The drama behind the scenes in between It ends with us Co-star Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have escalated in one of the most controversial legal fights in Hollywood.
Lawyers for the two parties met on Monday in court for the first hearing in the case, in which the American district judge Lewis J. Liman warned both parties to stop the process of their case in the media – and warned that he can the trial Increase, is currently set for March 2026.
The hearing comes two days after Baldoni has launched a new website with a changed complaint and a timeline of alleged SMS reports between him and Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds. The website was days after Lively and Reynolds had submitted a notification to the court and Reynolds had submitted a notification that they would try to reject Baldoni’s slander -coach out.
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De Veke started during the August 2024 press trip of the film, amid rumors about tension between Lively and Baldoni, who also directed the $ 351 million box office hit on the basis of the best -selling novel by Colleen Hoover.
At the time, fans lively drew online from fans who believed that she divided the heavy themes of the film of domestic violence. In the meantime, Baldoni was confronted with accusations of creating an uncomfortable working environment.
By December Lively filed a complaint about sexual harassment and Baldoni and others accused a smear campaign after she had been worried about the alleged behavior of Baldoni.
Baldoni denied the claims and invented the New York Times for defamation after it reported about the allegations of Lively. Later in January he submitted a lawsuit of $ 400 million against Lively, Reynolds and their publicists, claiming that defamation and extortion. That same month Lively started a federal lawsuit against Baldoni, who repeated her claims of intimidation and retribution.
In a statement to Yahoo Entertainment, the team of Lively Baldoni’s lawsuit called “desperate” and accused the director of the use of tactics to discredit her claims.
While both parties continue to present their cases, the entertainment industry looks closely and anticipates further developments in the controversial Saga.