Justin Baldoni As a result, women's support is dwindling Blake Lively's explosive lawsuit against him – and now he has even been stripped of an award honoring all women.
Here's what happened… Baldoni – director of It Ends With Us and co-star of Lively in the film – received the Voices of Solidarity Award from Vital Voices on December 9th. The award recognizes remarkable men who demonstrate courage and compassion in championing the cause of women and girls.
But after Lively filed her lawsuit against Baldoni on Saturday, the organization decided to withdraw the honor from the director.
In a statement posted on its website Monday, Viral Voices' Voices of Solidarity Award said it strongly supports Blake's work on “It Ends With Us,” as it has in the past, and condemns any attacks on her reputation made in There would be no place for industry or civil society at the event. The organization noted that it had contacted Baldoni to inform him that they had revoked his award.
As we first reported, Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldoni, claiming he sexually harassed her during filming and tried to tarnish her reputation using a crisis PR firm when they disagreed over the film's marketing plan be.
However, Baldoni and his attorney Bryan Freedman denied the allegations in the lawsuit, calling “Lively's own actions, interviews and marketing during the promotional tour in poor taste.”
Still, Lively has support from some of her oldest female co-stars and friends… especially America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn And Alexis Bledelall of whom sent messages on her behalf. actress Amber Heardwho now lives in Spain after the whole Johnny Depp fiasco, also publicly supports Lively.