The fallout from Blake Lively‘s bombshell criticism filed Friday in opposition to her It Ends With Us director, co-star and fellow producer Justin Baldoni continues. Baldoni has now been stripped of an award by the Vital Voices Global Partnership, a non-profit group devoted to nurturing girls leaders with imaginative and prescient and concepts.
“The Voices of Solidarity Award honors remarkable men who have shown courage and compassion in advocating on behalf of women and girls,” the group stated in a press release Monday. “On December 9, 2024, we recognized Justin Baldoni with this award. On Saturday, December 21, we learned through news reports about a lawsuit brought by Blake Lively against Mr. Baldoni, his publicists, and others that is disturbing and alleges abhorrent conduct. The communications among Mr. Baldoni and his publicists included in the lawsuit – and the PR effort they indicate – are, alone, contrary to the values of Vital Voices and the spirit of the Award. We have notified Mr. Baldoni that we have rescinded this award.”
The point out of Baldoni’s honor has been been faraway from the occasion protection on Vital Voices’ website online.
In her criticism with the California Civil Rights Department, Lively alleges a poisonous work surroundings of sexual harassment on the set of It Ends Of Us fostered by Baldoni and his associates and accuses him and his PR staff of a deliberate smear marketing campaign after the film’s launch.