Jenny Slate is exhibiting solidarity for It Ends With Us costar Blake Energetic after Energetic filed a sexual harassment grievance towards their director-costar Justin Baldoni.
On Monday, Dec. 23, Slate, 42, mentioned in an announcement obtained by TODAY.com that the allegations inside Energetic’s grievance are “terribly darkish” and “disturbing.”
“As Blake Energetic’s forged mate and buddy, I voice my help as she takes motion towards these reported to have deliberate and carried out an assault on her fame,” Slate mentioned. “Blake is a pacesetter, loyal buddy and a trusted supply of emotional help for me and so many who know and love her.”
“What has been revealed in regards to the assault on Blake is extremely darkish, disturbing and wholly threatening,” she added. “I commend my buddy, I love her bravery, and I stand by her facet.”
Reps for Slate didn’t reply to PEOPLE’s request for remark.
Slate is amongst a number of former costars who’ve publicly voiced help for Energetic, 37, after the actress filed a grievance towards Baldoni, months after rumors of on-set drama on It Ends With Us started circulating. Baldoni performed the brother of Slate’s character within the movie.
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Energetic sued Baldoni, 40, who labored on the film each as director and costar, for sexual harassment and orchestrating a retaliatory smear marketing campaign. Different defendants named within the submitting embrace producer Jamey Heath, Baldoni’s manufacturing firm Wayfarer Studios and its co-founder Steve Sarowitz, in addition to Jed Wallace, Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel, who Energetic alleges had been concerned within the orchestrated effort to tarnish her public picture.
The grievance alleges that Energetic “has suffered from grief, worry, trauma and excessive anxiousness” on account of Baldoni’s alleged actions, which included “invasive, unwelcome, unprofessional and sexually inappropriate habits.”
Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman known as Energetic’s allegations “false, outrageous and deliberately salacious with an intent to publicly damage” him in an announcement on Dec. 21. Baldoni has since been dropped by his expertise company.
Brandon Sklenar, who additionally starred within the film with Energetic, Baldoni and Slate, shared a screenshot of Energetic’s grievance to his Instagram Tales Dec. 23 and included a hyperlink to The New York Times‘ archive of the legal documents. “FOR THE LOVE OF GOD READ THIS,” he wrote, whereas additionally tagging Energetic’s Instagram account.
Colleen Hoover, whose bestselling e book was the idea for the It Ends With Us film, additionally spoke out in help of Energetic.
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Slate and Energetic spoke with PEOPLE in August whereas selling It Ends With Us, during which they mirrored on first assembly when Energetic hosted Saturday Evening Dwell again in 2009 and bonding over parenthood and household life.
“My buddies have constantly been my precise heroes as a result of they’ve provided stability and lightweight in occasions of darkness or complication,” Slate instructed PEOPLE at the moment. “Attending to work with Blake and construct that bond on this movie is one thing I’ll all the time be thankful for.”
