Blake Lively in the wake of her misconduct claims against her It Ends with Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni.The complaint, filed late last week with the California Civil Rights Department, accuses Baldoni of sexual harassment on the set of the movie and a subsequent effort to “destroy” Lively’s reputation.In the complaint, Lively accuses Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios of embarking on a “multi-tiered plan” to damage her reputation following a meeting in which she and her husband Ryan Reynolds addressed “repeated sexual harassment and other disturbing behavior” by Baldoni and a producer on the movie.Baldoni enlisted publicists and crisis managers in a “sophisticated, coordinated, and well-financed retaliation plan” meant to “bury” and “destroy” Lively if she went public with her on-set concerns, the complaint alleges.Baldoni’s legal team has said the allegations are “categorically false.”In the wake of the revelations, Lively has received an outpouring of support from Hollywood friends, co-stars and famous faces.Colleen Hoover, the author of the book that inspired and shares a title with the film, shared a post to her Instagram Story this week, calling Lively “nothing but honest, kind, supportive and patient since the day we met.”“Thank you for being exactly the human that you are. Never change.
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