00:00Blake Lively just dropped a 163-page legal bombshell against Justin Baldoni,
00:04and with both sides refusing mediation, this battle is only getting uglier.
00:09According to reports, 37-year-old Blake Lively filed an amended complaint in New York Federal
00:14Court, adding fresh allegations and new supporting evidence to her original 80-page lawsuit,
00:19claiming retaliation for sexual harassment and workplace safety concerns,
00:23filed on December 31st, against It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni and others.
00:29People Magazine states the lawsuit just got a significant update that includes previously
00:33undisclosed communications between Lively, Sony, Wayfair Studios, and multiple witnesses.
00:39Although the internet couldn't help but notice, an excerpt from the amended complaint explains
00:44that certain witnesses will not be named but have given Lively permission to recount their
00:48stories as a part of the actress' lawsuit. CNN reports that Blake Lively filed her
00:53lawsuit after experiencing discomfort on set due to Justin Baldoni's behavior,
00:58an issue she claims other women also faced. The amended complaint alleges that Baldoni was aware
01:03of these concerns but failed to address them, despite other female cast members allegedly
01:08reporting his behavior to Sony and a producer in May 2023. When confronted, Baldoni acknowledged
01:14the issues and promised adjustments. However, a week later, the same actress allegedly confided
01:20in Lively that conditions on set remained troubling and that she found it difficult
01:24to communicate with Baldoni. Rather than improving the work environment, Lively's attorneys claim
01:29Baldoni retaliated by hiring a crisis management team and orchestrating a smear campaign to
01:34discredit her. In response, Wallace is suing Lively for defamation, saying that she caused
01:39him millions of dollars in reputational and emotional harm, according to Business Insider.
01:45Meanwhile, sources report attorneys for both sides have opted out of mediation,
01:49all but guaranteeing this case heads to trial in March 2026.
01:54Reactions on X have not been kind to Lively. As one X user wrote,
01:58Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are the bottom of the barrel. They actually banged the amended
02:02lawsuit with his own words as a quote, accompanied by a screenshot of the introduction to the
02:08amended complaint showing a quote from Justin Baldoni during a 2017 TED Talk. But what do you
02:14think? Will this new amendment in Blake Lively's lawsuit turn the tide in her favor, or will it
02:18only add fuel to the fire? Share your thoughts below and follow us everywhere at What's Trending.
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