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It should be noted that the Daily Mail is already mentioned numerous times in Lively’s filing to the California Civil Rights Department as a venue for parties in this ongoing dispute over what went down on It Ends With Us.

Today’s report feeds into that POV with its emphasis on Baldoni and lack of a statement from Lively’s team.

Despite, or perhaps because of, the rumors of friction on set and social media uproar, It Ends With Us — based on the 2016 book by Colleen Hoover, detailing domestic abuse between a married couple — was successful at the cinema, earning more than $350 million at the box office from a $25 million production budget.

In a statement via her attorney when she filed her complaint, Lively said: “I hope that my legal action helps pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about misconduct and helps protect others who may be targeted.”

To be clear, Lively’s sexual harassment and retaliation complaint to the Golden State agency is not an actual lawsuit. However, in setting the stage, it is a prelude to one to be filed soon-ish, we hear.