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allegedly launched a smear campaign against her.According to Variety, AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile were all subpoenaed by Lively’s lawyers, Mike Gottlieb and Esra Hudson, and asked to provide phone records belonging to Baldoni, his producer Jamey Heath, Wayfarer Studios co-founder Steve Sarowitz, publicist Jennifer Abel and crisis management expert Melissa Nathan.Lively’s spokesperson said in a statement, “Phone records belonging to all of the individual defendants will expose the full web of individuals who were involved in the smear campaign against Ms. Lively.”“Such records will provide critical and irrefutable evidence not only about who, but also about when, where, and how their retaliation plan came together and operated,” the statement added.Subpoenas were also reportedly sent to Cloudflare, Inc.

If Justin Baldoni thought his version of what went on during the making of It Ends With Us and the messy fallout from the film was going to go unchallenged, today Blake Livley gave her former co-star a lesson in hardcore lawyering.

nasty legal battle while hosting the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards on Saturday night.“So much hazarai over such a terrible movie,” Apatow said.He poked fun at Lively, 37, again by commenting on the box office success of “Wicked” and saying that “usually to make that much money you have to sue Blake Lively,” which generated laughter from the audience.Apatow also made fun of Kevin Costner for his “Horizon” film series bombing in theaters. “Imagine being Kevin Costner’s kids and realizing you don’t get a trust fund, but you do get to watch Horizon one and two whenever you like,” he teased.“Emilia Perez” was a target during Apatow’s opening monologue, as well.“Hollywood hasn’t had a new idea in decades and then suddenly we cram all of them into one f—ing movie,” he said about the Oscar nominated film, joking that it’s the “first movie that Trump is trying to deport.”“It Ends With Us,” based on Colleen Hoover’s novel, became engulfed in controversy upon its August 2024 release as rumors swirled over a feud between Lively, 37, and Baldoni, 41, who also directed the flick.

ongoing legal battle with his “It Ends With Us” co-star Blake Lively. The “Jane the Virgin” vet will appear on Monday’s episode of the “Gent’s Talk” podcast, though it remains to be seen if his emotional response seen in a teaser clip shared on TikTok is connected to his high-profile feud that erupted in December.“I had an intense year,” Baldoni tells host Samir Mourani during the interview, which was reportedly filmed a month before Lively publicly accused him of sexual harassment and orchestrating a retaliatory public smear campaign against her.NEW Justin Baldoni Episode Dropping Monday Gents Talk Podcast ft.

Justin Baldoni could come out victorious in the legal battle with Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, and if he does, it could all be because of their close friend Taylor Swift?!

Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively have been in a legal battle for weeks now, months after the release of their film, It Ends with Us.

Hours after Jed Wallace launched a $7 million defamation lawsuit against Blake Lively today, the lawyer for the self-described “human crisis” navigator has admitted the action is in no small part a response to his likely addition to the It Ends With Us actress’ ongoing bitter battles with Justin Baldoni, his company, his backers and his publicists.

Justin Baldoni is already struggling financially amid his lawsuit against Blake Lively?! It’s only just begun!

his “It Ends With Us” co-star Blake Lively has left him “devastated financially and emotionally,” his lawyer Bryan Freedman said Monday at a pre-trial conference in Manhattan.Speaking in front of a judge assigned to oversee the stars’ warring lawsuits, Freedman added that the accusations Lively leveled against the “Jane the Virgin” alum and his co-defendants — “It Ends With Us” producers Jamey Heath and Steve Sarowitz, their production company Wayfarer Studios and publicists Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel — have allegedly amounted to “hundreds of millions of dollars of prejudice.”“My grave concern is that my clients suffered hundreds of millions of dollars of prejudice as a result of actions they were blindsided by,” he said.Freedman also pleaded with the judge to fast-track the case, claiming his clients were “suffering greatly.”Michael Gottlieb, attorney for Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, insisted they were not dragging their heels.In her lawsuit filed in New York on New Year’s Eve, Lively accused Baldoni of sexual harassment and, along with his associates, orchestrating a public smear campaign against her. The claims, which the “Gossip Girl” veteran first made in an interview with The New York Times, mirrored those included in the her California Civil Rights Department Complaint against Baldoni.He denied her accusations.

Blake Lively isn’t done fighting!

Court is in session for Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni! And there are a few key takeaways…

their bombshell Hollywood court battle.Manhattan federal judge Lewis Liman instructed lawyers for both Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds and for Baldoni not to make “extrajudicial statements” that could sway potential jurors in advance of a March 2026 trial.“You’ve got a lot in front of the court that gives, I think, the public plenty to feast upon,” Liman said at the end of the first court hearing in the dueling litigation fight over alleged harassment on the set of “It Ends With Us.”He noted that he wanted to avoid the case devolving into “satellite litigation involving the statements of a lawyer.”The agreement came after Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, admitted that his squabble with Lively’s lawyer Michael Gottlieb over what each side has said to the media was childish.“Not to sound like a four-year-old fighting a four-year-old with ‘They started it,’ but in these kinds of cases, once someone says something it becomes fact: There’s no way to fight against it,” Freedman said.But he still insisted: “This was not started by us, your honor.”Lively, 37, sued Baldoni, 41 — who’s also her co-star and director of last year’s “It Ends With Us” — for $250 million, claiming he sexually harassed her while filming and launched a smear campaign when she spoke out about her alleged treatment.

A federal judge is threatening Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni‘s legal teams to move up their March 2026 trial start date if the legal battle continues to be “litigated in the press.”

(Updated with statement from Lively/Reynolds lawyers) The first court hearing in the wide-ranging legal and media war between It Ends With Us stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni on Monday saw a federal judge threatening to move up the March 2026 trial-start date if the high-profile matter continues to be “litigated in the press.”

Justin Baldoni‘s attorney can say about his legal fight with Blake Lively, but warned he may move up the March 2026 trial date if the press battle continues. Judge Lewis J. Liman presided over the first hearing in the sprawling litigation between the two “It Ends With Us” co-stars in federal court in New York.

Hollywood can’t get enough of the ever escalating war of accusations, media bites and court filings in Blake Lively‘s sexual harassment and retaliation claims over what went down with Justin Baldoni on the set of It Ends With Us and leading up to the Sony distributed film’s premiere last summer.

Justin Baldoni is pulling out all the stops to try to win the lawsuit battle with Blake Lively!

Justin Baldoni is making some changes to his lawsuit against Blake Lively.

Justin Baldoni’s defamation lawsuit, informing a federal judge of the decision on Thursday, reported Variety.Lively, 37, sued Baldoni, 41 — who’s also her co-star and director of “It Ends With Us” — for $250 million, claiming he sexually harassed her while filming and launched a smear campaign when she spoke out about her alleged treatment. Baldoni denied her accusations.He and his publicists countered Lively for $400 million, alleging she defamed them.

With the first actual hearing in the multi-million dollar lawsuits between It Ends With Us co-stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni coming up early next week, the Gossip Girl alum and spouse Ryan Reynolds have finally said the quiet part out loud.

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are taking the latest legal action against Justin Baldoni amid their extended legal battle.