Justin Baldoni Moves to Halt Blake Lively’s ‘Fishing Expedition’ for His Phone Records
variety.comGene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Justin Baldoni asked a judge on Friday to prevent Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds from accessing years of his phone and text records, which he said could reveal location data and his web browser history.
In a letter to the court, Baldoni’s lawyer Mitchell Schuster argued that Lively’s subpoenas are “flagrantly overbroad.” “It is hard to overstate how broad, invasive, and atypical these Subpoenas truly are,” Schuster wrote. “This is civil litigation, not a criminal prosecution, and (Lively and Reynolds) are not the FBI.” Lively’s lawyers submitted subpoenas earlier this week to AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile.
They are seeking further evidence to bolster their claim that Baldoni, her director and co-star in “It Ends With Us,” engaged in an unlawful smear campaign against her in retaliation for her sexual harassment complaint.
Responding to Baldoni’s objections, a Lively spokesperson said Friday: “If they have so many receipts why are they so afraid to produce them?” Baldoni and Lively are each suing each other in federal court in New York, in cases that have also drawn in Reynolds, numerous publicists and communications operatives, and the New York Times.
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