Inside Blake Lively's Lawsuit Against 'It Ends With Us' Co-Star Justin Baldoni

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00:00The It Ends With Us drama is back, and headed to court.

00:11After a tense press tour for the blockbuster earlier this year, Blake Lively's suing

00:18the film's director and her co-star, Justin Baldoni, accusing him of sexual harassment

00:24on set, retaliation, and attempting to damage her reputation.

00:29Allegations Justin denies.

00:43Some of the biggest bombshells in the 80-page lawsuit claim, Blake and her husband Ryan

00:48Reynolds attended a January meeting with Justin and the CEO of his production company, Steve

00:53Heath, to address a hostile work environment.

00:57She accused them of showing nude images, discussing pornography habits, and making inappropriate

01:03comments about their genitalia to her and other employees.

01:07Allegedly, the meeting ended with the men agreeing to stop the list of behaviors.

01:21Blake's complaint also accuses Justin of adding explicit sexual content and nude scenes

01:27to It Ends With Us without her consent, including an on-camera orgasm, and asking Blake invasive

01:34questions about her sex life, then pushing her to simulate nudity during a birthing scene,

01:41dismissing her objections.

01:45While allowing the set to remain open, allowing non-essential crew to pass while Blake was

01:50mostly nude.

01:54When it comes to the alleged smear campaign against Blake, Blake claims Justin orchestrated

01:59the campaign to ruin her reputation after she reported on said harassment.

02:04According to the document, Justin allegedly hired a PR specialist to engage in astroturfing,

02:11which in simple terms, involves creating fake public backlash to damage the actress' credibility.

02:18Screenshots in the complaint show Justin's publicist texting the PR specialist that

02:24Justin wanted Blake to feel like she could be buried.

02:28The campaign allegedly included planting stories about fan backlash during the film's press

02:33tour, boosting content to create viral pylons, and portraying Justin as a feminist ally to

02:40suppress misconduct allegations.

02:47Justin's lawyer calls Blake's claims categorically false and accuses her of using salacious lies

02:53to fix her reputation, blaming her actions for the film's struggles.

02:59Meanwhile, Blake telling the New York Times she hopes her lawsuit exposes sinister tactics

03:05against those speaking out about misconduct.