Liz Plank, one of many cohosts on Justin Baldoni's Man Sufficient podcast, is exiting the present within the wake of Blake Full of life's authorized criticism accusing the It Ends With Us actor and director of sexual harassment and orchestrating a smear marketing campaign towards her.

In an announcement posted to social media Monday, Plank stated, "I'm writing to you as we speak to let you already know that I’ve had my representatives inform [Baldoni's production company] Wayfarer that I’ll now not be cohosting the Man Sufficient podcast. Thanks for trusting me along with your hearts and tales, for holding house for mine, and for making this present what it was."

Stressing that she’s going to miss listeners "a lot," she added, "I like what this neighborhood created along with each fiber of my being, and that's due to you. As this chapter closes for me, I stay dedicated to the values we've constructed collectively. Thanks for being right here, for trusting me, and for being by my aspect for the final 4 years."

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Although Plank didn’t instantly deal with Full of life's allegations towards Baldoni — which Baldoni has denied — she appeared to allude to them, writing, "All of us deserve higher, and I do know that collectively, we will create it. I’ll have extra to share quickly as I proceed to course of every part that has occurred. Within the meantime, I’ll proceed to assist everybody who calls out injustice and holds the individuals standing of their method accountable."

Leisure Weekly has reached out to representatives for Baldoni and Wayfarer for touch upon Plank's departure.

A journalist and the writer of For the Love of Males: From Poisonous to a Extra Conscious Masculinity, Plank had hosted Man Sufficient alongside Baldoni and Wayfarer CEO Jamey Heath since its launch in 2021. The podcast is billed as exploring "what it means to be a person as we speak and the way inflexible gender roles have affected all individuals."

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Plank's exit comes days after Full of life filed a criticism with the California Civil Rights Division accusing Baldoni and Heath of sexual harassment on the set of It Ends With Us, a big-screen adaptation of Colleen Hoover's novel centered on a lady's battle to interrupt the cycle of home violence. Full of life starred reverse Baldoni within the movie, and Heath served as a producer.

Full of life's criticism alleges that Baldoni engaged in "invasive, unprofessional and sexually inappropriate conduct” on set, together with undesirable and unplanned kissing, strolling into her dressing room whereas she was undressed, making feedback about his intercourse life and porn dependancy, and degrading her with remarks about her age and weight.

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The Gossip Woman alum can also be accusing Baldoni and Heath of mounting a smear marketing campaign towards her, offering within the criticism subpoenaed emails and textual content messages from Baldoni's publicists as an example what she calls a "subtle, coordinated, and well-financed retaliation plan" to wreck her repute.

"Mr. Baldoni was determined to suppress any suggestion that he engaged [in] inappropriate conduct, a lot much less sexually harassing conduct, as a result of it might totally undermine his rigorously curated public picture as a feminist ally," the criticism says.

Bryan Freedman, an legal professional representing Baldoni and his manufacturing firm, has referred to as Full of life's allegations "categorically false." He additionally defended Baldoni's disaster PR agency in an announcement offered to EW on Monday.

"TAG PR operated as every other disaster administration agency would when employed by a consumer experiencing threats by two extraordinarily highly effective individuals with limitless assets," Freedman stated, including that the "normal state of affairs planning" proved "pointless" on account of what he calls Full of life’s personal "distasteful" press tour.

Freedman additionally claimed that the New York Instances, which broke the information of Full of life's criticism, "performed instantly into the arms of Full of life’s personal doubtful PR ways by publishing leaked private textual content exchanges that lack crucial context — the exact same ways she’s accusing the agency of implementing."

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