Justin Baldoni has been accused of asking Blake Lively an intrusive question about having sex with her husband.
The pair are currently embroiled in a lawsuit as Lively has accused her It Ends With Us co-star of sexual harassment and alleging he attempted to ‘destroy’ her reputation.
The mum-of-four filed against Baldoni on Friday (20 December) after the film’s release was met by rumours of an off-set rift between the actors.
During the press tour for the romantic drama, fans noticed Lively and Baldoni, who also directed the film, weren’t paired together for interviews despite playing the leads.
And this lawsuit appears to provide some level of explanation for that.
Obtained by The New York Times, the complaint alleges a meeting took place during production of the film to address Lively’s claims and demands for working on the film, with her husband, Ryan Reynolds, also said to be in attendance.
Some of these demands allegedly included no more showing nude videos or images of women’ to Blake, no more mention of Baldoni’s alleged previous ‘pornography addiction’, no more discussions about ‘personal experiences with sex’ in front of Blake and others, no more ‘descriptions of… genitalia’, no more inquiries about Blake’s weight, and no further mention of Blake’s dead father.
There are many allegations made against Baldoni in the lawsuit which his lawyer says are ‘categorically false’.
It claims he ‘personally added graphic content’ to the movie without her knowledge or consent after she had signed on.
And while it is said he eventually agreed to remove the scenes, he still attempted ‘to keep one in which the couple orgasm together on their wedding night, which he said was important to him because he and his partner climax simultaneously during intercourse’.
Stepping into her personal life with Reynolds, the complaint claims: “Mr. Baldoni then intrusively asked Ms. Lively whether she and her husband climax simultaneously during intercourse, which Ms. Lively found invasive and refused to discuss.”
Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman said in a statement to Variety: “It is shameful that Ms. Lively and her representatives would make such serious and categorically false accusations against Mr. Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and its representatives, as yet another desperate attempt to ‘fix’ her negative reputation which was garnered from her own remarks and actions during the campaign for the film; interviews and press activities that were observed publicly, in real time and unedited, which allowed for the internet to generate their own views and opinions.”
Lively told The New York Times: “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.”
LADbible contacted Sony Pictures and Baldoni and Lively’s reps for comment.
