{"id":159236,"date":"2025-03-31T20:46:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T20:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/31\/blake-lively-and-justin-baldoni-lawsuits-set-for-summer-docuseries\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T20:46:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T20:46:48","slug":"blake-lively-and-justin-baldoni-lawsuits-set-for-summer-docuseries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/31\/blake-lively-and-justin-baldoni-lawsuits-set-for-summer-docuseries\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni Lawsuits Set for Summer Docuseries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"104.96833393307\">\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ????><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ????><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/blake-lively\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Blake Lively<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/justin-baldoni\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Justin Baldoni<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s ongoing legal drama is getting the docuseries treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The project, which has been titled <em>Baldoni vs Lively: A Hollywood Feud<\/em>, is in the works for Discovery+. The doc will follow the lead-up to the impending court battle between the <em>It Ends With Us<\/em> costars.<\/p>\n<p><em>Baldoni vs Lively: A Hollywood Feud<\/em> will be produced by Optomen for Warner Bros. Discovery UK &amp; Ireland. The team behind <em>Baldoni vs Lively: A Hollywood Feud<\/em> also put out docuseries about <strong>Johnny Depp<\/strong> and <strong>Amber Heard<\/strong>\u2019s trial and <strong>Kim Kardashian<\/strong> and <strong>Kanye West<\/strong>\u2019s divorce.<\/p>\n<p><em>Baldoni vs Lively: A Hollywood Feud<\/em> is set to drop in June.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.7142857142857\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/blake-lively-and-justin-baldonis-alleged-feud-and-lawsuits-explained\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/blake-lively-and-justin-baldonis-alleged-feud-and-lawsuits-explained\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni\u2019s Alleged Feud and Lawsuits Explained<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tBlake Lively and Justin Baldoni\u2019s reported rift made headlines months before the It Ends With Us costars filed lawsuits. While Lively and Baldoni promoted the film in August 2024, rumors began swirling of an alleged feud between the pair. Fans noticed that Lively was promoting the movie with some of her costars while Baldoni, who [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The news of another docuseries comes shortly after ITN Productions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-legal-battle-is-focus-of-new-documentary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dropped the doc<\/a> <em>He Said, She Said: Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni<\/em>, which aired on Channel 5 in the U.K. earlier this month. <em>He Said, She Said: Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni<\/em> is available to stream on Max and Discovery+ as of Monday, March 31.<\/p>\n<p>Lively, 37, and Baldoni\u2019s legal drama began in December 2024, when the actress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/blake-lively-sues-it-ends-with-us-director-justin-baldoni-in-new-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filed a lawsuit<\/a> against her former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/it-ends-with-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>It Ends With Us<\/em><\/a> costar and director. Lively accused Baldoni, 41, of sexual harassment and ruining her reputation.<\/p>\n<p>Baldoni denied the allegations and countersued Lively, her husband,<strong> Ryan Reynolds<\/strong> and her publicist, <strong>Leslie Sloane<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/justin-baldonis-studio-sues-blake-lively-reynolds-rep-for-400-million\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for $400 million<\/a>. According to court documents obtained by <em>Us Weekly<\/em>, Lively and Reynolds have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/blake-lively-and-ryan-reynolds-seek-to-dismiss-justin-baldonis-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filed to dismiss<\/a> Baldoni\u2019s lawsuit after denying the accusations. Sloane, for her part, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/blake-livelys-publicist-asks-for-removal-from-justin-baldoni-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">requested to be removed<\/a> from the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.7%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large credit-added wp-image-3934928\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-Blake-Lively-and-Justin-Baldonis-Lawsuit-Is-Getting-a-Docuseries-on-Discovery.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Blake Lively and Justin Baldonis Lawsuit Is Getting a Docuseries on Discovery\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-Blake-Lively-and-Justin-Baldonis-Lawsuit-Is-Getting-a-Docuseries-on-Discovery.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-Blake-Lively-and-Justin-Baldonis-Lawsuit-Is-Getting-a-Docuseries-on-Discovery.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-Blake-Lively-and-Justin-Baldonis-Lawsuit-Is-Getting-a-Docuseries-on-Discovery.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-Blake-Lively-and-Justin-Baldonis-Lawsuit-Is-Getting-a-Docuseries-on-Discovery.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-Blake-Lively-and-Justin-Baldonis-Lawsuit-Is-Getting-a-Docuseries-on-Discovery.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-Blake-Lively-and-Justin-Baldonis-Lawsuit-Is-Getting-a-Docuseries-on-Discovery.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=74&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-Blake-Lively-and-Justin-Baldonis-Lawsuit-Is-Getting-a-Docuseries-on-Discovery.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=74&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-Blake-Lively-and-Justin-Baldonis-Lawsuit-Is-Getting-a-Docuseries-on-Discovery.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-Blake-Lively-and-Justin-Baldonis-Lawsuit-Is-Getting-a-Docuseries-on-Discovery.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-Blake-Lively-and-Justin-Baldonis-Lawsuit-Is-Getting-a-Docuseries-on-Discovery.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=76&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-Blake-Lively-and-Justin-Baldonis-Lawsuit-Is-Getting-a-Docuseries-on-Discovery.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-Blake-Lively-and-Justin-Baldonis-Lawsuit-Is-Getting-a-Docuseries-on-Discovery.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=62&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-Blake-Lively-and-Justin-Baldonis-Lawsuit-Is-Getting-a-Docuseries-on-Discovery.jpg?w=1800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-Blake-Lively-and-Justin-Baldonis-Lawsuit-Is-Getting-a-Docuseries-on-Discovery.jpg?w=1920&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The legal battle is ongoing and scheduled for trial in March 2026.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to suing Lively, Baldoni filed a $250 million lawsuit against <em>The New York Times<\/em>, who broke the news of Lively\u2019s initial complaint. The outlet, which has defended its reporting, has since filed to dismiss the lawsuit. Earlier this month, Judge <strong>Lewis J. Liman<\/strong> granted <em>The New York Times<\/em>\u2019 request to pause the lawsuit after reviewing their motion to dismiss. Baldoni alleged in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/justin-baldoni-responds-after-nyt-files-to-dismiss-250-million-suit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">additional filing<\/a> that a \u201cjury must decide\u201d if <em>The New York Times<\/em> is responsible for their involvement in the actor\u2019s ongoing legal battle against Lively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe flaws in the Baldoni\/Wayfarer case were made clear last week in their own legal filing when they asked the court for yet another opportunity to amend their complaint to try to make it legally sufficient,\u201d the outlet said in a statement to <em>Us<\/em>. \u201cWe are looking forward to addressing the various problems in their latest brief when we file our reply later this week.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.5\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10.680751173709\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-legal-battle-is-focus-of-new-documentary\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/It-Ends-With-Us-Legal-Battle-Is-Getting-the-Documentary-Treatment-1.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"It Ends With Us Legal Battle Is Getting the Documentary Treatment\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/It-Ends-With-Us-Legal-Battle-Is-Getting-the-Documentary-Treatment-1.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-legal-battle-is-focus-of-new-documentary\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">&#8216;It Ends With Us&#8217; Legal Battle Is Getting the Documentary Treatment<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tBlake Lively and Justin Baldoni\u2019s legal drama is getting the documentary treatment. England\u2019s ITN Productions is behind a new 90-minute documentary titled He Said, She Said: Blake Lively vs Justin Baldoni, which is set to air on the U.K.\u2019s Channel 5 on Monday, March 17. \u201cProduced by ITN\u2019s transatlantic team this special is a timely [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Baldoni has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/justin-baldoni-adds-publicist-to-lawsuit-over-alleged-smear-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sought legal action<\/a> against one of his former publicists, <strong>Stephanie Jones<\/strong>. Baldoni and publicist <strong>Jennifer Abel<\/strong> accused Jones, who is the head of Jonesworks PR, of leaking the texts that led to Lively\u2019s accusation of a smear campaign against her. Balodni and Abel accused Jones of taking Abel\u2019s work phone and giving it to Lively and her team, who allegedly searched the phone for text messages to take out of context in an effort to make it appear that Baldoni\u2019s side was building a smear campaign against Lively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is undeniable that Stephanie Jones initiated this catastrophic sequence of events by violating the most basic of privacy rights, as well as any remaining trust her clients held,\u201d Baldoni\u2019s attorney <strong>Bryan Freedman<\/strong> said in a statement to <em>Us<\/em>. \u201cNo stranger to stirring up crisis scenarios for departing clients, Ms. Jones maliciously turned over communications from the phone she wrongfully took from her own partner to her cohort Leslie Sloane, immediately after Jones was terminated for cause by Wayfarer due to her own wrongful behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baldoni\u2019s lawsuit came after Jones initially sued him, Abel and others, claiming that the group was behind the orchestration of the alleged smear campaign. She also accused them of breach of contract and trying to steal her clients for themselves.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/blake-lively-and-justin-baldoni-lawsuits-set-for-summer-docuseries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni\u2019s ongoing legal drama is getting the docuseries treatment. The project, which has been titled Baldoni vs Lively: A Hollywood Feud, is in the works for Discovery+. The doc will follow the lead-up to the impending court battle between the It Ends With Us costars. 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