The Blake Lively Justin Baldoni legal battle took a turn Tuesday night when she filed an amended complaint alleging that two other actresses on the set of the film are prepared to testify as to their own uncomfortable experiences on set. The suit does not name the actresses, or quote directly from their texts or include screenshots, out of concern that they may be exposed to the same sort of cyberbullying and threats Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, claim they have endured.
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00:00The Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni legal battle took a turn Tuesday night
00:04when Lively filed an amended complaint alleging that two other actresses on the set of the film
00:09are prepared to testify their own uncomfortable experiences on set.
00:16The suit does not name the actresses or quote directly from their texts or include screenshots
00:21out of concern that they may be exposed to the same sort of cyberbullying and threats
00:25Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds claim they have endured. A spokesperson for Lively said
00:30these victim witnesses have given Ms. Lively permission to share their communications in
00:34the amended complaint as they are laid out and they will testify and produce documents in the
00:39discovery process. Sources indicate that the two women are actresses Jenny Slate and Isabella
00:45Ferrer who could not immediately be reached for comment. Slate is an acclaimed comic and actress
00:50known for roles in Parks and Recreation and everything everywhere all at once. Ferrer is a
00:55newcomer to the industry and was only around 23 at the time of filming when she played the younger
01:00version of Lively's character. Meanwhile on Baldoni's end his attorney Brian Friedman
01:04criticized Reynolds' joke while on Saturday Night Live's 50th anniversary over the weekend
01:09mocking the feud.
01:10I'm unaware of anybody frankly whose wife has been sexually harassed and has made jokes about
01:21that type of situation. For more updates to this ongoing story head to THR.com
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