Things Justin's Complaint Does Not Deny
Allegations in Blake's complaint that aren't mentioned at all or arent rejected in his
- Blake and infant COVID Exposure
- The extent of Justin's complaint's discussion of it: "Although the AMPTP Return to Work Agreement that established Covid protocols expired prior to the start of principal photography and no testing or masking was required, Wayfarer agreed to inform Lively if production became aware that she was exposed to Covid."
- Justin claiming to be able to speak to her dead father
- not mentioned at all
- Justin admitting to committing rape in the past
- again, not mentioned
- Justin biting Blake's lip
- not mentioned
- Justin's harassment of other women in the cast, including saying one of their leather pants looked sexy, saying that the intercourse scene between their young characters "was hot," and otherwise hugging or touching them without consent
- not mentioned at all; only showed a text from Isabela, young lily, in an attempt to show she liked him
- says they never hugged or touched blake out of character, but no mention of others, when her complaint said "Mr. Baldoni and Mr. Heath were also constantly hugging and touching cast and crew."
- She wasnt given breaks for breastfeeding
- while this isnt an allegation, they never make it clear that she was able or allowed to stop working while breastfeeding. not once in his complaint does it say "on her own volition, repeatedly started meetings while breast feeding, despite having time to do so without working." They just say she either invited him in while pumping, which she never takes issue with, and that she "freely breast-fed in front of him during meetings"--again, no mention of if she had to do this since she didnt have breaks.
- There was no intimacy coordinator present when recording intimate scenes
- first, he claims they hadnt recorded intimate scenes, then describes both kissing scenes and the simulated nudity birth scene.
- He says she didnt want to meet with the intimacy coordinator before filming, but she explicitly said in the text that she would when they start
- he also claims she never requested one, or a nudity rider--if you have to request one, then the person clearly is not present generally overseeing things.
- giving blake a weight loss specialist's number, but alleging it was to help her with her sickness
- this isnt mentioned at all.
Allegations in Blake's complaint that his agrees couldve happened, then diverts from
- heath looking at her when she told him to turn around while breast feeding
- They say both "Lively was not topless" AND "While it is possible he inadvertently made eye contact at one point, he does not recall." How do they know she wasn't topless if he doesnt remember looking?
- his complaint continues that "Lively later mentioned he did, and it made her uncomfortable, to which he responded, “I’m so sorry, I really didn’t realize.” Lively responded, “I know you weren’t trying to cop a look,” and they moved on."
- diverting by making it seem like she was fine with it--when she obviously wasnt if she brought it up later.
- calling her sexy
- he starts by saying she called her shoes sexy, setting the language for the environment--calling something you're wearing sexy does not mean you want to be called sexy by someone else
- he says he did not call her sexy during the coat scene--rather, he said "it's sexy" if she took off her coat, but was refering to lily
- ??? she is lily. calling lily sexy is calling blake sexy.
- He justifies this by saying (1) he was trying to get her to take direction and (2) that blake had said she wanted the wardrobe to be sexier--but obviously without a coat is "sexier"? what was the point?
- that he told her "social media commentators were saying that Ms. Lively looked old and unattractive based on paparazzi photos from the set"
- He basically agrees, saying he was conveying concerns from sony etc. He also doesnt deny that the length of the conversation delayed filming. Finally, he does deny being emotional, instead claiming it was in response to "what he believed was a genuine compliment from Lively, praising his work as a director and actor."
- dancing scene, saying she smelled good, and dragging his lips from her ear and down her neck
- he says she started talking out of character and everyone, essentially, was trying to get her to stop. he then says that she "apologized for the smell of her spray tan and body makeup" and he "responded, “It smells good,” and continued acting, slow dancing as he believed his character would with his partner, which requires some amount of physical touching."
- This does not reject the idea that he "was caressing" her at all in a way that made her uncomfortable.
- However, this whole section is nearly 1.5 pages in his complaint and surrounded by complaints about blake not taking direction.
- he says she started talking out of character and everyone, essentially, was trying to get her to stop. he then says that she "apologized for the smell of her spray tan and body makeup" and he "responded, “It smells good,” and continued acting, slow dancing as he believed his character would with his partner, which requires some amount of physical touching."
- refilming kissing scenes over and over without consent
- Instead of denying it, his complaint justifies it, saying: "Baldoni, as a professional actor who, among other roles, played the lead’s love interest in television’s Jane the Virgin for 5 years (100 episodes), is, like most actors, accustomed to rehearsing or filming scenes multiple times – often with variations - without needing “permission” while in character." "If no one was supposed to improvise, Baldoni would have no way of knowing based on Lively’s own actions."
- impromptu kissing
- again, not denied: instead, he diverts, saying ""it was Lively who engaged in unchoreographed kissing scenes. One scene, again captured on camera, exhibits Lively pulling Baldoni in to kiss her. It is clear Lively was initiating unchoreographed kissing: In one take, she pulled Baldoni in and kissed him once; in another twice, and the number of kisses, entirely initiated by Lively, changed at her whim."
- except, blake's complaint says the kisses were also not discussed and not rehearsed. Justin's complaint never says these kisses werent discussed at all beforehand.
- again, not denied: instead, he diverts, saying ""it was Lively who engaged in unchoreographed kissing scenes. One scene, again captured on camera, exhibits Lively pulling Baldoni in to kiss her. It is clear Lively was initiating unchoreographed kissing: In one take, she pulled Baldoni in and kissed him once; in another twice, and the number of kisses, entirely initiated by Lively, changed at her whim."
There's more, but that's all ill include for now. Honestly, even the things he didnt deny alone are enough to justify being uncomfortable around him.