Blake Lively has been the target of a massive smear campaign in the midst of her legal battle with Justin Baldoni: her Instagram profile was filled with pornographic material.
A source told TMZ that Blake was unaware of this targeting, however, measures were taken to ensure that the material no longer appears on her profile.
Daniel Roberts, a spokesman for Meta, said: "This type of online harassment is wrong and we condemn it. We are removing content that violates our policies and will continue to monitor for other offending posts."
It's hard to know who started the pornographic posts — or exactly when — but they began sometime in January. According to people online, it's unlikely this was coincidental with the legal issue between her and Baldoni. It's worth noting that Ryan Reynolds' Instagram was not affected.
Dozens of pornographic posts slipped under the radar because they were under the app's "tags" section. Here, anyone — even celebrities — can be tagged in a photo and have it appear on their profile unless specific settings are set. It seems Blake, with her 45 million followers, didn't have those settings enabled — but she hasn't needed them until now.
As you know, Blake filed a lawsuit against Justin last month, claiming that he sexually harassed her on the set of "It Ends With Us" and then tried to ruin her reputation.
Baldoni has hit back at the claims, calling them completely false. He has also sued the New York Times over an article that was published after Lively filed her lawsuit.
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Source: TMZ
