Blake Lively was sexually harassed by make-up artist
Los Angeles Oct 13 (IANS) Actress Blake Lively has revealed she became a victim of sexual misconduct at the hands of a make-up artist.
"He was saying things inappropriately insisting on putting my lipstick on with his finger " Lively told latimes.com.
"I was sleeping one night on location and I woke up and he was filming me. I was clothed but it was a very voyeuristic terrifying thing to do " she added.
Lively says she reported the issue to the project s producers but they did nothing.
"After three months of complaining they called me into my trailer and said We need to talk to you. I thought Well finally they re going to do something about this man who I had to have touching me all day.
"And they said Your dog left a poop behind the toilet in your dressing room and our janitor had to pick it up. And this is very serious and we can t have this happen again " Lively recountered.
Lively finally took her sexual harassment complaints to a lawyer who then conducted an investigation leading to the make-up artist being removed from the project.
Despite his removal "our unit production manager wrote him a letter of recommendation because nobody wanted there to be bad blood" Lively said.
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