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The Blake Lively Justin Baldoni legal battle took a turn Tuesday night when she filed an amended complaint alleging that two other actresses on the set of the film are prepared to testify as to their own uncomfortable experiences on set. The suit does not name the actresses, or quote directly from their texts or include screenshots, out of concern that they may be exposed to the same sort of cyberbullying and threats Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, claim they have endured.
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00:00The Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni legal battle took a turn Tuesday night
00:04when Lively filed an amended complaint alleging that two other actresses on the set of the film
00:09are prepared to testify their own uncomfortable experiences on set.
00:15The suit does not name the actresses or quote directly from their texts
00:19or include screenshots out of concern that they may be exposed to the same sort of cyberbullying
00:24and threats Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds claim they have endured.
00:28A spokesperson for Lively said these victim witnesses have given Ms. Lively permission
00:33to share their communications in the amended complaint as they are laid out
00:37and they will testify and produce documents in the discovery process.
00:41Sources indicate that the two women are actresses Jenny Slate and Isabella Ferrer
00:45who could not immediately be reached for comment.
00:48Slate is an acclaimed comic and actress known for roles in parks and recreation
00:52and everything everywhere all at once.
00:54Ferrer is a newcomer to the industry and was only around 23 at the time of filming
00:58when she played the younger version of Lively's character.
01:01Meanwhile on Baldoni's end, his attorney Brian Friedman
01:04criticized Reynolds' joke while on Saturday Night Live's 50th anniversary over the weekend
01:09mocking the feud.
01:10I'm unaware of anybody, frankly, whose wife has been sexually harassed
01:20and has made jokes about that type of situation.
01:23For more updates to this ongoing story, head to THR.com.
01:27And for the latest entertainment news and updates,
01:29keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News.
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