Blake Lively returned to Instagram on Wednesday for the first time since filing two lawsuits against Justin Baldoni.
The Gossip Girl star, 37, shared two Stories with some helpful resources for those affected by the devastating fires raging throughout Los Angeles since Tuesday.
The first was a Google document with links to shelters and animal boarding resources, compiled by @mutualaidla. 'To everyone affected by the Los Angeles fires...' Blake wrote on the document.
The second slide showed more of the document, with Blake adding, 'MALAN is regularly updating this Google sheet with mutual aid resources for folks in LA. There's info on shelters, free PPE, food, animal rescues, and more. If you have additional resources, please share them with @mutualaidla.'
Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, 48, primarily reside in Pound Ridge, New York, with their four children: James, 10, Inez, eight, Betty, five, and Olin, one.
The couple also own an apartment in New York City.
Blake Lively, 37, returned to Instagram on Wednesday for the first time since filing two lawsuits against Justin Baldoni; she is pictured in 2024
Lively first sued on December 20, accusing Baldoni, 40, of sexually harassing her and fostering a toxic work environment on the set of their film It Ends With Us. He has staunchly denied the allegations; he is pictured in 2023
The National Guard have been called in to help exhausted firefighters battling six separate fires as the skies of Los Angeles turn apocalyptic red and fill with smoke.
Two new blazes broke out on Wednesday night in the Hollywood Hills and Studio City, forcing first responders to redeploy their already scarce resources.
The latest fires mean huge swathes of iconic southern California real estate from Malibu to Santa Monica, Pacific Palisades and Runyon Canyon are ablaze, impacting millions of locals and holidaymakers who were caught off guard by the unprecedented spread and carnage.
At least five people have lost their lives in the devastating natural disaster so far - with 2,000 structures completely obliterated and thousands of people left with nothing but ash across the City of Angels.
A number of celebrities have lost their homes to the California wildfires, inclduing Adam Brody and Leighton Meester, Anna Faris, John Goodman, Anthony Hopkins and James Woods, while dozens of other stars now face an anxious wait alongside their neighbors to learn if anything could be saved.
Lively's post comes amid her legal battle with Baldoni, 40. She starred in It Ends With Us opposite Baldoni, who also directed the film, which was released in theaters this past August and is currently streaming on Netflix.
She first sued on December 20, accusing Baldoni of sexually harassing her and fostering a toxic work environment on the set of their film. He has staunchly denied the allegations.
In the first complaint, she also claimed Baldoni worked to tarnish her reputation with a team including his publicist Jennifer Abel and crisis PR Melissa Nathan, who previously worked with Johnny Depp. Abel has denied waging a 'smear campaign.'
The Gossip Girl star shared two Stories with some helpful resources for those affected by the devastating fires raging throughout Los Angeles since Tuesday
'To everyone affected by the Los Angeles fires...' Blake wrote on the document
Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, 48, primarily reside in Pound Ridge, New York, with their four children: James, 10, Inez, eight, Betty, five, and Olin, one; they are pictured in 2018
The couple also own an apartment in New York City; she is seen in their Tribeca apartment
Lively then launched more formal complaint on New Year's Eve, doubling down on her accusations. She filed her first complaint with the California Civil Rights Commission, but is now suing Baldoni in federal court in New York.
Her December 31 filing came on the same day Baldoni initiated a $250M libel action against the New York Times for its bombshell report on Lively's first complaint.
On Tuesday, a new voice note from Baldoni has been released in which the actor claims Lively ordered him and his loved ones to 'go to a basement' during a premiere of It Ends With Us.
In the clip, released on Tuesday's The Megyn Kelly Show, Baldoni, addressing his 'dream team' who edited the film, said: 'On what could have been one of the most beautiful nights of my life career wise, I literally was sent to the basement with all my friends and family for over an hour because I wasn't allowed to be seen, she didn't want me anywhere near her or the rest of the cast.
'So they ushered me off the carpet and sent us down to the basement, we were down there together, my friends and family, the people that love me the most.
'We start laughing because of the ridiculousness of this whole thing and I realize like on a night that was supposed to be so materialistically joyful, I was in the basement with the people that love me the most and we were all joyful and laughing cos none of that s**t matters, none of it.
'That's not why we're in the business, to attend a premiere and be celebrated like that, we're in it because we're artists and we believe in what we do and we want to create art that touches people's souls and can move people.
'And that's what we did, that's what you both did and I believe that will follow us, the truth will prevail and light and love will win.'
The day prior her husband was all smiles as he made his first public appearance since the lawsuits while attending The National Board of Review Annual Awards Gala
Elsewhere in the chat, Baldoni's attorney Bryan Freedman responded to Lively's claim she had been harassed by Baldoni, leading to his removal from the premiere.
He said: 'If she [Lively] was sexually harassed to such a degree in this film and in this situation... she wouldn't have returned to the film. They had sat down and they had talked about what her complaints were.
'The unfortunate thing is she actually didn't read the book and didn't understand what the book was about and as a result of that the complaints are are things like, you know he had gone into her trailer when she was breastfeeding to which there are text messages that address that there were complaints.
'That Jamey Heath, Justin's partner had shown pornography, if you look at the actual complaint that they filed it says that that's pornography but what Jamey Heath showed her was a still video of a home birth because they were discussing a scene about birthing and and you know that's not pornography.
'If you get down to the specific allegations I mean what this film was about, was about domestic violence. this film was about sex scenes that involved rough behavior and domestic violence and serious issues like that. At every turn, to the extent that anybody felt uncomfortable in any way on the film Justin took responsibility for it.'
He added that his team are 'going to put every single document on a website for the public to read and come to their own conclusions.
'And they can determine whether or not there was sexual harassment, whether there there was a smear campaign or there was retaliation because we have proof and receipts that absolutely and unequivocally show this is not true.'
This comes after Freedman claimed he has evidence of Lively's alleged 'pattern of bullying' on It Ends With Us amid the pair's vicious lawsuits against each other.
Freedman says he has 'receipts' showing Lively's alleged 'threats to take over the movie' in a new statement issued to People on Tuesday, January 7.
He said: 'It is painfully ironic that Blake Lively is accusing Justin Baldoni of weaponizing the media when her own team orchestrated this vicious attack by sending The New York Times grossly edited documents prior to even filing the complaint.
'We are releasing all of the evidence which will show a pattern of bullying and threats to take over the movie.
Baldoni 'absolutely' plans to sue Lively back amid their spiraling legal battle, his attorney recently announced
She starred in It Ends With Us opposite Baldoni, who also directed the film, which was released in theaters this past August and is currently streaming on Netflix; the two seen in a still
'None of this will come as a surprise because consistent with her past behavior Blake Lively used other people to communicate those threats and bully her way to get whatever she wanted. We have all the receipts and more.'
DailyMail.com has contacted Blake Lively's representatives for comment.
This comes after lawyers for Lively condemned Baldoni for launching even 'more attacks' against his client.
Lively's legal team insists to People that Lively's, 'serious claims of sexual harassment and retaliation' are in fact, 'backed by concrete facts.'
'This is not a ‘feud’ arising from "creative differences" or a "he said/she said" situation,' Lively's lawyers' statement began.
'As alleged in Ms. Lively’s complaint, and as we will prove in litigation, Wayfarer [Studios] and its associates engaged in unlawful, retaliatory astroturfing against Ms. Lively for simply trying to protect herself and others on a film set,' the attorneys added.
'And their response to the lawsuit has been to launch more attacks against Ms. Lively since her filing,' they continued.
'Sexual harassment and retaliation are illegal in every workplace and in every industry,' the lawyers added while breaking down some 'classic tactics' employed by abusers.
'A classic tactic to distract from allegations of this type of misconduct is to "blame the victim" by suggesting that they invited the conduct, brought it on themselves, misunderstood the intentions, or even lied,' the statement continued.
'Another classic tactic is to reverse the victim and offender, and suggest that the offender is actually the victim. These concepts normalize and trivialize allegations of serious misconduct,' they said.
Since news of Lively's first lawsuit broke, Baldoni's career has imploded, as he was dropped by his agency William Morris Endeavor; he and Lively are pictured in the film
'Most importantly, media statements are not a defense to Ms. Lively’s legal claims. We will continue to prosecute her claims in federal court, where the rule of law determines who prevails, not hyperbole and threats,' the statement concluded.
Lively claimed in her lawsuit that the smear campaign employed by Baldoni employed caused her to suffer 'financial harms' which 'continue to the present'.
She states that her haircare brand, Blake Brown, and her two drinks ranges, Betty Buzz and Betty Booze, both suffered huge losses in sales due to the backlash she received.
The lawsuit states that Blake Brown sales plummeted by up to 78 per cent after the 'social manipulation campaign started'.
It said: 'Based on internal sales projections, the sudden and unexpected negative media campaign launched against Ms. Lively depressed retail sales of Blake Brown products by 56-78 per cent.'
The lawsuit added: 'This dramatic drop was completely at odds with the high satisfaction scores that Blake Brown products received in the significant consumer testing performed before launch or its initial success after launch'.