Justin Baldoni accused of 'repeated, negative' behavior and 'verbal abuse' by unnamed person in B...

An unidentified person has claimed that the &34;It Ends With Us&34; director was verbally abusive, which allegedly led to him not being &34;permitted on set&34;

An unidentified person has claimed that the "It Ends With Us" director was verbally abusive, which allegedly led to him not being "permitted on set" of a separate production.

Justin Baldoni accused of 'repeated, negative' behavior and 'verbal abuse' by unnamed person in Blake Lively case

An unidentified person has claimed that the "It Ends With Us" director was verbally abusive, which allegedly led to him not being "permitted on set" of a separate production.

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- Amid his ongoing legal battle with Blake Lively, *It Ends With Us* director Justin Baldoni has been accused of "verbal abuse."

- An unnamed person alleged that Baldoni engaged in "repeated, negative" behavior on a separate production.

- EW has reached out to Baldoni's legal representative for a response.

*It Ends With Us* director-star Justin Baldoni has been accused of negative behavior on the set of an unspecified production in a new legal document obtained by **.

Amid his ongoing legal battle with *It Ends With Us* star Blake Lively, Baldoni, 41, and his Wayfarer Studios company were named in a declaration filed Monday by an unidentified person.

In the partially redacted document, the person confirms in a statement dated Sept. 4 that they're over the age of 18 before alleging that they had "repeated, negative interactions with Mr. Baldoni and his associates" while working together.

Justin Baldoni has been accused of 'repeated, negative' behavior on set.

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The declaration goes on to allege "verbal abuse by Mr. Baldoni," which they claimed resulted in him not being "permitted on set during the majority of the production" as a result of the alleged behavior.

Further, the person says that "I requested that he not be involved in [redacted] marketing or public relations efforts," with another sentence after that being redacted as well.

Near the end of the declaration, the person also names Steve Sarowitz, Baldoni's Wayfarer Studios co-founder, in relation to an alleged meeting, though they don't elaborate further on Sarowitz's involvement.

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EW has reached out to a representative for Baldoni for comment.

PEOPLE previously reported that the unnamed person in the declaration will likely testify in the upcoming *Lively v. Wayfarer Studios et al. *case in March 2026.

Despite the overwhelming commercial success of *It Ends With Us*, Baldoni and producer-star Lively's adaptation of Colleen Hoover's popular novel of the same name, the production became mired in legal controversy after Lively filed a sexual harassment complaint against her director in December.

Justin Baldoni attends the 'It Ends With Us' premiere in New York City.

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Baldoni, who also acted on The CW dramedy *Jane the Virgin*, filed a $400 million countersuit against Lively and her husband, actor Ryan Reynolds, though a judge threw it out in June.

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At the time, Baldoni's lawyer, Bryan Freedman, pointed out that his team had the opportunity to "amend four out of the seven claims against Ms. Lively, which will showcase additional evidence and refined allegations," and further claimed that her allegations are "false accusations of sexual harassment and retaliation and a nonexistent smear campaign."

The statement alleged that Lively's "claims are no truer today than they were yesterday."

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