Justin Baldoni is already coping with main fallout days after Blake Lively filed a lawsuit in opposition to him.
The New York Times reported on December 21 that Full of life filed a lawsuit on December 20 by which she accused him of sexual harassment and launching a “social manipulation” marketing campaign in opposition to her to “destroy” her status through the promotion of their movie It Ends With Us. The docs, which have been additionally obtained by Us Weekly, claimed that Full of life was not the only cast member who complained about Baldoni.
Baldoni, who has been a vocal supporter of ladies’s points, has denied the allegations by way of his lawyer Bryan Freedman who known as Full of life’s accusations “fully false, outrageous and deliberately salacious” in an announcement to Us. The assertion claimed that Full of life filed the lawsuit to “repair her adverse status” and “rehash a story” concerning the movie’s manufacturing.
Us reached out to Full of life’s rep for remark however didn’t instantly hear again. In an announcement to The New York Occasions concerning her lawsuit, the actress stated, “I hope that my authorized motion helps pull again the curtain on these sinister retaliatory ways to hurt individuals who converse up about misconduct and helps shield others who could also be focused.”
Months after a reported rift between It Ends With Us costars Blake Full of life and Justin Baldoni, she sued him for sexual harassment. Within the lawsuit, which was filed on Friday, December 20, and obtained by Us Weekly after it was reported on by TMZ and The New York Occasions, Full of life accused Baldoni of launching a […]
Whereas Baldoni has maintained innocence for the reason that lawsuit’s submitting, he has suffered from a sequence of profession setbacks. Baldoni was rapidly dropped from his expertise company along with having an award rescinded.
Hold scrolling to see what Baldoni has misplaced since information broke of Full of life’s lawsuit:
Dropped From WME
The identical day that information broke of Full of life’s lawsuit, expertise company WME (William Morris Endeavor) dropped Baldoni as a client. Deadline reported that the choice was made by WME management and was partly on account of Full of life’s lawsuit.
WME additionally represents Full of life the place she nonetheless stays a consumer.
Important Voices Award Rescinded
One week earlier than information broke of Full of life’s lawsuit, Baldoni was awarded on the 2024 Important Voices Solidarity Awards which is an “awards program that honors outstanding males who’ve proven braveness and compassion in advocating on behalf of ladies and ladies worldwide,” per the group’s web site. The distinction was introduced by his It Ends With Us costar Hasan Minhaj.
On December 23, Important Voices introduced they rescinded the award and alerted Baldoni of the choice amid the authorized drama.
“The Voices of Solidarity Award honors outstanding males who’ve proven braveness and compassion in advocating on behalf of ladies and ladies,” an announcement shared via Instagram learn. “On December 9, 2024, we acknowledged Justin Baldoni with this award. On Saturday, December 21, we realized by means of information experiences a couple of lawsuit introduced by Blake Full of life in opposition to Mr. Baldoni, his publicists, and others that’s disturbing and alleges abhorrent conduct. The communications amongst Mr. Baldoni and his publicists within the lawsuit — and the PR effort they point out — are, alone, opposite to the values of Important Voices and the spirit of the Award.”
Shedding a Cohost
Baldoni hosted the podcast “Man Sufficient” alongside creator Liz Plank. On December 23, Plank introduced her departure from the present after 4 years.
“I’m writing to you right this moment to let you understand that I’ve had my representatives inform Wayfarer that I’ll now not be co-hosting the ‘Man Sufficient’ podcast,” Plank wrote in an announcement obtained by People. “Thanks for trusting me together with your hearts and tales, for holding house for mine, and for making this present what it was. I’ll miss you, the listeners, a lot. I really like what this group created along with each fiber of my being, and that’s due to you.”
Plank added that whereas “this chapter closes” for her, she plans on staying “dedicated to the values we’ve constructed collectively.”
“Thanks for being right here, for trusting me, and for being by my aspect for the final 4 years. All of us deserve higher, and I do know that collectively, we will create it,” she continued. “I’ll have extra to share quickly as I proceed to course of every part that has occurred. Within the meantime, I’ll proceed to help everybody who calls out injustice and holds the individuals standing of their means accountable.”
She didn’t discuss with Baldoni or the lawsuit in her assertion.
Podcast Episode Deleted
Within the wake of Full of life’s lawsuit, Elizabeth Day, host of the podcast “The best way to Fail,” deleted an episode the place she interviewed Baldoni about It Ends With Us.
“I’ve made the choice to take away the current The best way to Fail interview with Justin Baldoni from all platforms whereas the distressing allegations made in opposition to him in Blake Full of life’s current lawsuit are totally investigated,” Day wrote in an announcement shared by way of Instagram on December 24. “Each particular person has a proper to a protected office. Each lady has the proper to dignity in that office. Each type of abuse needs to be known as out and I salute the people who’ve the braveness to take action.”
