Isabela Ferrer — who played a younger version of Blake Lively’s character Lily Bloom in It Ends With Us — has accused the film’s director and co-star Justin Baldoni of trying to “manipulate, threaten, control” her after Lively sent Ferrer a subpoena as part of the ongoing Lively-Baldoni legal battle.
In a court document filed Sunday in Southern District Court of New York and obtained by Rolling Stone, Ferrer’s legal team said that after Baldoni referenced Ferrer in his complaint against Lively, Ferrer was dragged into the “discovery fray” in February 2025 when she received a subpoena from Lively to review Baldoni’s allegations about Ferrer. The filing states that in reply, Ferrer sought indemnity to have her legal fees covered as mandated in her acting contract.
Ferrer also requested extensions from Lively in order to allow enough time to respond to the subpoena until the indemnity issue was resolved.
At this point, Ferrer alleges that in a response letter from It Ends, LLC and Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios, It Ends, LLC agreed to indemnify Ferrer but only on the “serious” condition that Ferrer “surrender control [of her response] to Wayfarer.” The “Baldoni team sought to respond for Ms. Ferrer however they wanted, not actually allowing Ms. Ferrer to provide the documents that reveal the true facts,” the filing alleged.
Ferrer’s lawyers called Baldoni’s recent motion against her an attempt to “harass” Ferrer and “draw her deeper into litigation and disputes that she has done her best to avoid.” In the filing, Ferrer’s attorneys said the motion was “another attempt to manipulate the press, to create havoc on a young, up-and-coming and talented actress,” and “the latest in a broader pattern of conduct by Baldoni to bully Ms. Ferrer.”
Ferrer asked the court to deny Baldoni’s motion and to “consider appropriate sanctions against Baldoni for his bad faith tactics.”
Reps for Lively and Baldoni did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone‘s requests for comment.
Love Music?
Get your daily dose of everything happening in Australian/New Zealand music and globally.
Following the release of It Ends With Us in summer 2024, Lively filed a complaint against Baldoni alleging he sexually harassed her on set and orchestrated a smear campaign against her.
In May, Baldoni’s legal team withdrew his subpoena against Lively as part of their ongoing legal battle against Lively. Baldoni later countersued Lively, Ryan Reynolds, and their publicist Leslie Sloane for $400 million, which a judge tossed out earlier this year, as well as dismissing Baldoni’s suit against The New York Times.
From Rolling Stone US
