Blake Lively Makes New Request In Legal War With Justin Baldoni

According to reports, the actress wants to have access to Baldoni financial documents after having struck her with a counter-communion of $ 400 million in response to her sexual harassment trial.

This occurs shortly after Justin Baldoni’s lawyer assigned to comparison Taylor Swiftas a witness in the current case.

According to TmzLively published a daring letter requesting Baldoni financial files.

This decision of the actress and her lawyers aims to determine that the actor has indeed lost money equal to his request for counter-tars of $ 400 million due to the allegations of Lively.

In December 2024, Baldoni was struck by a trial by Lively, accusing him of promoting a toxic work environment and of harassing it sexually.

Baldoni then retaliated with a complaint of $ 400 million in early January, against Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, saying that the duo broadcast her and tried to take control of the film “IT ends with us”.

Now, the Lively legal team said that they have already asked Baldoni’s financial documents, but have been refused and have only received “unavored documents concerning their damages”.

The actress’s team believes that Baldoni and her lawyers are forced to disclose the way they have reached $ 400 million they are looking for. His lawyers also stressed that, even if Baldoni claims that he suffered financially, the film, “he ends with us”, that he made and co-produced, was a success at the box office.

The Lively request for Baldoni’s financial archives occurred shortly after his representative published a scathing statement, exploding the actor and his lawyers for the assignment of singer Swift as a witness in their current case.

The representative also criticized the suggestion of the Baldoni lawyer to sell tickets to the lively deposit and give the product to organizations supporting victims of domestic violence.

“Mr. Baldoni, Mr. Sarowitz and the team continue to transform a case of sexual harassment and reprisals for entertainment for tabloids, going as far as they sell tickets for a concert place – Madison Square Garden – to attend the deposit of Ms. Lively People magazine.

The representative also declared that the current affair is a “very serious legal affair”, not a “circus” in which the Baldoni legal team seems to try to transform it.

In the press release, the representative of Lively criticized Baldoni and his co-accused in the continuation of sexual harassment, which had previously opposed his request for the rejection of the counter-combination of defamation of Baldoni.

The representative noted: “The defendants continue to intimidate, intimidate, shame and publicly attack the rights and reputation of women. Including in the last month, seeking to get rid of everyone, a powerful law on the rights of the victims of California, calling” unconstitutional “.

“The disturbing actions of a billionaire, men who have made their careers as” female allies “and their team, continue to show their real colors,” they said.

In their request for the rejection of the defamation pursuit of Baldoni, the Lively legal team cited the law on survivors of protection against armed defamation proceedings.

This law was implemented in 2023 to protect the accusers from harassment of defamation defamation complaints.

However, Baldoni lawyers have rejected, arguing that invoking it the law would establish a “dangerous precedent”.

According to VarietyThey also declared that this threatens the right of the director’s first amendment to challenge what they described as “false and harmful” charges of Lively.

The commentary on the sale of tickets made by the representative of Lively comes from the Baldoni lawyer, the proposal of Bryan Freedman, of live broadcasting and to monetize the deposit of the actress.

Freedman said People magazine That he would like to sell tickets to his deposition, which will be held at Madison Square Garden, with the money collected for victims of domestic violence.

“Since Ms. Lively is open to testify, let’s count Freedman.” Take the deposit with MSG, sell tickets or disseminate it and make a donation of each dollar to organizations helping victims of domestic violence. “R

Baldoni and Lively will testify in the next trial, which should start on March 9, 2026.