A judge has ruled if he has to grant Blake Lively a stronger protection order in the midst of their demand against Ends with us cost Justin Baldoni.
According to the court documents obtained by Use weekly On Thursday, March 13, judge Lewis Liman Partly approved Lively’s protection order, rejecting some of Wayfarer’s requests.
“Today, the court has rejected the objections of the Wayfarer parts and has entered the necessary protections to ensure the free flow of discovery material without any risk of intimidation of witnesses or damage to the safety of anyone,” said a Lively spokesman. Us In a statement. “With this established order, Ms. Lively will advance in the discovery process to get even more evidence than will prove your claims to court. “”
The court chose to “enter a protection order with a modified law firm”, which means that certain documents could only be among the clients’ lawyers and my client will not be seen, unless a judge dictates.
Blake Lively applied for a light protection order and ends the legal battle of the director of the United States, Justin Baldoni. Lively, 37, and husband Ryan Reynolds filed a letter to a judge on Thursday, February 20, Us Weekly can confirm, to ask for a stronger protection order than they granted. (Animated (…)
Baldoni’s lawyers also responded to the last sentence. “We are fully in accordance with the court’s decision to provide a narrow scope of protections to categories such as private mental health records and personal security measures that have never been of interest to us,” lawyer. ” Bryan Freedman I talked to Us In a statement on Thursday. “In contrast to the demand for documents by Ms. Lively due to a wide demand for documents for a period of 2 (and a half) of time the court was right.”
This statement continued: “We stay concentrated about the necessary communications This directly contradicted the unfounded allegations of Mrs. Lively. We will oppose any effort of Ms. Lively and his team to hinder our customers’ ability to defend their attacks, incorrectly categorizing important information as “commercial secrets”, especially considering that there were no problems providing these communications with will. The New York Times. “”
The news was broken last month that Lively, 37, and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, sought a stronger protection order That the one of the rule that were initially granted when she and Baldoni, 41, each filed their respective demands.
In a new presentation obtained by US Weekly, Blake Lively said goodbye after being accused of trying to “prevent the audience from seeing” relevant evidence “in his legal battle against Justin Baldoni. After Lively’s recent request for an improved protection order, which requested a “eyes only” stipulation to save certain information (…)
“As detailed in the modified complaint of Ms. Lively, Ms. Lively, her family, other members of the cast, various testimonies of facts and people who have spoken publicly in support of I was looking for “additional protections.”
Lively had appointed Baldoni in a December 2024 lawsuit, alleging that he was sexually harassed and encouraged a “hostile work environment” on this year’s set Ends with us. Lively modified his complaint In February, detailing the alleged “emotional impact” he faced, including the multiple and violent messages on the social media he received.
Baldoni vehemently denied and frequently Lively’s claims, also presenting a $ 400 million defamation disposition Against Lively and Reynolds. In the meantime, the married couple denounced their allegations.
Animated and Baldoni legal teams Both met with the judge March 6 to discuss the proposed protection order.
We want to stop the public publication of this information, in the case, during the discovery. The rules are trying to prevent the burden from being from third parties, “said the actress’s lawyer during Thursday’s hearing.” We should not make the dozens of third parties go to court to protect them. We are supposed to reduce the load of third parties. It should drop the summons of third parties against the security firm protected by Lively and Reynolds. “”
The lawyer made a case to protect Lively’s private correspondence with other “high profile people”.
“There is a significant possibility of irreparable damage if the marginal conversations with high -profile people unrelated to the case were to fall into the wrong hands,” said Lively’s lawyer.
Freedman, a lawyer for Baldoni, denied allegations in his own statement to the judge.
“These are issues of” only for lawyers, “he said on March 6.” This is a case in which no one intends to harm Ms. in any way. Lively. He detailed sexual harassment claims and put it out. My clients have been awarded as guilty when it was presented. My client has the right to fight and defend. We want to accept the protection order and place the load on the part, which wants greater protection, go to court and be transparent. “
