Blake Energetic Calls Out Justin Baldoni’s It Ends With Us Uncooked Footage: ‘The Video Itself Is Damning’

As a part of the continuing authorized/publicity battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, on January 21, Baldoni’s team released raw footage from the set of It Ends With Us that they mentioned corroborates Baldoni’s model of occasions. However, hours later, Energetic’s legal professionals launched a press release arguing that the footage truly backs up Energetic.

The 2-minute clip that was printed by TMZ reveals Baldoni and Energetic filming a dialogue-free gradual dance scene, the place you’ll be able to hear the actors making dialog whereas capturing. At one level, Baldoni nuzzles Energetic’s neck and apologizes for his beard. Energetic jokes that she’s in all probability getting her faux tan on him. “It smells good,” Baldoni could be heard saying within the clip. “Effectively, it isn’t that. It is my physique make-up,” Energetic replies.

Whereas Baldoni’s group has argued that this proves that there was no harassment, Energetic’s group argues that “each body” corroborates Energetic’s assertion that there was. “The video itself is damning,” Energetic’s legal professionals say.

“The video reveals Mr. Baldoni repeatedly leaning in towards Ms. Energetic, trying to kiss her, kissing her brow, rubbing his face and mouth in opposition to her neck, flicking her lip along with his thumb, caressing her, telling her how good she smells, and speaking along with her out of character. Each second of this was improvised by Mr. Baldoni with no dialogue or consent upfront, and no intimacy coordinator current,” wrote Energetic’s legal professionals of their assertion, per People.

The assertion continues, “Mr. Baldoni was not solely Ms. Energetic’s co-star, however the director, the pinnacle of studio and Ms. Energetic’s boss. The video reveals Ms. Energetic leaning away and repeatedly asking for the characters to simply speak. Any girl who has been inappropriately touched within the office will acknowledge Ms. Energetic’s discomfort.”

Blake Energetic’s lawsuit in opposition to Justin Baldoni appeared to reference this scene specifically, alleging that through the dance scene Baldoni, “leaned ahead and slowly dragged his lips from her ear and down her neck as he mentioned, ‘It smells so good.’”