Justin Baldoni has been terminated as a consumer by WME. In keeping with The Hollywood Reporter, WME management made the choice on Saturday (Dec. 21, 2024) to sever ties with Baldoni, primarily in response to the sexual harassment complaint filed against the actor/director by his It Ends With Us costar Blake Lively on Friday (Dec. 20, 2024). Vigorous continues to keep up her illustration with WME.
On Friday, Vigorous initiated authorized motion towards Baldoni, claiming his conduct on the set of It Ends With Us — the place he served as star, director and producer — resulted in “extreme emotional misery.” (Vigorous additionally govt produced the movie and portrayed the primary character Lily Bloom.)
The authorized paperwork reveal {that a} assembly befell throughout manufacturing in January 2024 to deal with Vigorous’s issues in regards to the “hostile work surroundings” on set. Varied challenge personnel attended the assembly, together with Baldoni and Vigorous’s partner, Ryan Reynolds.
In keeping with the authorized submitting, Vigorous’s assembly necessities included: “no extra exhibiting nude movies or pictures of ladies to Blake, no extra point out of Baldoni’s alleged earlier ‘pornography dependancy,’ no extra discussions about sexual conquests in entrance of Blake and others, no additional mentions of solid and crew’s genitalia, no extra inquiries about Blake’s weight, and no additional point out of Blake’s useless father.”
Baldoni’s legal professional Bryan Freedman addressed Vigorous’s “fully false, outrageous and deliberately salacious” claims, suggesting the actress filed swimsuit to “repair her damaging fame” and “rehash a story” in regards to the movie’s manufacturing.
Vigorous has countered by accusing Baldoni’s group of intentionally tarnishing her fame by way of an orchestrated “astroturfing” effort.
Freedman additional claimed that Vigorous made “a number of calls for and threats” throughout filming It Ends With Us, together with “threatening to not present as much as set, threatening to not promote the movie, finally resulting in its demise throughout launch, if her calls for weren’t met.”
In feedback to The New York Times in December, Vigorous acknowledged, “I hope that my authorized motion helps pull again the curtain on these sinister retaliatory techniques to hurt individuals who communicate up about misconduct and helps defend others who could also be focused.” The actress denied spreading damaging details about Baldoni.
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