Blake Lively Seeks Justin Baldoni’s Phone Records in Search for More Evidence of Smear Campaign
variety.comWilliam Earl Blake Lively‘s lawyers sent a subpoena on Wednesday for Justin Baldoni‘s phone records, as they seek to buttress their allegation that he launched a smear campaign against her.
Lively is suing her “It Ends With Us” director and co-star, alleging that he and his publicists and operatives trashed her online in retaliation for her complaints of sexual harassment on set.
Lively’s lawyers already have voluminous text messages from the phone of Jennifer Abel, one of Baldoni’s publicists. Those messages include discussion of trying to “bury” and “destroy” Lively, but may not tell the full story of how such an effort could have been carried out.
Lively’s attorneys sent subpoenas to three phone carriers — AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile — seeking records pertaining to Baldoni, producer Jamey Heath and billionaire Wayfarer Studios co-founder Steve Sarowitz.
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