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Breaking News: ‘It Ends With Us’ Costars Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni: Who’s Really Going to Win Amid Lawsuits?…see more

in California claiming Baldoni had sexually harassed her during filming and later attempted to ruin her reputation via vicious and targeted online attacks.
The New York Times picked up on it and swiftly published an exposé about the alleged retaliatory smear campaign Baldoni and his associates waged against Lively, 37. “You know we can bury anyone,” Baldoni’s PR Melissa Nathan is alleged to have said in a text message.
Baldoni’s attorney, Bryan Freedman, called the allegations “categorically false.” Still, the public fallout was swift: The Jane the Virgin alum, 41, and his production company, Wayfarer Studios, were dropped by talent agency WME, which also represents Lively and her husband of 12 years, Ryan Reynolds.
Two days later, the cohost of Baldoni’s feminist “Man Enough Podcast” abruptly left the show. Over on Team Lively, her It Ends With Us costars Jenny Slate and Brendan Sklenar publicly expressed support for her, as did celebs like her Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants castmates as well as Amber Heard and Gwyneth Paltrow.