‘So Ugly for Her’ Blake Lively decided to deal with Justin Baldoni not just because of the acclaimed sexual harassment but because Justin Baldoni made Blake to… See more

‘So Ugly for Her’ Blake Lively decided to deal with Justin Baldoni not just because of the acclaimed sexual harassment but because Justin Baldoni made Blake to… See more

“She’s never dealt with anything like this before,” says a source close to Lively

Blake Lively’s legal complaint against Justin Baldoni has been in the works for some time, according to a source close to the actress.

“Blake, along with her team, have been working on this for months. It’s truly been so ugly for her. And insanely stressful,” the insider tells PEOPLE of Lively, 37, two days after news broke that she is suing her It Ends with Us costar and director, 40, for sexual harassment, followed by a retaliatory public smear campaign to “destroy” her reputation.

“She’s never dealt with anything like this before,” the source adds.

Lively’s complaint, a precursor to filing a discrimination lawsuit in California, alleges that Baldoni engaged in misconduct during the production of It Ends with Us including showing her explicit images and videos, asking her about her personal sex life and attempting to add intimacy scenes to the film that she had not originally agreed to, PEOPLE previously reported.

The legal filing states there was a meeting held to address Baldoni’s alleged actions and “the hostile work environment that had nearly derailed production.” It was attended by various producers, along with her husband Ryan Reynolds.

Some of the demands that were addressed included safeguards likes a full-time intimacy coordinator, “no more showing nude videos or images of women … to [Blake] and/or her employees,” “no more mention of [Baldoni’s] previous ‘pornography addiction,’ “… “no more discussions to [Blake] … about personal experiences with sex,” “no more inquiries by [Baldoni] to [Blake’s] trainer without her knowledge or consent to disclose her weight,” and “no more mention by [Baldoni] of him ‘speaking to’ [Blake’s] dead father.”

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“No more adding of sex scenes, oral sex or on camera climaxing by BL outside the scope of the script BL approved when signing onto the project,” were other requests the complaint alleges that Baldoni and the other filmmakers agreed to.