Blake lively'lawsuit against her "It Ends with Us" co-star and director, Justin Baldoniit has reportedly been meticulously planned for a long time, claims a source close to the actress.

The lawsuit, which serves as a precursor to discrimination lawsuits in California, accuses Baldoni of multiple instances of misconduct during the film's production. Among the allegations are claims that Baldoni showed Lively explicit images and videos, asked invasive questions about her personal sex life and tried to include intimate scenes in the film that were not part of their original agreement.

Not long after Blake Lively's brother-in-law suggested that her complaints were aired during filming, another insider confirmed the claims.

Legal filings reveal the meeting was called to discuss Justin Baldoni's alleged behavior and a "hostile work environment that nearly derailed production." Multiple producers, including Blake Lively's husband, Ryan Reynoldsattended the meeting.

“Blake, along with his team, has been working on this for months. It was really so ugly for her. And crazy stressful,” said the insider People Magazine. "She's never dealt with anything like this before."

Among the key requirements discussed during the meeting were safeguards, including the presence of a full-time intimacy coordinator on set to ensure a safe and professional working environment.

Monitoring news of the lawsuitBlake Lively made a statement for The New York Times where she expressed, "I hope my legal action will help pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about misconduct and help protect others who may be targeted."

Lively's legal team also accuses Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios of retaliation, claiming they launched a "sophisticated print and digital plan" to punish her for speaking out about misconduct on set and to intimidate others from coming forward, it said. in the submission.

"It's clear that the smear campaign is still working even after all the details have been revealed," the insider also said. People. "The amount of people, and mostly women, leaving nasty comments about Blake on social media is truly appalling," added the insider.

Amid Blake Lively's lawsuit against Justin Baldoni, several celebrities have voiced their support. Among them are her colleagues from the series "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants". America FerreraAlexis Bledel and Amber Tamblyn, author of “It Ends with Us”. Colleen Hooverand "A Simple Favor" director Paul Feig.

“During the filming of 'It Ends with Us,' we saw her muster the courage to seek a safe workplace for herself and her colleagues on set, and we are appalled to read evidence of the deliberate and vindictive attempt to discredit her voice that followed. Ferrera, Bledel and Tamblyn said in a joint statement.

“Her complaints were made during filming. On the record. Long before the public conflict. The cast unfollowed him (Baldonia) for a reason," Johnson wrote in the comments section on Instagram about news from The New York Times. “His PR team was great. Gross and disgusting, but very effective. Read the article, their text message exchange and his PR campaign strategy to bury her any way he can. No one is without (sic) faults. But the public was tricked.”

The complaint refers to private text messages and emails included as evidence in Lively's sexual harassment lawsuit, which allegedly show Baldoni communicating with public relations executive Jennifer Abel and crisis management specialist Melissa Nathan. The messages suggest the trio have devised a campaign strategy that Lively claims was aimed at "ruining" her reputation.

In the Aug. 4 exchange, detailed in a complaint obtained by PEOPLE on Dec. 21, Justin Baldoni allegedly shared a screenshot of X Post, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, titled "Hailey Bieber's history of harassing multiple women." .

"That's what we need," Baldoni wrote in a text message, according to the complaint. Abel replied, “Yeah, I was literally just talking to Melissa about this on the break about what we talked about last night for social and digital media. Focus on Reddit, TikTok, (Instagram).”