Justin Baldoni – Blake Lively: Battle began in the courts – what happened in the lawyer hearing

In high tons the first hearing between her lawyers and Justin Baldoni, in the case and slander that have erupted around the film “It Ends With Us”, where the two actors co-starred. Last December, accusing him of sexual harassment and starting a campaign of libel against her. Baldoni denies the allegations and, in response, sued her for various reasons, including slanderous libel. CORVERSE Even, but also the SMS she had exchanged with her husband Ryan Reynolds by opening a new cycle of confrontation. The two actors did not have to attend the pre-trial meeting at the federal court in Manhattan held yesterday, Monday (03.02.2025). However, the 1.5-hour hearing was intense as each side’s lawyers claimed that the other spoke badly about their client. The case “is supposed to be resolved here in court,” said Livly’s lawyer, Michael Gottlieb. “It’s not supposed to be solved in the press”. CORVERSE Gottlieb accused Justin Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, of making “intrusive extrajudicial comments” about Livli’s “character and motivations” during his appearances on news channels. In response, Freedman said Gottlieb was trying to enforce a “smiling order” to prevent him from speaking to the media. Baldoni, he said, was the one who had suffered damage to his reputation. “My client is devastated financially and emotionally,” Baldoni’s lawyer told the court. Based on a bestseller novel by Colleen Hoover, “It Ends With Us” became a success at the box office after the film was released in August. However, despite her financial success, rumors of “dark opposition” between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively began to circulate before the film even came out. Both sides to legal disputes “gave the public plenty of fun,” Judge Liman told the court Monday. He said that if the case ends up being “claimed in the press”, he could be forced to postpone the trial date set for March 2026, so that the jury would not prejudice any of the defendants. The judge also said he would adopt a measure of the New York Bar Association that would prohibit lawyers from making public statements that could affect the outcome of a trial. Controversy for Baldoni’s website Monday’s hearing took place following the submission of an amended complaint against Livly, which included a “timetable” of 168 pages on the facts of the case. Baldoni’s team also created a website with the new complaint as well as leaked available messages and emails around the case. “Who created the website?” asked Livly Gottlieb’s lawyer. “Who funded him?”. Gottlieb also disagreed with the lines Baldoni published in the quote of a romantic scene of the film, to show that Livly’s allegations of sexual harassment are unfounded. But Livly replied saying that the footage the couple show shooting a slow dance scene is “condemning” and confirms her claims. Livly’s team on Monday pledged to file a separate amended complaint, which will involve even more people in the case. The “legal drama” between the two already involved them, as it was the first newspaper to publish its lawsuit last December. Several public relations companies working with Baldoni and Livly during the film, are also accused in the case. Some of these issues will be examined in a separate trial after that of Livly against Baldoni, the judge said. During the hearing, Baldoni’s lawyer also pressured the judge to keep the timeline of the pretrial proposed by both sides, saying that his client wants the case to proceed “as soon as possible”. The judge agreed with Baldoni’s lawyer’s request, with some minor changes to the program. “A moment will come when jury committee will talk about this issue”. Information From