The lawyers of Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni were in court on Monday to discuss what can and cannot be said to the public on behalf of their customers.
A judge ordered the legal teams of the stars to follow the New York rules of professional behavior, which limit speaking the press. Neither parties may take the press who have a “substantial probability” to harm a jury. However, the legal teams may defend their client in the media against publicity that was not created by both parties.
The respective legal teams of Livique and Baldoni appeared in the federal court on Monday to discuss a potential gag order and the alleged refusal of the actress to allow the “Jane the Virgin” star of the star her statement in Leiden. Lawyers for both parties claimed that the actors had lost “hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation” as a result of statements in the press after the first claims of Lively’s initial sexual harassment.
The respective legal teams of Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni appeared in the federal court on Monday. (Getty Images)
A sketch of the court shows the lawyer of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, Michael J. Gottlieb (R) and the lawyer of Justin Baldoni, Bryan Freedman, (L) while both arguing with judge Lewis J. Lima in the federal court Today in New York City, NY, Monday 3 February 2025. (Jane Rosenberg)
A proposed protection order is due on March 11 and the test date has still been established for March 2026.
Lively had specifically accused Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, of attacking her character in statements that were shared with the media. However, Freedman seemed “satisfied” with the outcome of Monday’s hearing.
“Our customers have been destroyed and want to move the case as quickly as possible,” Freedman told reporters outside the courthouse. “We just could no longer be satisfied with how the case was treated today, how it was managed.”
“We will move as quickly as possible as we can and prove our innocence, in a world where people sometimes judge you before they give you a chance. And we will change that.”
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The Lively team said that they are “satisfied with the result of today’s hearing and would like to immediately move forward with a discovery in this case.”
“The court granted our request that all lawyers in the case actually follow the rule of law and do not make any statements that a jury can harm,” said Lively, Michael Gottlieb & Esra Hudson, provided to Fox News Digital.
“This case is about serious accusations of sexual harassment and retribution. We will hold the defendants responsible, and we are convinced that as soon as all the evidence has been submitted in this matter, Mrs. Lively will prevail.”
Blake Lively claimed that she was sexually harassed about the set of ‘it ends with us’. (Gareth Cattermole)
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Prior to the hearing, lawyers for Lively Baldoni’s lawyer hit the media for making several statements to the media that could ultimately infect the jury if the symptoms of sexual harassment of the actress against Baldoni would reach a courtroom.
“As Mr. Lively has repeatedly tried to warn Mr Freedman, the federal lawsuits must be carried out before the court and according to the relevant rules of professional behavior,” a letter obtained by Fox News Digital and brought to the court, explained . “His behavior threatens, and will, both the lively matter and the case of the Wayfarer case, to be damaged by limiting the jury pool, because his statements are deliberately aimed at undermining the ‘character, credibility, (s) reputation’ From countless relevant parties. “
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Both Blake Lively and the legal teams of Justin Baldoni are “satisfied” with the way the hearing went on Monday. (Getty Images)
Baldoni and Lively got involved in a legal back and forth after filming the Colleen Hoover-adapted film ‘It Ends with Us’. The actress “Gossip Girl” claimed that she had experienced sexual harassment on the set and sued Baldoni in December.
Lively detailed accusations of sexual harassmentDrawing, intentional condition of emotional need, negligence and more made by Baldoni and film producer Jamey Heath in a complaint that was first submitted to the California Civil Rights Department and later in the federal court. Some of the issues that are reportedly tackled during an “All -Hands” meeting before filming resumed no longer showing nude videos or images of women to lively, no longer reporting Baldoni’s previous “pornographic addiction,” no more discussions about personal Experiences with sex, no more descriptions of their own sexual organs, no more sex scenes outside of what was in the original script, no more discussions about the weight of lively or deceased father and more.
Blake Lively suggested Justin Baldoni in December. (Photo by Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty images)
Baldoni, however, stated that lively “falsely” accused him of recovering her reputation after the fall -out around the percion tour of the film after the actress had taken control of the film in his own court case that was filed in January.
Baldoni’s legal team claimed that Lively had no evidence of a deliberate smearing campaign and instead worked to restore her reputation by accusing the actor and others of sexual harassment.
Both Baldoni and Lively have denied the allegations against them.
Justin Baldoni has sued Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds for $ 400 million in a lawsuit. (Nathan Congleton)
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