Insiders reveal how long Blake Lively has been planning a lawsuit

Blake lusty”The legal measures she took against her co-star and director of the movie “It Ends With Us,” Justin Baldonihas reportedly been carefully planned for some time, according to a source close to the actress.

The complaint, which serves as a precursor to a discrimination lawsuit in California, accuses Baldoni of several instances of misconduct during the film’s production. Among the allegations are allegations that Baldoni showed Lively explicit photos and videos, asked her aggressive questions about her personal sex life, and attempted to include intimate scenes in the film that were not part of their original agreement.

Not long after Blake Lively’s brother-in-law suggested her complaints were raised during filming, another insider confirmed the claims.

The legal filing reveals that a meeting was held to discuss Justin Baldoni’s alleged behavior and a “hostile work environment that nearly derailed production.” Several producers, including Blake Lively’s husband, Ryan ReynoldsHe attended the gathering.

“Blake, along with her team, have been working on this for months. It’s been really, really ugly for her. And it’s insanely stressful,” the insider said. People magazine. “She’s never dealt with anything like this before.”

Among the key demands addressed during the meeting were safeguards, including the presence of a full-time intimacy coordinator on set to ensure a safe and professional working environment.

the next News of the lawsuitBlake Lively issued a statement to New York Times She expressed: “I hope that my legal action will help draw the curtain on these evil retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak out about misconduct and help protect others who may be targeted.”

Lively’s legal team also accuses Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios of retaliation, alleging they launched a “sophisticated journalistic and digital scheme” to punish her for speaking out about misconduct on the set and intimidate others from coming forward, according to the filing.

The insider also said: “It is clear that the smear campaign is still at work even after all the details have been revealed.” the people. “The amount of people, mostly women, leaving nasty comments about Blake on social media is truly shocking,” the insider adds.

Amid Blake Lively’s lawsuit against Justin Baldoni, several well-known figures have expressed their support. Among them are her “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” co-stars. America FerreraAlexis Bledel and Amber Tamblyn, author of It Ends with Us. Colleen Hoover“A Simple Favor” director Paul Feig.

“Throughout the filming of It Ends With Us, we saw her muster the courage to demand a safe workplace for herself and her colleagues on set, and we are horrified to read evidence of a deliberate and retaliatory effort that followed to discredit her voice,” Ferreira, Bledel and Tamblyn said in their joint statement.

“Her complaint was made during filming. On the record. Long before the public conflict. ‘The cast unfollowed him (Baldoni) for some reason,'” Johnson wrote in the comments section of an Instagram post about the news from New York Times. “His PR team was excellent. Gross and disgusting but very effective. Read the article, the text exchange, and his campaign’s PR strategy to bury it by any means necessary. No one is without mistakes (sic). But the audience was manipulated.”

The complaint cites private text messages and emails included as evidence in Lively’s sexual harassment suit, which allegedly show Baldoni communicating with public relations director Jennifer Appel and crisis management expert Melissa Nathan. The messages suggest the trio strategized a campaign that Lively claims was intended to “destroy” her reputation.

In an exchange dated Aug. 4, detailed in a complaint obtained by PEOPLE on Dec. 21, Justin Baldoni allegedly shared a screenshot of a post from X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, titled “Hailey Bieber’s History of Bullying Multiple Women.”

“This is what we need,” Baldoni wrote in the text message based on the complaint. “Yes, I literally just talked to Melissa about this during the break about what we discussed last night regarding social media and digital. Focus on Reddit, TikTok, and (Instagram),” Abel responded.