Blake Lively files another lawsuit against Justin Baldoni now alleging mental pain and anguish
Blake Lively has now filed a second lawsuit against Justin Baldoni, less than two weeks after her previous legal complaint against him became public.
In the first lawsuit, she accused him of sexually harassing her and fostering a toxic work environment on the set of their film It Ends With Us, in which he both directed and acted with her. He has firmly denied the allegations.
Also in the first complaint, Lively alleged that Baldoni worked to tarnish her reputation with a team that included his publicist Jennifer Abel and crisis PR Melissa Nathan, who previously worked with Johnny Depp. Abel has denied that he has waged a ‘smear campaign’.
Lively, 37, filed her first complaint with the California Civil Rights Commission earlier this month, but is now suing Baldoni in federal court in New York. TMZ reports.
Her new lawsuit targets Baldoni, Abel and Nathan as defendants, as well as Baldoni’s production company Wayfarer Studios.
In her latest complaint, Lively accuses the defendants of inflicting mental anguish, fear and emotional distress, and causing loss of wages.
DailyMail.com has contacted Nathan, Abel and Wayfarer Studios, as well as representatives from Lively and Baldoni for comment.
Blake Lively has now filed a second lawsuit against Justin Baldoni, less than two weeks after her previous legal complaint against him was made public
Since news of Lively’s first lawsuit broke earlier this month, Baldoni’s career has imploded as he was dropped by his agency William Morris Endeavor.
Liz Plank, one of the co-hosts of Baldoni’s Man Enough podcast that billed itself as a space for “positive masculinity,” announced she was leaving the show.
Lively, who is married to Deadpool leader Ryan Reynolds and is close friends with pop superstar Taylor Swift, has seen former colleagues rally around her.
Her It Ends With Us co-stars Brandon Sklenar and Jenny Slate have spoken out in support of her, as has Colleen Hoover, author of the novel on which the film is based.
During the run-up to the release of It Ends With Us, Lively repeatedly went viral as social media users criticized her “mean girl” behavior in interviews – a trend she now insists was the result of an “astroturfing” campaign waged by Baldoni’s PR team.