Justin Baldoni was photographed for the primary time since his It Ends With Us costar Blake Full of life filed a sexual harassment grievance towards him.
Days after Full of life, 37, filed the Dec. 20 grievance — alleging that Baldoni engaged in misconduct on set and later deployed a smear marketing campaign towards her — images revealed by The Each day Mail present the actor-director, 40, out in Beverly Hills, Calif., along with his spouse Emily on Monday, Dec. 23.
Baldoni, who was lower by his expertise company after the submitting made information, and Emily, 40, have been dropping their two youngsters off earlier than they attended a gathering within the space, Each day Mail reported. The couple have been married since 2013, and Emily shares a scene with Full of life in It Ends With Us for a cameo as an ultrasound technician.
Full of life’s grievance, which she filed months after rumors of behind-the-scenes discord between her and Baldoni started rising in August, alleged that through the manufacturing of It Ends With Us, Baldoni exhibited “disturbing” and “unprofessional” conduct on set, then deployed a retaliatory smear marketing campaign towards her.
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Particularly, Full of life alleged within the grievance that Baldoni engaged in misconduct together with inquiring about her intercourse life, strolling into her trailer unannounced throughout “susceptible” moments, and including “gratuitous sexual content material” to the movie that she didn’t initially conform to.
The grievance states that earlier than It Ends With Us resumed filming after the writers’ strike, a gathering was held in January 2024 to handle Baldoni’s alleged actions and “the hostile work atmosphere that had practically derailed manufacturing.” That assembly was attended by varied producers, together with Full of life’s husband Ryan Reynolds.
The submitting claims that the assembly led manufacturing firm Wayfarer Studios (of which Baldoni is co-chairman and co-founder), Wayfarer CEO and producer Jamey Heath, and Sony Photos, which distributed the movie, approving an inventory of protections that have been “designed to require Wayfarer to stop the on-set conduct of Mr. Baldoni and Mr. Heath.”
It Ends With Us costars Jenny Slate and Brandon Sklenar have publicly voiced assist for Full of life within the days since she filed her grievance. Writer Colleen Hoover, whose bestselling guide was the premise for the It Ends With Us film, additionally spoke out in assist of Full of life.
Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman known as Full of life’s allegations “false, outrageous and deliberately salacious with an intent to publicly damage” him in a press release on Dec. 21.
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Freedman additionally alleged that Full of life induced points through the filming of the film, together with “threatening to not present as much as set, threatening to not promote the movie, in the end resulting in its demise throughout launch.”
In a subsequent assertion, Freedman argued that the publicists enlisted by Baldoni “operated as every other disaster administration agency would when employed by a consumer experiencing threats by two extraordinarily highly effective folks with limitless assets.”
In a press release to The New York Occasions, Full of life stated, “I hope that my authorized motion helps pull again the curtain on these sinister retaliatory techniques to hurt individuals who communicate up about misconduct and helps shield others who could also be focused.”