Blake Lively is accusing Justin Baldoni of making other women “uncomfortable” on the set of It Ends With Us.
Lively’s lawyers filed an amended lawsuit, obtained by Us Weekly, against Baldoni, his Wayfarer Studios, producing partner Jamey Heath, and others, on Tuesday, February 18, alleging that the actress wasn’t the only one who raised sexual harassment concerns regarding Baldoni.
“The amended complaint details the corroboration that backs up Blake’s original sexual harassment and retaliation concerns, including that (1) Justin Baldoni and Jamey Heath made other women uncomfortable on set; and (2) other women confided in Blake about their discomfort and fear of coming forward, and their concern about the current public vitriol,” a spokesperson for Lively told Us in a statement on Tuesday.
“The new filing also details that a Sony representative spoke to Baldoni about the concerns, and that Baldoni responded, including by reaching out to one of the other women who complained to reassure her that he heard her and promised to make adjustments,” the statement continued.
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s reported rift made headlines months before the It Ends With Us costars filed lawsuits. While Lively and Baldoni promoted the film in August 2024, rumors began swirling of an alleged feud between the pair. Fans noticed that Lively was promoting the movie with some of her costars while Baldoni, who […]
“The complaint alleges that Mr. Baldoni didn’t follow through on that promise, but did make the adjustment to hire a crisis management team, digital manipulation experts, litigators, and used those helpers to plan and execute the smear campaign described in her original lawsuit. In doing so, Blake has alleged, Baldoni hoped that if she or any other woman made their grievances public, nobody would believe them,” the spokesperson added.
The amended lawsuit also alleges that an online smear campaign orchestrated by Baldoni and Wayfarer has gotten dangerous for Lively, her husband, Ryan Reynolds, and others, and that a recently launched Wayfarer investigation into sexual harassment complaints against Baldoni by Lively and others is “a farce, not an investigation” because of Baldoni’s involvement.
“Online hate and vitriol have appeared on social media accounts of Ms. Lively, Mr. Reynolds, their numerous businesses, many members of the cast of the Film, and third parties associated with it,” Lively’s spokesperson said in a statement. “Witnesses have been threatened not just with lawsuits, but physical violence, including threats against witnesses’ families.”
Us Weekly has reached out to Baldoni’s attorneys for comment.
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni in ‘It Ends With Us.’ Sony Pictures Releasing / courtesy Everett Collection
Lively, 37, first filed a lawsuit against Baldoni and company on December 31, 2024, accusing her It Ends With Us director and costar of sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy and lost wages.
In the original lawsuit, Lively alleged that Baldoni wanted to add sex scenes that weren’t in the film’s script, improvised unwanted kissing, and discussed his sex life, including times when he may not have received consent.
Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman denied the “completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious” accusations in a statement to Us at the time, claiming Lively filed her complaint in order to “fix her negative reputation.”
It feels like Hollywood’s longest game of he said, she said. Over the summer, reports of tension between It Ends With Us lead Blake Lively and her director and costar, Justin Baldoni, dominated headlines as they promoted the project. Then, in late December 2024, Lively filed a bombshell legal complaint in California claiming Baldoni had […]
Baldoni later filed his own $400 million lawsuit on January 16 accusing Lively, Reynolds, and Lively’s publicist Leslie Sloane of civil extortion, defamation, false light invasion of privacy and other claims. Lively’s legal team referred to the suit as “another chapter in the abuser playbook,” claiming in a statement, “This is an age-old story: A woman speaks up with concrete evidence of sexual harassment and retaliation and the abuser attempts to turn the tables on the victim. This is what experts call DARVO. Deny. Attack. Reverse Victim Offender. … The strategy of attacking the woman is desperate, it does not refute the evidence in Ms. Lively’s complaint, and it will fail.”
A trial is currently scheduled to begin in 2026. Earlier this month, Lively and Baldoni’s respective camps rejected settling the dispute in mediation.
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