Blake Lively files formal lawsuit against Justin Baldoni over sexual harassment, severe emotional distress; seeks punitive damages – Newz9

Blake Lively has formally filed a formal lawsuit in her authorized battle against ‘It End’s With Us’ co-star and director Justin Baldoni.
The actress on New Year’s Eve, filed the paperwork in New York federal court docket, alleging sexual harassment. The lawsuit follows weeks of headlines sparked by Lively’s criticism with the California Civil Rights Department, which surfaced on December 21.
In the lawsuit, obtained by USA TODAY, the allegations echo Lively’s earlier criticism, accusing Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios CEO Jamey Heath of participating in ‘inappropriate sexual conduct’ each on and off the set.Wayfarer Studios, Baldoni’s manufacturing firm, can also be named as a defendant within the lawsuit.The go well with claims that “as a direct, foreseeable, and proximate result of this unlawful discriminatory conduct” by Baldoni and others named, Lively “suffered, and continues to suffer, substantial damages.”
The submitting alleges that Baldoni’s actions brought about Lively “severe emotional distress and pain, humiliation, embarrassment, belittlement, frustration, and mental anguish,” and that Lively “is entitled to an award of punitive damages, in an amount to be determined at trial. “
Among the numerous allegations made by the actress in her go well with, she claims that Baldoni exhibited a sample of misconduct, together with, displaying her express movies and pictures of nude ladies and in addition discussing his previous pornography habit and sexual experiences.
She additionally claimed that the director and actor improvised a kiss on digital camera and added a intercourse scene to the movie’s script with out her prior consent. She had additionally alleged that the director made inappropriate feedback about her physique and weight and claimed that he en hertered trailer whereas she was undressed and breastfeeding her baby.

Among the numerous allegations made against the director was one which claimed Baldoni collaborated together with his PR workforce to plant damaging tales about Lively in an effort to wreck her repute and profession after she spoke out of his behaviour.
Lively’s submitting comes on the heels of Baldoni’s $250 million libel lawsuit against The New York Times, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on New Year’s Eve. In his go well with, the director together with a bunch of plaintiffs together with publicists Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel and ‘It Ends With Us’ producers Jamey Heath and Steve Sarowitz, claims the newspaper revealed a defamatory article amplifying Lively’s accusations.
However, Lively was not named within the go well with.
Responding to the go well with, Lively’s authorized workforce on Tuesday, issued a press release addressing the counterclaims. “Nothing in Baldoni’s lawsuit changes anything about the claims advanced in Ms. Lively’s California Civil Rights Department Complaint,” they stated, as reported by USA Today.
Meanwhile, Baldoni’s authorized workforce has dismissed Lively’s claims as baseless and vowed to defend the director’s repute.