Blake Lively Will Testify In Justin Baldoni Sexual Harassment Trial

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Blake Lively plans to speak nether oath against Justin Baldoni.

Lively, 37, will return nan guidelines successful nan intersexual harassment proceedings involving her "It Ends With Us" co-star and director, People magazine reported.

The ineligible conflict, which first took style successful December pinch Lively's revenge complaint, will scope a New York tribunal for proceedings successful March 2026. 

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Blake Lively wears metallic dress, Justin Baldoni successful denim jacket

Blake Lively will attest against Justin Baldoni erstwhile their cases are heard astatine proceedings successful March 2026. (Getty Images)

Lively's lawyer, Mike Gottlieb, confirmed Thursday that his customer would supply testimony.

"The eventual infinitesimal for a plaintiff's communicative to beryllium told is astatine trial," he said. "We expect that to beryllium nan lawsuit present [with Lively]. So we would, of course, expect her to beryllium a witnesser astatine her trial. Of people she’s going to testify."

He added, "There are individuals that were witnesses to aliases knowledgeable misconduct that is applicable to Ms. Lively's claims. We expect their testimony, peculiarly astir what took spot connected set, will travel retired done unrecorded witnesser testimony."

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Gottlieb noted that some parties will person "an opportunity to inquire Ms. Lively questions" during nan find process. "We deliberation location person been a batch of distractions put up to deflect attraction from nan retaliation run that was launched against her," he said. "And we expect and dream that successful find we'll person an opportunity to really attraction connected what we judge to beryllium nan halfway portion of nan case, which is that this retaliation run was launched against Ms. Lively for her having raised concerns astir intersexual harassment."

Baldoni's ineligible squad stood patient successful their defense, and noted successful a connection provided to Fox News Digital, "Although evidently uncomfortable for nan Lively parties, nan truth is not a distraction."

Justin Baldoni is seen filming "It Ends With Us"

Baldoni starred arsenic Ryle Kincaid successful "It Ends With Us." (Gotham/GC Images)

Blake Lively walks successful New York City

Lively starred arsenic Lily Bloom successful nan film. (Gotham)

"The truth has been intelligibly shown done unedited receipts, documents and existent life footage. More to come," his attorney, Bryan Freedman, said. "Blake was nan 1 who brought her precocious floor plan friends into this business without interest for their ain individual aliases nationalist backlash. As nan truth shows, she used her Dragons to manipulate Justin astatine each turn."

He continued of Lively's husband, Ryan Reynolds: "Ryan’s engagement is very well documented and we proceed to observe much intentional misconduct. Was Disney really complicit successful Ryan utilizing shareholder revenues to further a individual grudge? I would beryllium amazed to study that this type of firm discarded would not lead to overmuch much vulnerability for those that person been complicit successful affecting shareholder revenue."  

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Baldoni mentioned Taylor Swift successful his suit by sharing texts exchanged betwixt him and Lively. The "Jane nan Virgin" prima claimed Lively utilized her relationship pinch Swift to frighten him into changing nan "It Ends With Us" script. While moving connected nan film, Lively insisted connected rewriting nan rooftop scene. Baldoni had been hesitant astir nan thought but told Lively he would "take a look astatine what she put together," according to nan complaint.

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni movie connected Jan. 12, 2024

Lively revenge a title against Baldoni successful December aft rumors of an on-set feud connected "It Ends With Us." (Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

Afterward, Lively invited Baldoni to her New York City home, wherever nan actor-director said he felt Swift and Reynolds pressured him into utilizing Lively's rewrite of nan scene. "Later, Baldoni felt obliged to matter Lively to opportunity that he had liked her pages and hadn’t needed Reynolds and her megacelebrity friend to unit him," nan title said.

"I really emotion what you did. It really does thief a lot. Makes it truthful overmuch much nosy and interesting. (And I would person felt that measurement without Ryan and Taylor [emoji] You really are a talent crossed nan board. Really excited nd (sic) grateful to do this together," Baldoni's matter said, according to nan complaint.

Lively shared a lengthy consequence successful which she referred to Swift and Reynolds arsenic "dragons" who protect her.

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Lively elaborate allegations of intersexual harassment, retaliation, intentional affliction of affectional distress, negligence and much made by Baldoni and lead shaper Jamie Heath successful a title first revenge pinch nan California Civil Rights section connected Dec. 20 and later successful national tribunal connected Dec. 31.

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Lively precocious earned a spot connected nan Time 100 "Titan" list.  (Dimitrios Kambouris)

The aforesaid time Lively revenge her national suit, Baldoni revenge a $250 cardinal suit against The New York Times for a December article astir nan alleged smear run he attempted to tally against his co-star.

Weeks later, Baldoni past named Lively and Reynolds successful a abstracted $400 cardinal defamation lawsuit successful which he accused nan Hollywood powerfulness mates of attempting to hijack "It Ends With Us" and create their ain narrative.

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In summation to releasing a website detailing nan timeline of events that allegedly occurred, Baldoni's squad besides shared unedited footage from nan group of "It Ends With Us." Both Lively and Baldoni person claimed nan footage bolsters their respective claims.

Tracy Wright is an intermezo newsman for Fox News Digital. Send communicative tips to Tracy.Wright@fox.com.

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