanded her wardrobe be 're-shopped' to match her vision for the character of Lily Bloom.

The legal documents further claim Lively 'often' refused to go for fittings at the production office 15 minutes from her Manhattan home and allegedly demanded the outfits be shipped to her at great extra expense. Blake Lively's huge alleged wardrobe spend on The It Ends With Us set has been detailed in Justin Baldoni 's lawsuit documents - Lively pictured filming in May 2023. The legal fight erupted just before Christmas when the glamorous blonde, 37, sued her It Ends With Us co-star Baldoni, 41, for sexual harassment. At the same time, the New York Times released a story based on Lively’s legal filing that accused him of orchestrating a negative publicity campaign against her - the pair are pictured in It Ends With Us.

A message from the Line Producer on the film dated April 25 2023 reads: 'Wardrobe's budget for spending is $185k. 'Normally wardrobe overspends and then does tons of returns and ends up in budget. Our Wardrobe team told me they'd spend about $500k and then land back at $185k once returns are done. 'To date they've already spent $615K and they need their cashet cards all replenished because they've only shopped for Justin and Blake.

'They had to reshop everything for Blake after creative changes but it's a lot of money. 'I trust them of course but want to keep you all posted as this is way more than I've ever seen wardrobe go over budget with the initial spend. 'At this point we have to replenish their cards because they haven't shopped for the other characters. Just keeping you all posted.'. Legal documents claim Lively was 'ignoring the director’s vision for her character and disposing of the weeks of effort and creativity spent by the wardrobe team on shopping and carefully crafting her wardrobe' and 'sent hundreds of images to the Film’s costume designer'... depicting the style of wardrobe she wanted for her character.'.

The court papers claim the costume designer had to 're-shop Lively’s wardrobe, far exceeding the allocated budget and diverting time and resources, while also preparing wardrobes for the rest of the cast. Bombshell legal documents on Baldoni's explosive new website claim the budget for the film ballooned by $430,000 after Lively allegedly demanded her wardrobe be 're-shopped' to match her vision for the character of Lily Bloom - seen filming May 25, 2023.

The legal documents further claim Lively 'often' refused to go for fittings at the production office 15 minutes from her Manhattan home and allegedly demanded the outfits be shipped to her at great extra expense - pictured filming with Brandon Sklenar on May 18 2023. 'At one point, Lively insisted that her character “had money” and could afford $5,000 shoes—despite being a fledgling small business owner. This forced Baldoni to rethink the entire script that had been in the works for well over a year and was approved by both Sony and Wayfarer – a script that Wayfarer had commissioned multiple drafts of and incorporated countless notes (including input from the book’s author, Colleen Hoover).'.

Lively was also accused of 'insisting' that the 'costume department pack up wardrobe and deliver it to her personal residence. The documents read: 'Loading the wardrobe department on trucks and delivering the contents to Lively’s home in the middle of congested Manhattan for fittings cost time and money—always in short supply on any major film. 'Requests of this nature are typically made during contract negotiations; since Lively made no such request at the time, this added expense was not included in the budget. Lively, who had a greater obligation to the studios as an executive producer, paid no heed to budget constraints, let alone to the months of planning that had already been completed.'.