Lively also alleged that Baldoni launched a smear campaign against her, but the publicist at the center of the lawsuit has spoken out about the “astroturfing” claims.

In a bombshell lawsuit filed on Dec. 20, Blake Lively accused Justin Baldoni, her co-star and the director of It Ends With Us, of sexual harassment, fostering a toxic workplace environment and orchestrating a smear campaign to tarnish her public image.