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Blake Lively accuses It Ends With Us director of harassment and smear campaign

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In a legal complaint, actor Blake Lively has accused her It Ends With Us director and co-star Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment on the set of the movie and of trying to “destroy” her reputation.

The film, an adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel, was released in August

Blake Lively appears on the red carpet for the movie It Ends With Us. (Getty Images)

Actor Blake Lively has accused her It Ends With Us director and co-star Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment on the set of the movie and of a subsequent effort to “destroy” her reputation in a legal complaint.

The complaint obtained by The Associated Press precedes a lawsuit. The New York Times reported it was filed on Friday with the California Civil Rights Department.

It names Baldoni, the studio behind It Ends With Us and Baldoni’s publicists among the defendants.

A lawyer for Baldoni and the studio called the claims “completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious.”

It Ends With Us was released in August and is an adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s bestselling 2016 romance novel.

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