Colleen Hoover, the author of It Ends With Us, appears to have deactivated her Instagram account.
Visitors to her platform are now met with a ‘Sorry, this page isn’t available’ message rather than her usual profile.
It’s unclear when exactly Hoover’s account went down, however a Reddit thread pointing out the deactivation was first posted on Tuesday.
The latest move comes amid a dramatic legal saga unfolding between the stars of the film adaptation of her book, Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.
The actor, 40, has launched a $400M lawsuit against Lively, 37, and her husband Ryan Reynolds, 48, as well as Lively’s publicist Leslie Soane, for alleged defamation, as well as civil extortion, and false light invasion of privacy, among other claims.
It follows an earlier lawsuit seeking $250 million that he filed against the New York Times over its reporting on Lively’s complaint accusing him of sexual harassment and orchestrating a smear campaign against her.
Colleen Hoover, the author of It Ends With Us, appears to have deactivated her Instagram account
Hoover supported Lively when her allegations against Baldoni first came to light in December.
She took to Instagram to share a photo of her embracing Lively along with a link of the New York Times article about the complaint. ‘@blakelively, you have been nothing but honest, kind, supportive, and patient since the day we met,’ she wrote.
‘Thank you for being exactly the human that you are. Never change. Never wilt.’
The drama between the former co-stars has continued to unfold since then.
It all began in August when rumours of rancour behind the scenes of It Ends With Us emerged as the film was being released.
Lively first filed a complaint against Baldoni accusing him of sexual harassment and orchestrating a smear campaign against her last month before officially suing him and various others, alleging harassment and a coordinated campaign targeting her reputation in retaliation for her speaking out about her treatment on set.
Lively’s initial complaint led to a wave of backlash against Justin, and he ultimately filed a lawsuit against the NY Times over their reporting of the matter before filing a lawsuit against Blake, her husband, and publicist Sloane.
In the latest development, Baldoni’s lawyer released a bombshell video showing the pair on the Ends With Us set to Lively’s claims she was sexually harassed by him while filming that particular scene.
The explosive video exclusively released by DailyMail.com, showed all three takes of a dance scene between Lively, 37, and Baldoni – revealing the pair were on apparent great terms before the actress accused him of sexual harassment.
Lively in turn hit back at the clip’s release, saying it proved that she was uncomfortable during the scene.
The latest move comes amid a dramatic legal saga unfolding between the stars of the film adaptation of her book, Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni
The actress claims the explosive video exclusively released by DailyMail.com, which shows all three takes of a dance scene between her and Baldoni proves that she was uncomfortable during the scene.
‘Justin Baldoni and his lawyer may hope that this latest stunt will get ahead of the damaging evidence against him, but the video itself is damning,’ her legal team shared in a statement with DailyMail.com.
Her team claims the video ‘shows Mr. Baldoni repeatedly leaning in toward Ms. Lively, attempting to kiss her, kissing her forehead, rubbing his face and mouth against her neck, flicking her lip with his thumb, caressing her, telling her how good she smells, and talking with her out of character.’
‘Every frame of the released footage corroborates, to the letter, what Ms. Lively described in Paragraph 48 of her Complaint.’
Lively’s lawyer also added that none of the intimacy shown in the video from the film — which Baldoni directed and starred in alongside Lively — was choreographed.
Hoover supported Lively when her allegations against Baldoni first came to light in December
‘Every moment of this was improvised by Mr. Baldoni with no discussion or consent in advance, and no intimacy coordinator present.’
‘Mr. Baldoni was not only Ms. Lively’s co-star, but the director, the head of studio and Ms. Lively’s boss.’
Lively’s legal team claims that her ‘leaning away’ from Baldoni during the scene was not acting, and that the clips shows her ‘repeatedly asking for the characters to just talk.’
The actor, 40, is suing Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds, as well as Lively’s publicist Leslie Soane, for alleged defamation, as well as civil extortion, and false light invasion of privacy, among other claims
‘Any woman who has been inappropriately touched in the workplace will recognize Ms. Lively’s discomfort.’
‘They will recognize her attempts at levity to try to deflect the unwanted touching. No woman should have to take defensive measures to avoid being touched by their employer without their consent.’
Her team claims that releasing the video to the media ‘is another example of an unethical attempt to manipulate the public’ and ‘a continuation of their harassment and retaliatory campaign.’
‘We are continuing our efforts to require Mr. Baldoni and his associates to answer in court, under oath, rather than through manufactured media stunts,’ her lawyer stated.
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