Sony Pictures releases statement in support of Blake Lively amid Justin Baldoni lawsuit

Sony Pictures, the studio behind It Ends With Us, has released a statement in support of Blake Lively amid her lawsuit against co-star Justin Baldoni.

Blake Lively filed a lawsuit against It Ends With us co-star and director Justin Baldoni on Friday, accusing him of sexual harassment and a hostile work environment, alongside claiming he launched a smear campaign with the intent to “destroy her reputation.”

Following the allegations against Justin Baldoni from Blake Lively, Sony released a supportive statement, saying: “We have previously expressed our support for Blake in connection with her work on and for the film.

“We fully and firmly reiterate that support today. Further, we strongly condemn any reputational attacks on her. Any such attacks have no place in our business or in a civil society.”

Credit: Sony Pictures Entertainment

Other people involved in the making of It Ends With Us have also released statements in support of Blake, with the books author Colleen Hoover sharing a statement written by Blake’s co-stars from The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants.

The statement read: “As Blake’s friends and sisters for over 20 years, we stand with her in solidarity as she fights back against the reported campaign waged to destroy her reputation.

“Throughout the filming of It Ends With Us, we saw her summon the courage to ask for a safe workplace for herself and colleagues on set and we were appalled to read the evidence of a premeditated and vindictive effort that ensued to discredit her voice.”

Within the post, Colleen shared the same image of herself and Blake hugging and captioned it: “I thought the note was beautiful.”

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Within the caption, she added how she “wanted to show support but I had anxiety thinking of putting my post about Blake in my feed and sending myself into a mental spiral from the inevitable comments”.

Explaining how her attitude to social media had changed over the last year, Colleen admitted she had “pulled back” her online presence to “save her sanity”. However, she added how the statement from Amber, America and Alexis had “inspired” her to stand up for herself.

In the post, which has since been liked by Blake Lively on Instagram, she wrote: “This statement from these women and Blake’s ability to refuse to sit down and ‘be buried’ has been nothing short of inspiring. Seeing these three women stand up for their friend when they know good and well they’re going to be ripped apart by the people who choose to not accept or read receipts is inspiring.

“I am done being afraid to post in fear of the comment section hurting my reputation.”

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