"A heavily redacted new filing from Blake Lively calls on a New York judge to forge ahead with her March 2026 trial against her It Ends With Us director and co-star Justin Baldoni, lest he avoid accountability for the sexual harassment and retaliatory smear campaign allegedly waged against the actress. The new filing aims to ensure Baldoni and his associates at Wayfarer Studios don't get to deny Blake Lively her day in court, Variety reports."
"Defendants created a hostile environment, and when confronted with complaints, they abandoned Wayfarer's policies by refusing to investigate the concerns, reads the filing. It argues that Baldoni and his production company instead went on the attack, claiming that they are the victims of a bully' who fabricated' complaints to take over the movie.' Lively's camp highlights the irony that this purportedly hijacked film which grossed $148.5 million stateside and $351 million worldwide enriched the Wayfarer Defendants by smashing all box office expectations."
Blake Lively asks a New York judge to advance her March 2026 trial against Justin Baldoni to prevent him avoiding accountability for alleged sexual harassment and a retaliatory smear campaign. Lively alleges defendants created a hostile work environment and refused to investigate complaints under Wayfarer policies, then mounted attacks claiming she fabricated complaints to take over the movie. Lively notes the film's financial success enriched Wayfarer. Alleged misconduct was first raised in a civil rights complaint before Christmas 2024, followed by a formal lawsuit. Baldoni denies the accusations, filed libel and defamation suits that were tossed, and seeks dismissal of Lively's suit while defending use of crisis PR.
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