"It Ends With Us" star Blake Lively filed a legal complaint on Dec. 20 against her costar and the film's director, Justin Baldoni, capping off months of a public feud between the actors. Fans first noticed inklings of a rift between the film's two stars in early August when Lively and Baldoni began promoting "It Ends With Us" separately ahead of the film's release.
Speculation about a potential feud reached a fever pitch by mid-August, when backlash began against Lively for the way she was marketing and talking about the film. Lively's complaint, filed with the California Civil Rights Department months after the film's premiere, accused Baldoni of sexual harassment while filming and then retaliating and participating in a PR campaign to ruin her reputation before the film was released. “I hope that my legal action helps pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about misconduct and helps protect others who may be targeted,” Lively said in a Dec.
21 statement to TODAY.com. Jamey Heath, the lead producer on “It Ends With Us,” and the CEO of the film’s production company, Wayfarer Studios, were also named in the complaint, which is a precursor to a lawsuit.
Bryan Freedman, an attorney for Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and all its representatives, called Lively's complaint “completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious” in a Dec. 21 statement to TODAY.com.
Here's a full timeline of the behind-the-scenes drama of ".
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