Blake Lively Claims “Tailored” Win In Justin Baldoni Telecom Subpoenas Skirmish; Hires Crisis PR Vet Nick Shapiro

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Blake Lively is ending February on the up-beat, at least when it comes to her sprawling showdown with Justin Baldoni over sexual harassment and smear campaigns claims from It Ends With Us.

Giving Lively just enough discovery the wiggle room to dig deeper, a federal judge has partially denied a motion by the Bryan Freedman-repped Baldoni, his Wayfarer Studios, CEO, financier and publicists Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel to squash subpoenas the actress’ lawyers wanted to serve on AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon and others. “The Subpoenas must be quashed to the extent they seek the phone records of the Wayfarer Parties,” ruled Judge Lewis J.

Liman this morning, protecting Baldoni and crew’s personal privacy and question why Lively’s team needed to go back nearly two years when the retaliation matter in question occurred in mid-2024.

This ruling is without prejudice to the Lively parties’ service of modified subpoenas more narrowly tailored to reveal relevant information.” You can read the judge’s ruling here.