Blake Lively accuses It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment

Blake Lively has filed a legal complaint against her co-star and director of the film It Ends With Us , Justin Baldoni, alleging sexual harassment and a co-ordinated PR campaign to ruin her reputation. The New York Times first reported that the actor filed the complaint in California on Friday local time. Along with Baldoni, 40, the complaint is also filed against key figures from production company Wayfarer Studios - the owners of It Ends With Us - a publicist, a crisis communication specialist, and an independent contractor.

The 80-page complaint, which the New York Times published in full, stated that the 37-year-old actor was pushed to having an “all hands” meeting with Baldoni, film producer Jamey Heath, and others, about their alleged “repeated sexual harassment and other disturbing behaviour” after Wayfarer “rebuffed” her concerns, which she claimed she had raised months before the filming started. Lively’s husband, actor Ryan Reynolds , was also present at the meeting..