Blake Lively vs Justin Baldoni’s Version of ‘It Ends With Us’

The knives are well and truly out when it comes to Blake Lively a Justin Baldoni professional relationship.

Lively, 37, and Baldoni, 40, have claimed in their legal battles that each of them had a hand in creating different cuts of the film at the center of the play, It Ends With Us.

In her complaintBaldoni allegedly made vivid detailed changes during the filming of the Colleen Hoover adapt a book.

He claimed that additional “graphic” scenes were added that were not originally present in the script.

One of the allegedly graphic scenes described in the complaint was a scene that asked Lively to “orgasm on camera” – a scene that did not appear in the original script.

“After Ms. Lively signed to the film based on a draft of the script, added Mr. Baldoni, without knowing Ms. Lively than permission, graphic content in person, including place scene

Ms. Lively to orgasm on camera,” the complaint read. “When Ms. Lively these additions, Mr Baldoni insisted that he had added them because he was making the Film ‘through the female gaze.'”

The legal document went on to describe a climactic scene at the same time that Lively claimed Baldoni included.

“Although he agreed to remove the scenes, he made a last-ditch attempt to keep one where the couple orgasmed together on their wedding night, and said it was important to him because he and his partner climaxes at the same time during intercourse,” the complaint. read. “Mr. Then Baldoni intrusively asked Ms. Lively did she and her husband climax at the same time during intercourse, which was invasive to Ms. Lively refused to discuss it.”

According to Lively’s complaint, Baldoni also allegedly added a scene involving a younger version of her character Lily (played by Isabella Ferrer) lost her virginity.

“Mr. Baldoni added a detailed scene to the Film where the underage version of Ms Lively’s character, Lily, loses her virginity. In the book and the script for the film, there was no sex scene; instead, the details of this moment were left to the audience’s imagination.” he read the complaint.

He continued: “But Mr Baldoni added in considerable detail, including dialogue between Young Lily and her boyfriend (Atlas) about losing her virginity, as well as a simulated sex scene which Mr Baldoni filmed, and included in his initial cut of r Film, a close-up of Young Lily’s face, along with an audible gasp at the moment of penetration. Ms. was informed. Lively when this scene was shot, after Mr. Baldoni called “cut,” she walked over to the actors and said, ‘I know I’m not supposed to say this, but that was hot,’ and, ‘I did you two practiced this before?’”

Baldoni filed a $250 million lawsuit against The New York Times on Tuesday, December 31. The actor and director are suing for libel and false light invasion of privacy following The New York Times’ reported on Lively’s costar after she sued him for sexual harassment.

The director was one of 10 plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which also includes publicity Melissa Nathan a Jennifer Abel as well as It Ends With Us producers James Heath a Steve Saraowitz, which started legal proceedings against the media.

In his complaint, Baldoni claimed two different, competing views of It Ends With Us emerged during production – one overseen by him and the other commissioned by Lively. Baldoni claimed that his version was tested significantly higher than Lively’s version with focus groups.

The same day to sue Baldoni The New York Times, Lively filed a lawsuit officially against Baldoni, Nathan and Abel, along with Wayfarer Studios in the Southern District of New York.

The lawsuit alleged sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy and loss of wages. The allegations match those made in Lively’s complaint filed with the California Department of Civil Rights last week.

Lively spoke about her legal action in a statement on Saturday, December 21 Us Weekly.

“I hope my legal action will help pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about wrongdoing and help protect others who may be targeted,” he said.

A New York Times a spokesman said Us Weekly in a statement on Tuesday, December 31 that the outlet plans to “vigorously defend against the lawsuit.”

“The role of an independent news organization is to follow the facts where they lead,” the statement read. “Our story was told carefully and responsibly. It was based on a review of thousands of pages of original documents, including the text messages and emails we quote accurately and extensively in the article. Those text messages and emails were also the core of a discrimination claim filed in California by Blake Lively against Justin Baldoni and his associates. “

The statement continued, “In order to address some inaccuracies in the legal proceedings, in seeking comments from Mr. Baldoni and others mentioned in the article, The Times share the information we intended to publish, including references to specific text messages and documents, ask them to point out any inaccuracies, provide additional context and speak to our team. He chose Mr. Baldoni, Wayfarer and the other subjects did not have any conversations with The Times or address any of the specific text messages or documents and instead sent a joint response email, published in full . (Also, they sent their response to The Times at 11:16 pm ET December 20th, not at 2:16 am ET December 21st as the complaint states.)”

In response to Baldoni filing the lawsuit, Lively’s attorney said Us on Tuesday, December 31 that the lawsuit was based on a “clearly false premise.”

“Nothing in this lawsuit changes anything about the allegations presented in Ms. Lively in California, or her federal complaint, which was filed earlier today,” the statement read. “This lawsuit is based on the patently false premise that Ms. Lively v. Wayfarer and others shame based on the choice “not to file a lawsuit against Baldoni, Wayfarer,” and that “litigation was never the ultimate goal.” As demonstrated by the federal complaint filed by Ms. Lively earlier today, that frame of reference for the Wayfarer lawsuit is false. Although we will not litigate this issue in the press, we encourage people to read Ms complaint. Lively as a whole. We look forward to addressing each of Wayfarer’s claims in court.”

Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman also shared a statement with Us Weeklypromise to “pull down” The New York Times for his “vicious smear campaign.”

“In this vicious smear campaign fully orchestrated by Blake Lively and her team, the New York Times woven into the wishes and whims of two powerful ‘untouchable’ Hollywood elites, disregarding journalistic practices and ethics that once befitted the revered publication by using manipulated and manipulated texts and deliberately omitting texts that’ n disagree with the PR narrative they chose,” he said through a statement to Us on Tuesday, December 31. “In doing so, they pre-determined the outcome of their story, and aided and abetted their own destructive public relations smear campaign designed to revive Lively’s self-indulgent sweeping public image and counter the organic basis of criticism among the community. public online. The irony is rich.”

He continued: “Make no mistake however, as we all unite to eliminate The New York Times by no longer allowing them to deceive the public, we will continue this campaign of authenticity by also suing those individuals who have abused their power to try to destroy the lives of my clients. While their side embraces partial truths, we embrace the full truth – and we have all the communications to back it up. The public will decide for themselves as they did when this started.”