Justin Baldoni’s legal team released raw video footage from “It Ends With Us” to refute his co-star Blake Lively’s sexual harassment claims.
The 10-minute video, shared by Baldoni’s legal counsel Bryan Freedman and obtained by Page Six, opens with a statement from his team, stating Lively claimed in her suit that he was “behaving inappropriately” during a slow dancing scene.
Baldoni’s legal counsel claims the footage, which was filmed in May 2023, refutes Lively’s characterization of his behavior.
“The scene in question was designed to show the two characters falling in love and longing to be close to one another. Both actors are clearly behaving well within the scope of the scene and with mutual respect and professionalism,” the statement read.
“These are all three takes filmed in sequence.”
In the clip, Lively, 37, and Baldoni, 40, slow danced in a bar for a scene in the movie, which was released in August 2024, while extras watched and cheered for a game in the background.
Both actors were caught engaging in small talk on their mics — even bringing up their respective spouses, Ryan Reynolds and Emily Baldoni.
At one point, the “Gossip Girl” alum told her co-star that she thought it was “more romantic” for them to talk while they danced.
When the actors embraced and put their heads together, Lively joked that she felt “so nosey,” referring to their noses touching, to which Justin replied, “I know. And my nose is so big.”
Lively then said, “Yes. I was hoping we could address this. It’s not too late.”
The mom of four then seemingly suggested Justin undergo surgery, telling him to “shut down [production]” and “call an insurance month,” which suggests the “Jane the Virgin” alum’s claims that Lively spoke negatively about his facial appearance.
In another take, Justin joked that he was probably “getting beard” on his leading lady, to which she responded that she was probably getting spray tan on him.
He replied, “It smells good.”
Page Six has reached out to Lively’s team for comment but did not immediately hear back.
Justin’s legal team released the footage to refute claims that Lively made in the lawsuit she filed against him in December 2024.
In the docs obtained by Page Six, the “Age of Adaline” actress claimed Justin sexually harassed her on the set of the romantic drama. She alleged that during the filming of “a slow dance scene for a montage in which no sound was recorded,” Baldoni “leaned forward and slowly dragged his lips from her ear and down her neck as he said, ‘It smells so good’… When Ms. Lively later objected to this behavior, Mr. Baldoni’s response was, ‘I’m not even attracted to you.’”
Lively also claimed that a meeting was held to address Baldoni’s behavior, which allegedly included showing Lively “nude videos or images of women,” mentioning his past “porn addiction” and sexual conquests and requesting to add more sex scenes outside of the approved script.
She also accused Justin of working with his team to ruin her reputation by orchestrating a smear campaign against her.
Freedman slammed the claims on behalf of his client at the time, telling Page Six in a statement: “It is shameful that Ms. Lively and her representatives would make such serious and categorically false accusations.
“These claims are completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt and rehash a narrative in the media.”
Last week, Justin filed a $400 million defamation and extortion lawsuit against Lively, her husband and her publicist, Leslie Sloane, claiming the Hollywood couple asserted control over the production of the film.
In the suit, Justin claimed Lively “continued to break character” during their slow dance scene and started to “speak as herself rather than as Lily, which was extremely confusing for Baldoni” before making jokes about his nose.
Justin’s lawyer, Freedman, told us, “This lawsuit is a legal action based on an overwhelming amount of untampered evidence detailing Blake Lively and her team’s duplicitous attempt to destroy Justin Baldoni, his team and their respective companies by disseminating grossly edited, unsubstantiated, new and doctored information to the media.”
The attorney added, “We know the truth, and now the public does too. Justin and his team have nothing to hide; documents do not lie.”
In response to the suit, Lively’s legal team told Page Six: “This latest lawsuit from Justin Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios, and its associates is another chapter in the abuser playbook. This is an age-old story: A woman speaks up with concrete evidence of sexual harassment and retaliation and the abuser attempts to turn the tables on the victim.”
Last month, the “Five Feet Apart” director also filed a $250 million libel lawsuit against the New York Times, claiming the newspaper “cherry-picked and altered communications” without providing “necessary context” in their article about Lively’s sexual harassment allegations.
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