All The A-list Stars Mentioned in Blake Lively's Lawsuit Against Justin Baldoni Including Taylor Swift and Ben Affleck

Blake Lively is suing Justin Baldoni for alleged sexual harassment and a smear campaign effort orchestrated by PR and crisis management.

via: Daily Mail

A number of A-list celebrities were mentioned in the lawsuit Blake Lively filed against Justin Baldoni.

When Lively, 37, sued her It Ends With Us co-star and director, 40, and he filed a response, several notable A-listers were referenced in the court documents.

The lawsuit was filed by Lively on Friday, and in the filing, she accused him of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment as well as launching a smear campaign with the intent to 'destroy' her reputation.

Some of the names mentioned in her filing included her husband Ryan Reynolds and Justin Bieber's wife Hailey Bieber.

The lawsuit also referenced Lively's close friend Taylor Swift as well as her former colleagues Leighton Meester, Anna Kendrick and Ben Affleck.

A 'scenario planning' document, which Lively attached to the complaint, revealed the alleged PR plan from Baldoni's side with mentions of all the aforementioned names.

In the court documents, the leaked plan from Baldoni's crisis management team reportedly revealed the intention to target Lively in a calculated smear campaign.

Lively outlined 30 requirements, mainly of Baldoni, while filming the movie to protect her 'physical and emotional safety'  

Lively previously worked with Meester on Gossip Girl from 2007 to 2012.

In the filing, Baldoni's team allegedly started planning as they anticipated the hypothetical scenario that 'Blake subtly hints at her "experience" [working on set with Baldoni on It Ends With Us] in post-premiere coverage, either in an op-ed, interview or otherwise.'

The documents suggest that Baldoni's team was throwing out the idea of encouraging journalists to scrutinize Lively's past working relationships with the three aforementioned actors.

'These pieces will lively come out following any potential hit piece and/or coverage from the premiere,' the document reads.

'Our recommended approach would be to provide reporters who reach out for comment, should it be obvious she's referring to you, with the appropriate background information (listed in Scenario 1) to ensure their stories are balanced and the speculation can be turned to another one of the many people she's had issues working with (Leighton Meester, Anna Kendrick, Ben Affleck, etc.).' 

When they were working on Gossip Girl together, Lively and Meester were rumored to have clashed due to their different personalities.

Although the two actresses have never spoken in length about their relationship on and off the set, their former colleagues — executive producer Joshua Safran and fellow actress Michelle Trachtenberg, in particular, in a 2017 interview with Vanity Fair — denied speculation of a feud between any of the cast members.

Lively's longtime pal Swift was also referenced within the court documents.

Exhibits attached to the complaint showed an email, which mentioned Swift, that a crisis management expert working for Baldoni sent on August 6.

According to the email, it appeared Baldoni's team was concerned about the overlap of Lively's supporters and Swift's fanbase.

In preparation for a hypothetical scenario of how viral an issue could become if raised by Lively, just based on her friendship with the superstar, a separate 'scenario planning' document showed how they allegedly intended to 'plant stories' against Lively and Swift.

The aforementioned email read: 'We have seen the most innocuous issues turn giant due to socials or the hugest crises have no effect on social whatsoever. You just cannot tell at this stage. But BL does have some of the same TS fanbase so we will be taking it extremely seriously.

Another exhibit, a separate 'scenario planning' document from Baldoni's side, noted: 'Our team can also explore planting stories about the weaponization of feminism and how people like Taylor Swift, have been accused of utilizing these tactics to "bully" into getting what they want."

Another exhibit showed text exchanges between Baldoni and his team about Lively's husband Ryan Reynolds, 48, in May 2024.

In the texts, Baldoni was telling his team that Reynolds had allegedly blocked him on social media as well as his production company Wayfarer Studios on Instagram.

He appeared to be telling his team to be prepared in case Lively would do the same and the public would learn of their on-set tension and alleged issues with each other.

'We should have a plan for IF she does the same when [the] movie comes out,' Baldoni texted his publicist, according to Lively's complaint.

'Just want you guys to have a plan. Plans make me feel more at ease.'