Blake Lively Accuses 'It Ends With Us' Director Justin Baldoni Of Sexual Harassment

In a complaint, Lively cited a purported meeting demanding that Baldoni, who also co-starred with her in the film, make no further "sexual comments."

Actor Blake Lively has filed a complaint against “It Ends With Us” co-star and director Justin Baldoni over alleged sexual harassment during production and a purported smear campaign targeting her, according to multiple media reports.

The complaint, reportedly filed Friday, alleges that production on the 2024 film became so toxic that a meeting was held about Baldoni’s behavior, with Lively’s husband — actor Ryan Reynolds — in attendance. It purportedly included demands for no further “sexual comments” from Baldoni to Lively or any female cast or crew member, as well as no further descriptions of his genitalia to Lively, inquiries about her weight or comments about a “pornography addiction” he allegedly had.

It also demanded that no more nude images of women be shown to Lively, and called for “no more adding of sex scenes, oral sex, or on camera climaxing by BL [Blake Lively] outside the scope of the script BL approved when signing onto the project.”

She further accused Baldoni of participating in a “social manipulation” campaign to “destroy” her reputation.

“He wants to feel like she can be buried,” a publicist working with Baldoni allegedly told Melissa Nathan, a crisis management expert hired by the director and producer Jamey Heath, in an August text message. Nathan allegedly wrote that “you know we can bury anyone.”