Blake Lively vs Justin Baldoni Cover of 'It Ends With Us'

Knives are well and truly when it comes to Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni professional relationships.

Both Lively, 37, and Baldoni, 40, claimed in their lawsuits that they each participated in creating various a film in the center of the drama, It ends with us.

In her complaintLive detailed possible changes Baldoni made during filming Colleen Hoover book adaptation.

She claimed that additional “graphic” scenes were added that were not originally in the script.

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This Ends With Us director and star Justin Baldoni has filed a lawsuit against The New York Times following its reporting on actor Blake Lively after she sued him for sexual harassment. Baldoni, 40, filed a $250 million lawsuit against Lively, 37, in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, Dec. 31, according to Us Weekly. (…)

One of the allegedly graphic scenes described in the complaint was a scene in which Lively was supposed to have an “orgasm on camera,” a scene that did not appear in the original script.

“After Ms. Lively signed off on the film based on a draft script, Mr. Baldoni personally added graphic content without Ms. Lively's knowledge or consent, including a scene in which

Ms. Lively was supposed to orgasm on camera,” the complaint states. “When Ms. Lively objected to these additions, Mr. Baldoni insisted that he had added them because he was making the film 'through a woman's point of view.'”

The legal document went on to describe a simultaneous climactic scene that Lively invited Baldoni to include.

“Although he agreed to remove the scenes, he made one last attempt to keep one of the couple orgasming together on their wedding night, which he said was important because he and his partner climaxed at the same time during intercourse,” the complaint said. to read “Mr. Baldoni then intrusively asked Ms. Lively whether she and her husband climaxed at the same time during intercourse, which Ms. Lively considered invasive and refused to discuss.

According to Lively's complaint, Baldoni also allegedly added a scene involving a younger version of her character Lily (in the Isabel Ferrer) losing one's innocence.

“Mr. Baldoni added a detailed scene to the film in which a juvenile version of Ms. Lively's character, Lily, loses her innocence. There were no sex scenes in both the book and the film script; instead, the details of the moment were left to the imagination of the audience. came the complaint.

It continued: “But Mr. Baldoni added remarkable details, including both dialogue between Young Lily and her boyfriend (Atlas) about her loss of virginity, as well as a simulated sex scene that Mr. Baldoni filmed and included his original cut of the film, a close-up of Young Lily's face, accompanied by an audible gasp on entry. Ms. Lively was informed that when the scene was being shot, after Mr. Baldoni called “cut,” he walked up to the actors and said, “I know I shouldn't say this, but it was hot,” and ” Have you two practiced this before?”

Baldoni sued for $250 million vs The New York Times on Tuesday, December 31. The actor and director are suing for defamation and false invasion of privacy The New York Times' is reporting on costar Lively after she sued him for sexual harassment.

The director was one of 10 plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which also includes publicists Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel as well as It ends with us manufacturers James Heath and Steve Saraovich, who initiated legal proceedings against the medium.

In his complaint, Baldoni alleged two different, competing remedies It ends with us arose during production – one supervised by him and the other commissioned by Lively. Baldoni claimed that his version tested significantly higher than Lively's version with focus groups.

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Justin Baldoni's lawsuit against The New York Times has further exposed the apparent creative differences between him and 'It Ends With Us' actor Blake Lively. Baldoni, 40, is suing The Times for $250 million, alleging defamation and false invasion of privacy violations over the paper's reports of Lively suing him for sexual misconduct (…)

Baldoni sued the same day The New York Times, Lively officially filed a lawsuit vs. Baldoni, Nathan and Abel with Wayfarer Studios in the Southern District of New York.

The lawsuit alleges sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy and lost wages. The claims are similar to those made in Lively's complaint filed last week with the California Department of Civil Rights.

Lively announced her legal action in a statement on Saturday, December 21 Us Weekly.

“I hope my legal action will help pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about wrongdoing and help protect others who may be targeted,” she said.

A New York Times said the representative Us Weekly on Tuesday, Dec. 31, in a statement that the outlet plans to “vigorously defend against the lawsuit.”

“The job of an independent news organization is to follow the facts where they lead,” the statement said. “Our story was carefully and responsibly reported. It was based on a review of thousands of pages of original documents, including the text messages and emails that we quote accurately and extensively in the article. Those text messages and emails were also the primary cause of the discrimination claim filed by the California filed by Blake Lively v. Justin Baldoni et al.

The statement continued: “In order to clear up some inaccuracies in the lawsuit, by seeking comment from Mr. Baldoni and others who will be mentioned in the article, The Times shared the information we planned to release, including references to specific messages and documents, asked us to identify any inaccuracies, provide additional context, and speak with our team. Mr. Baldoni, Wayfarer and the other entities chose not to have any conversations with The Times or address any of the specific text messages or documents, instead sending a joint response that was published in full. (They also sent their response to The Times at 11:16 p.m. ET on Dec. 20, not 2:16 a.m. ET on Dec. 21, as the complaint states.)”

In response to Baldoni's lawsuit, Lively's lawyer said We on Tuesday, Dec. 31, that the lawsuit was based on a “manifestly false premise.”

“Nothing in this lawsuit alters the claims made in Ms. Lively's California Department of Civil Rights complaint, nor in her federal complaint filed today,” the statement said. “This lawsuit is based on the patently false premise that Ms. Lively's administrative complaint against Wayfarer and others was a ruse based on her choice 'not to file suit against Baldoni, Wayfarer' and that 'litigation was never her primary goal.'” According to Lively's Ms.'s federal complaint today, this Wayfarer lawsuit reference system is false.While we won't litigate this case in the press, we encourage people read Ms. Lively's complaint in full We look forward to litigating each of Wayfarer's claims.

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UPDATE 12/31/21 11.30pm ET: Justin Baldoni was one of 10 plaintiffs to file a $250 million lawsuit against The New York Times after it published a story about actor Blake Lively after she sued him for sexual harassment. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which include publicists Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel, and it ends with us (…)

Baldon's lawyer Brian Friedman also shared a statement with Us Weeklypromising to “tear down” The New York Times for his “vicious smear campaign”.

“In this vicious smear campaign entirely orchestrated by Blake Lively and her team, New York Times bowed to the wishes and whims of two powerful 'untouchable' Hollywood elites, disregarding the journalistic practices and ethics once befitting a respectable publication, using fabricated and manipulated texts and deliberately omitting texts that challenge their chosen PR narrative,” he said in a statement. We on Tuesday, December 31. “In doing so, they pre-determined the outcome of their story and aided and abetted their own disastrous PR smear campaign aimed at reviving Lively's self-inflicted battered public image and combating criticism among the online public. The irony is rich. “

He continued: “Make no mistake though, as we all unite to destroy The New York Times no longer allowing them to mislead the public, we will continue this campaign of authenticity by also suing those individuals who have abused their power to attempt to destroy the lives of my clients. While their side embraces partial truths, we embrace the full truth and have all the communication options to back it up. The public will decide for themselves, as they did when it first started.