Megan Twohey

Blake Lively has filed a federal lawsuit claiming her It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni sexually harassed her.

Blake Lively has filed a federal lawsuit claiming her It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni sexually harassed her.

Tell me how you came to that story. So in December, Blake Lively, the movie star, filed a legal complaint. It was made with the California Civil Rights Agency. And it is a formal complaint against Justin Baldoni, her co-star and the director of the latest hit movie that she just made. It ends with us. Yeah. Who she says sexually harassed her.

Tell me how you came to that story. So in December, Blake Lively, the movie star, filed a legal complaint. It was made with the California Civil Rights Agency. And it is a formal complaint against Justin Baldoni, her co-star and the director of the latest hit movie that she just made. It ends with us. Yeah. Who she says sexually harassed her.

And what's particularly interesting to us was the information that forms the foundation of the filing, which are excerpts from thousands of pages of text messages and emails that Lively's team acquired through a subpoena. In them, in these documents, Baldoni and his publicists

And what's particularly interesting to us was the information that forms the foundation of the filing, which are excerpts from thousands of pages of text messages and emails that Lively's team acquired through a subpoena. In them, in these documents, Baldoni and his publicists

orchestrated what Lively describes as a modern-day smear campaign, what she said was a coordinated push to tank her reputation out of fear that her allegations may come to light. And what really interested me and my colleagues Mike McIntyre and Julie Tate in this complaint and in what it purported to show is not just how to protect someone's reputation, but how to harm someone else's.

orchestrated what Lively describes as a modern-day smear campaign, what she said was a coordinated push to tank her reputation out of fear that her allegations may come to light. And what really interested me and my colleagues Mike McIntyre and Julie Tate in this complaint and in what it purported to show is not just how to protect someone's reputation, but how to harm someone else's.

Yes.

Yes.

It starts with the filming of It Ends With Us. What is this place going to be?

It starts with the filming of It Ends With Us. What is this place going to be?

And the movie is about this young woman chasing her dream of opening a flower shop who falls in love with this seemingly perfect guy. What do you do for a living?

And the movie is about this young woman chasing her dream of opening a flower shop who falls in love with this seemingly perfect guy. What do you do for a living?

But as the relationship progresses, he becomes physically abusive.

But as the relationship progresses, he becomes physically abusive.

The film was based on a novel by Colleen Hoover, one of the most popular novelists today.

The film was based on a novel by Colleen Hoover, one of the most popular novelists today.

Yeah, yeah, of course. And, you know, there was actually huge anticipation for the movie rights because of how many Hoover fans there are out there. And a studio called Wayfarer eventually gained the rights. And Baldoni, who is also co-chair and co-founder of the studio, called it an act of providence for him to get to direct the film.

Yeah, yeah, of course. And, you know, there was actually huge anticipation for the movie rights because of how many Hoover fans there are out there. And a studio called Wayfarer eventually gained the rights. And Baldoni, who is also co-chair and co-founder of the studio, called it an act of providence for him to get to direct the film.