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Blake Lively's claims against Justin Baldoni put spotlight on 'sinister' Hollywood tactics

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72% Informative

Actress Blake Lively has filed a legal case that claims she suffered sexual harassment by co-star Justin Baldoni .

She claims he and his studio Wayfarer retaliated by waging a campaign to "destroy" her reputation.

Text messages sent between Baldoni 's publicist Jennifer Abel and crisis PR specialist Melissa Nathan .

Nathan pitched a strategy to "start threads of theories" on social media, to "create, seed, and promote content that appeared to be authentic".

Lively's allegations suggest a "sinister shadow campaign" that went "beyond what most publicity firms in Hollywood see as acceptable" The New York Times said Lively "denied that she or any of her representatives planted or spread negative information about Mr Baldoni or Wayfarer" Many fans who turned against Lively now see the situation in a different light.

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61

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51

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83

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informal

Language

English

Language complexity

53

Offensive language

possibly offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

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short-lived

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