{"id":167399,"date":"2025-05-10T06:10:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T06:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/10\/blake-livelys-rep-slams-justin-baldonis-lawyer\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T06:10:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T06:10:07","slug":"blake-livelys-rep-slams-justin-baldonis-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/10\/blake-livelys-rep-slams-justin-baldonis-lawyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Lively&apos;s rep slams Justin Baldoni&#8217;s lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-05-10\" datetime=\"1746857407\" pubdate=\"\">10 May 2025<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/blake-lively\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,blake-lively\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blake Lively<\/a>\u2019s rep has slammed Justin Baldoni\u2019s lawyer for suggesting they sell tickets to her upcoming deposition.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Blake Lively\u2019s rep slams Justin Baldoni&#8217;s lawyer<\/p>\n<p>In December 2024, Blake accused Justin of sexual harassment when they were co-starring in domestic abuse drama \u2018It Ends With Us\u2019, which he also directed, and Justin hit back with a defamation and extortion lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>Blake\u2019s rep also blasted Baldoni\u2019s team for subpoenaing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/taylor-swift\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,taylor-swift\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taylor Swift<\/a>, a close friend of Blake\u2019s. <\/p>\n<p>The rep told PEOPLE: \u201cMr. Baldoni, Mr. Sarowitz [Wayfarer Studios co-founder Steve Sarowitz], and team continue to turn a case of sexual harassment and retaliation into entertainment for the tabloids, going as far as suggesting that they sell tickets to a concert venue &#8211; Madison Square Garden &#8211; to witness Ms. Lively\u2019s deposition, to subpoenaing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/taylor-swift\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,taylor-swift\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taylor Swift<\/a>, a woman who has given a voice to millions all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a very serious legal matter, not Barnum   Bailey\u2019s Circus.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cThe defendants continue to publicly intimidate, bully, shame and attack women&#8217;s rights and reputations. Including in the past month seeking to strike down for all, a powerful California victims&#8217; rights law, calling it &#8216;unconstitutional\u2019. The disturbing actions by a billionaire, men who made their careers as &#8216;female allies&#8217; and their team continue to show their true colours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nThe comments were in response to Baldoni&#8217;s attorney, Bryan Freedman\u2019s suggestion to livestream Lively&#8217;s testimony.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe told PEOPLE: \u201cSince Ms. Lively is open to testifying, let\u2019s make it count. Hold the deposition at MSG, sell tickets or stream it, and donate every dollar to organisations helping victims of domestic abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nMeanwhile, Taylor was subpoenaed despite having no involvement in the making of \u2018It Ends With Us\u2019 beyond licensing her song \u2018My Tears Ricochet\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\nHer rep told PEOPLE: &#8220;Taylor Swift never set foot on the set of this movie, she was not involved in any casting or creative decisions, she did not score the film, she never saw an edit or made any notes on the film, she did not even see \u2018It Ends With Us\u2019 until weeks after its public release, and was traveling around the globe during 2023 and 2024 headlining the biggest tour in history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/blake-livelys-rep-slams-justin-baldonis-lawyer-1418212.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 May 2025 Blake Lively\u2019s rep has slammed Justin Baldoni\u2019s lawyer for suggesting they sell tickets to her upcoming deposition. Blake Lively\u2019s rep slams Justin Baldoni&#8217;s lawyer In December 2024, Blake accused Justin of sexual harassment when they were co-starring in domestic abuse drama \u2018It Ends With Us\u2019, which he also directed, and Justin hit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":167400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1457,5935,53],"class_list":{"0":"post-167399","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-blake-lively","9":"tag-justin-baldoni","10":"tag-taylor-swift"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}