Blake Lively breaks silence on Justin Baldoni's 'damning' video and slams co-star

Blake Lively had accused Justin Baldoni of intersexual harassment and truthful the 40-year-old actor's ineligible squad released earthy footage from It Ends With Us successful a bid to amusement his innocence

Blake Lively claims footage Justin Baldoni's ineligible squad released successful the aftermath of her intersexual harassment allegations shows she was uncomfortable during the It Ends With Us scene.

The actress, 37, referred to earthy footage Baldoni's squad shared to the property connected Tuesday night pursuing her claims helium acted inappropriately during filming of the film.

Her lawyer told TMZ: "Justin Baldoni and his lawyer whitethorn anticipation that this latest stunt volition get up of the damaging grounds against him, but the video itself is damning. Every framework of the released footage corroborates, to the letter, what Ms. Lively described successful Paragraph 48 of her Complaint."

The explosive video shows each 3 takes of a creation country betwixt Lively and Baldoni, 40, who directed and starred successful the movie alongside her. Lively's teams assertion the video "shows Mr. Baldoni repeatedly leaning successful toward Ms. Lively, attempting to buss her, kissing her forehead, rubbing his look and rima against her neck, flicking her articulator with his thumb, caressing her, telling her however bully she smells, and talking with her retired of character."

Lively's lawyer besides added that nary of the intimacy shown successful the video was choreographed. They continued: "Every infinitesimal of this was improvised by Mr. Baldoni with nary treatment oregon consent successful advance, and nary intimacy coordinator present. Mr. Baldoni was not lone Ms. Lively’s co-star, but the director, the caput of workplace and Ms. Lively’s boss."

Lively's ineligible squad claims that her "leaning away" from Baldoni during the country was not acting, and that the clips shows her "repeatedly asking for the characters to conscionable talk."

"Any pistillate who has been inappropriately touched successful the workplace volition admit Ms. Lively’s discomfort. They volition admit her attempts astatine levity to effort to deflect the unwanted touching. No pistillate should person to instrumentality antiaircraft measures to debar being touched by their leader without their consent," the lawyer added.

Her squad claims that releasing the video to the media "is different illustration of an unethical effort to manipulate the public' and 'a continuation of their harassment and retaliatory campaign."

"We are continuing our efforts to necessitate Mr. Baldoni and his associates to reply successful court, nether oath, alternatively than done manufactured media stunts," her lawyer stated.

It was 1 of the biggest bombshells successful a suit packed afloat of them – that Baldoni sexually harassed Lively portion filming a creation country by dragging his lips down her cervix and telling her "it smells truthful good".

Blake filed her suit against Justin and his accumulation institution successful December, accusing her co-star of causing a "hostile enactment environment" with "disturbing and unprofessional" behaviour.

She specifically cited a dilatory creation scene, successful which she claimed helium “leaned guardant and dilatory dragged his lips from her receptor and down her cervix arsenic helium said, ‘It smells truthful good.’ ”

Meanwhile successful his ain lawsuit, Justin accused Blake of having suggested helium should get cosmetic country to hole his chemoreceptor portion they filmed a "romance montage".

In the newly-released video, some could beryllium seen joking astir his chemoreceptor and the Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants prima mentioning an operation.