Actress filed a federal lawsuit against the director and studio of a film adaptation claiming they retaliated against her for reporting sexual harassment and workplace safety concerns. The lawsuit alleges causing severe emotional distress, lost wages, and other damages.
The actress is suing him of allegedly causing “severe emotional distress and pain, humiliation, embarrassment, belittlement, frustration, and mental anguish.”The previous complaint—a precursor to a lawsuit—was filed with the California Civil Rights Commission, but the new lawsuit was filed in federal court in New York.
“As alleged in Ms. Lively’s federal Complaint, Wayfarer and its associates have violated federal and California state law by retaliating against her for reporting sexual harassment and workplace safety concerns,” they said. “Lively’s cynical abuse of sexual harassment allegations to assert unilateral control over every aspect of the production was both strategic and manipulative,” Baldoni’s lawsuit stated.
“It was based on a review of thousands of pages of original documents, including the text messages and emails that we quote accurately and at length in the article,” they continued.“To date, Wayfarer Studios, Mr. Baldoni, the other subjects of the article and their representatives have not pointed to a single error. We published their full statement in response to the allegations in the article as well. We plan to vigorously defend against the lawsuit,” the spokesperson added.
The lawyer said the “negative reputation” was “garnered from her own remarks and actions during the campaign for the film; interviews and press activities that were observed publicly, in real time and unedited, which allowed for the internet to generate their own views and opinions,” he added.
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