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Blake Lively’s representative denounces the ‘It Ends With Us’ magazine cover as highly offensive.”

The ongoing legal battle between Blake Lively and It Ends with Us costar and director Justin Baldoni continues.

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In the quickest synopsis of the entire ordeal, on Dec. 20, Blake filed a complaint accusing Justin of 𝓈ℯ𝓍ual harassment on the set of It Ends with Us and coordinating a smear campaign against her.

The New York Times published an article supporting Blake’s allegations, accusing Justin’s PR team of a “social manipulation” to damage her image, and he was dropped by his talent agency, William Morris Endeavour.

Dec. 31, Blake filed a lawsuit against Justin, his production company, and PR reps Jennifer Abel and Melissa Nathan. On the same day, Justin announced he was suing the New York Times for $250 million for the Dec. 21 article.

If you’re keeping up, it didn’t end there. On Jan. 16, Justin filed a countersuit against Blake and Ryan alleging defamation, breach of contract, and civil extortion, among other things.

Justin denied the 𝓈ℯ𝓍ual harassment allegations against him, and his team launched a public-facing website that laid out all the correspondence with Blake over the entire cross of filming It Ends with Us.

On Feb. 21, the Hollywood Reporter recently released a cover illustration for their cover story about Blake and Justin’s It Ends with Us legal battle — and Blake was not pleased.

The magazine cover image depicts Justin holding the book of It Ends with Us in his hands while Blake wields a slingshot behind him. On THR’s website, a wider image also depicts Blake’s husband Ryan as Nicepool from Deadpool & Wolverine, and apparently Justin’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman.

The Hollywood Reporter should be ashamed of itself,” a spokesperson for Blake said in a statement according to E! News.

“The framing in this picture is outrageously insulting as it plays into every 𝓈ℯ𝓍ist trope about women who dare file a workplace complaint, turning them into the aggressor, and suggesting they deserve the retaliation that comes their way,” the rep added.

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“In addition, the story is extremely offensive as it incredibly seems to explain away documented examples of 𝓈ℯ𝓍ual harassment and retaliation by calling them ‘cultural misunderstandings.'”

 

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