Blake Energetic has filed a second lawsuit towards Justin Baldoni, The Submit can verify.
The actress, 37, is suing her “It Ends with Us” co-star and director, alleging he triggered her to undergo “severe emotional distress and pain, humiliation, embarrassment, belittlement, frustration, and mental anguish” along with misplaced wages. TMZ was first to report the information.
Energetic filed her lawsuit towards Baldoni, 41, and others on Tuesday in a New York federal court docket. “It Ends with Us,” the blockbuster film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel, was filmed primarily in New York.
Energetic is looking for punitive damages at “an amount to be determined at trial.”
Attorneys for Energetic supplied a press release to The Submit following information of the actress’ newest lawsuit.
“Earlier today, Ms. Lively filed a federal complaint against Wayfarer Studios and others in the Southern District of New York,” the assertion started, referring to the studio that produced “It Ends with Us.”
“Ms. Lively previously sent her California Civil Rights Department Complaint in response to the retaliatory campaign Wayfarer launched against her for reporting sexual harassment and workplace safety concerns.”
The star’s attorneys continued, “Unfortunately, Ms. Lively’s decision to speak out has resulted in further retaliation and attacks. As alleged in Ms. Lively’s federal Complaint, Wayfarer and its associates have violated federal and California state law by retaliating against her for reporting sexual harassment and workplace safety concerns.”
“Now, the defendants will answer for their conduct in federal court. Ms. Lively has brought this litigation in New York, where much of the relevant activities described in the Complaint took place, but we reserve the right to pursue further action in other venues and jurisdictions as appropriate under the law.”
Energetic’s reps additionally referred The Submit to a press release the actress gave on Dec. 21 after she filed her first grievance.
“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,” Energetic mentioned.
The Submit has reached out to reps for Baldoni for remark.
“The Age of Adaline” actress’ second lawsuit follows authorized motion she took earlier this month towards Baldoni and his disaster managers, Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel, along with Wayfarer Studios, which produced “It Ends with Us.”
Energetic’s first lawsuit was filed with the California Civil Rights Fee.
Within the swimsuit, Energetic accused Baldoni of sexual harassment and orchestrating a “coordinated smear campaign” to destroy her popularity.
Like her latest New York motion, the actress’ California submitting accused Baldoni and others of inflicting hurt to her enterprise, resulting in her household experiencing “severe emotional distress.”
In court docket paperwork, Energetic alleged that “things got so bad during filming [‘It Ends with Us’], there was an all-hands-on-deck meeting to address what she claims was a hostile work environment.”
Actor Ryan Reynolds, Energetic’s husband, reportedly attended the assembly.
Energetic claimed that she and Reynolds demanded there can be “no more showing nude videos or images of women to Lively, no more mention of Baldoni’s alleged previous ‘pornography addiction,’ and no more discussions about sexual conquests in front of Lively.”
Additionally they insisted that Baldoni “should not make inquiries about Lively’s weight” and make “no further mention of her dead father.”
Energetic additionally informed Baldoni that there can be “no more adding of sex scenes, oral sex or on camera climaxing” exterior the scope of the script she accepted upon becoming a member of the challenge.
Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman beforehand rebuffed the allegations Energetic made in her California lawsuit.
In a press release given to The Submit earlier this month, Freedman mentioned, “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.”
“These claims are completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt and rehash a narrative in the media,” Freedman added.
The lawyer claimed Baldoni had employed a disaster supervisor resulting from “multiple demands and threats” he alleged Energetic made, together with “threatening to not showing up to set, threatening to not promote the film, ultimately leading to its demise during release, if her demands were not met.”
