{"id":150044,"date":"2025-02-13T13:44:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T13:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/13\/blake-lively-subpoenas-justin-baldonis-phone-records-to-find-more-smear-campaign-evidence\/"},"modified":"2025-02-13T13:44:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T13:44:57","slug":"blake-lively-subpoenas-justin-baldonis-phone-records-to-find-more-smear-campaign-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/13\/blake-lively-subpoenas-justin-baldonis-phone-records-to-find-more-smear-campaign-evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Lively Subpoenas Justin Baldoni&#8217;s phone records to find more smear campaign evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In a dramatic turn of events, just a week after <a href=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/tag\/justin-baldoni\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justin Baldoni<\/a>\u2018s legal team unveiled a website showcasing alleged \u201creceipts\u201d from the <a href=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/tag\/it-ends-with-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>It Ends with Us<\/em><\/a> set, <a href=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/tag\/blake-lively\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blake Lively<\/a>\u2018s team has launched an aggressive legal strategy, issuing subpoenas to major telecommunications companies including AT&amp;T, T-Mobile, Verizon, AOL, Cloudflare, Inc., and PR crisis expert Jed Wallace.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-phone-records-subpoena-smear-campaign-1236306065\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-phone-records-subpoena-smear-campaign-1236306065\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Variety<\/em><\/a>, Lively\u2019s attorneys <strong>Esra Hudson<\/strong> and <strong>Michael Gottlieb<\/strong> declared, \u201cMs. Lively has initiated discovery that will expose the people, tactics, and methods that have worked to \u2018destroy\u2019 and \u2018bury\u2019 her reputation and family over the past year. Subpoenas went out to the entities\u2026 We will now receive all of the \u2018receipts\u2019 that, unsurprisingly, are nowhere to be found on Mr. Freedman\u2019s website, and like Ms. Lively, those \u2018receipts\u2019 will have their day in court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The legal team representing Lively is seeking to examine phone records belonging to Baldoni, <em>This Ends with Us<\/em> producer <strong>Jamey Heath<\/strong>, and Wayfarer Studios\u2019 billionaire co-founder <strong>Steve Sarowitz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1740\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/blake-lively-09102024-1-1160x1740.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cThe Adam Project\u201d World Premiere\" class=\"wp-image-103767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/blake-lively-09102024-1-1160x1740.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/blake-lively-09102024-1-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/blake-lively-09102024-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/blake-lively-09102024-1-860x1290.jpg 860w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/blake-lively-09102024-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">February 28, 2022 \u2013 New York, New York \u2013 Blake Lively. The Adam Project Netflix World Premiere held at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center. Photo Credit: LJ Fotos\/AdMedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Speaking to <em>Variety<\/em>, Blake\u2019s representative stated, \u201cPhone records belonging to all of the individual defendants will expose the full web of individuals who were involved in the smear campaign against Ms. Lively. Such records will provide critical and irrefutable evidence not only about who, but also about when, where, and how their retaliation plan came together and operated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Baldoni\u2019s team remains silent on the subpoenas, Wallace has countered by filing a defamation lawsuit against Lively.<\/p>\n<p>Wallace\u2019s attorney Chip Babcock informed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/02\/05\/blake-lively-sued-crisis-pr-firm-justin-baldoni-legal-war\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/02\/05\/blake-lively-sued-crisis-pr-firm-justin-baldoni-legal-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TMZ<\/a>, \u201cBlake Lively made false statements to the press through a private administrative filing, claiming Mr. Wallace and Street Relations had sexually harassed her, retaliated against her, aided and abetted others who did the same, breached a contract with her and engaged in other improper conduct. Mr. Wallace, who is a very private person, has never met or spoken to Ms. Lively. Ever. He has not engaged in a smear campaign against her at any point in time. The decision to file this lawsuit to rightfully protect himself and his family was made after Ms. Lively not only filed against him first in Texas but indicated she intended to name him in yet another lawsuit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The legal battle intensified after Lively\u2019s December accusations of sexual harassment against Baldoni and her naming of Wallace in the smear campaign complaint. Baldoni responded with a massive $400-million defamation lawsuit.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1542\" alt=\"Blake Lively And Justin Baldoni Film Kissing Scene For 'It Ends With Us'\" class=\"wp-image-101893 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blake-lively-08092024-2-1160x1542.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blake-lively-08092024-2-1160x1542.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blake-lively-08092024-2-800x1063.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blake-lively-08092024-2-1156x1536.jpg 1156w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blake-lively-08092024-2-860x1143.jpg 860w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blake-lively-08092024-2.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1542\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blake-lively-08092024-2-1160x1542.jpg\" alt=\"Blake Lively And Justin Baldoni Film Kissing Scene For 'It Ends With Us'\" class=\"wp-image-101893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blake-lively-08092024-2-1160x1542.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blake-lively-08092024-2-800x1063.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blake-lively-08092024-2-1156x1536.jpg 1156w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blake-lively-08092024-2-860x1143.jpg 860w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blake-lively-08092024-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni spotted filming a kissing scene at the \u2018It Ends With Us\u2019 set in New Jersey. When: 12 Jan 2024. Photo Credit: Jose Perez\/INSTARimages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Currently, the courts are treating Lively and Baldoni\u2019s lawsuits as a single case.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Lewis J. Liman recently stepped in, urging both parties to maintain decorum and adhere to New York Rules of Professional Conduct to prevent jury pool contamination.<\/p>\n<p>While the trial isn\u2019t scheduled until March 2026, Judge Liman has warned that continued hostilities between the parties could result in an expedited trial date.<\/p>\n<p>Neither Lively, Reynolds, nor Baldoni attended the court proceedings, which took place following a motion requesting a gag order against Baldoni\u2019s attorney, Bryan Freeman.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1581\" alt=\"The 2017 Summer TCA Tour CBS Television Studios' Summer Soiree\" class=\"wp-image-108428 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/justin-baldoni-12222024-1-1160x1581.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/justin-baldoni-12222024-1-1160x1581.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/justin-baldoni-12222024-1-800x1091.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/justin-baldoni-12222024-1-1127x1536.jpg 1127w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/justin-baldoni-12222024-1-860x1172.jpg 860w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/justin-baldoni-12222024-1.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1581\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/justin-baldoni-12222024-1-1160x1581.jpg\" alt=\"The 2017 Summer TCA Tour CBS Television Studios' Summer Soiree\" class=\"wp-image-108428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/justin-baldoni-12222024-1-1160x1581.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/justin-baldoni-12222024-1-800x1091.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/justin-baldoni-12222024-1-1127x1536.jpg 1127w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/justin-baldoni-12222024-1-860x1172.jpg 860w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/justin-baldoni-12222024-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Justin Baldoni at the 2017 Summer TCA Tour \u2013 CBS Television Studios\u2019 Summer Soiree At CBS Studios on 8\/1\/17 In Los Angeles, California. Photo Credit: INSTARimages.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier, Lively\u2019s legal representatives had requested an urgent hearing to \u201caddress the appropriate conduct,\u201d citing \u201cimminent harm caused by Mr. Freedman\u2019s misleading and selective statements and leaks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the motion filed by Lively\u2019s team, the court did not implement an official gag order.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/blake-lively-subpoenas-justin-baldonis-phone-records-to-find-more-smear-campaign-evidence\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=blake-lively-subpoenas-justin-baldonis-phone-records-to-find-more-smear-campaign-evidence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a dramatic turn of events, just a week after Justin Baldoni\u2018s legal team unveiled a website showcasing alleged \u201creceipts\u201d from the It Ends with Us set, Blake Lively\u2018s team has launched an aggressive legal strategy, issuing subpoenas to major telecommunications companies including AT&amp;T, T-Mobile, Verizon, AOL, Cloudflare, Inc., and PR crisis expert Jed Wallace. 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