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Blake Lively slams Justin Baldoni for releasing ‘It Ends With Us’ video, says ‘damning’ clip ‘corroborates’ her claims Check the comments 👇👇
Blake Lively’s legal team called out Justin Baldoni for releasing a 10-minute video of the “It End With Us” co-stars getting flirty on the set of the 2024 domestic violence film.
“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,” the “Gossip Girl” alum’s lawyers told Page Six via a statement on Tuesday.
The attorneys argued that “the released footage corroborates” their client’s sexual harassment allegations
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,” the statement 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.”
Lively’s team claimed she was “leaning away and repeatedly asking” Baldoni for their characters to “just talk” rather than get intimate.
Any woman who has been inappropriately touched in the workplace will recognize Ms. Lively’s discomfort. They will recognize her attempts at levity to try to deflect the unwanted touching,” they added.
The lawyers of the “Age of Adeline” star also accused Baldoni, 40, of attempting to “manipulate the public” by releasing the video to the media rather than as evidence in court.