On Tuesday night, Lively amended her initial lawsuit—first filed on Dec. 31 in New York federal court —to claim that Justin Baldoni “one million percent” made at least two other women on set “uncomfortable.” The complaint also claims that Baldoni was well aware of concerns over his behavior.
In the new 163-page filing, Lively’s attorneys, Mike Gottlieb and Esra Hudson, write that Baldoni’s “false narrative crumbles under the indisputable truth” that she “was not alone in complaining about Mr. Baldoni” and “contrary to the entire narrative Defendants have invented, Mr. Baldoni acknowledged the complaints in writing at the time. He knew that women other than Ms. Lively also were uncomfortable and had complained about his behavior.”
The amended complaint does not name the two women or include screenshots of their alleged texts, reportedly out of fear of retaliation, but Lively’s lawyers write that they’ve “given Ms. Lively permission to share the substance of their communications” and “they will testify and produce responsive documents in the discovery process.”
Lively claims that after she reported her own concerns in May 2023, another female cast member brought up concerns to one of the producers, as well as Sony’s Ange Gianetti, stating that she felt her work “was suffering as a result of Mr. Baldoni’s behavior.” Gianette then shared those concerns with Wayfarer, Baldoni’s production company.
Baldoni allegedly responded to the female cast member in writing in June and acknowledged that he “was aware of her concerns, and that adjustments would be made.” But, according to the new complaint, Wayfarer never took “actions to investigate this reported conduct, nor did it implement any protections at that time.” Then on June 8, the female cast member told Lively about her “growing concerns with the conditions on set.” Lively responded: “I know I find it really hard to speak to him. I try to cover it with busyness but not sure that covers what’s going on.”
The amended complaint also includes another text from Lively sent to a mutual friend of Baldoni and his Wayfarer partner, Jamey Heath, in May 2023. “It’s like HR nuts today. The both of them. I wasn’t expecting that turn,” the text reads. “I mean it’s been present but today I came home and cried.”
In another text, Lively called them both “creeps” and wrote, “Like keep your hormones to yourselves. This is not mine. I don’t want it. I don’t want you [sic] gaze or words or tongue or videos of your naked wife. Yeah. It’s shocking. Clowns.”
In a statement to People, a spokesperson for Lively said the amended complaint “details the corroboration that backs up Blake’s original sexual harassment and retaliation concerns.”
Last week, Lively’s lawyers subpoenaed Baldoni’s phone records, while Colleen Hoover seemingly deleted all traces of both of them from her Instagram. A trial is currently set for March 2026, however, during a pre-trial conference on February 3, Judge Lewis J. Liman warned both Baldoni’s and Lively’s lawyers that if they keep trying to litigate the case in the press, he will move the trial up.
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