Lively has accused Baldoni, who was also the film's director, of sexually harassing her on set, and then retaliating with a smear campaign. Baldoni countered with a defamation lawsuit saying Lively took text messages out of context and mischaracterised their interactions
In her complaint, the actor termed her co-star's behaviour as 'disturbing and unprofessional', and claimed that during a "slow dance scene", Baldoni "leaned forward and slowly dragged his lips from her ear and down her neck as he said, 'It smells so good'."
The lawsuit alleges that Lively and Reynolds hijacked the production and marketing of “It Ends With Us" and manipulated media to smear Baldoni and others on the production with false allegations of sexual and other harassment
