{"id":184137,"date":"2025-07-31T21:49:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T21:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/31\/justin-baldoni-makes-surprise-appearance-at-blake-lively-deposition\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T21:49:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T21:49:26","slug":"justin-baldoni-makes-surprise-appearance-at-blake-lively-deposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/31\/justin-baldoni-makes-surprise-appearance-at-blake-lively-deposition\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Baldoni Makes Surprise Appearance at Blake Lively Deposition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Blake Lively is in New York today for a deposition as part of her ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/06\/justin-baldonis-lawsuit-against-blake-lively-dismissed-in-stunning-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">legal battle against Justin Baldoni<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/06\/justin-baldonis-lawsuit-against-blake-lively-dismissed-in-stunning-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TMZ<\/a>, the actress was met with an unexpected \u2014 and probably unwelcome \u2014 surprise as Baldoni himself reportedly made an appearance in her lawyer\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Baldoni\u2019s presence likely created quite a stir, as Lively and her legal team went to great lengths to ensure the best possible environment for today\u2019s deposition.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1853525717-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Justin Baldoni attends \" the=\"\" boys=\"\" in=\"\" boat=\"\" new=\"\" york=\"\" screening=\"\" at=\"\" museum=\"\" of=\"\" modern=\"\" art=\"\" on=\"\" december=\"\" city.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-531445 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1853525717-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1853525717-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1853525717-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1853525717-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1853525717-2-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1853525717-2-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1853525717-2-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1853525717-2-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Justin Baldoni attends \u201cThe Boys In The Boat\u201d New York Screening at Museum of Modern Art on December 13, 2023 in New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Dia Dipasupil\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And a surprise cameo from the man whom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/01\/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-lawsuit-darvo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blake is suing for sexual harassment<\/a> certainly was not part of the plan.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-blake-lively-s-deposition-becomes-scene-of-unexpected-tension\">Blake Lively\u2019s deposition becomes scene of unexpected tension<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/07\/blake-lively-deposition-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lively\u2019s team scored a major win<\/a> earlier this month when the judge in her case agreed to allow the deposition to take place at her lawyer\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Attorneys for Baldoni were furious, claiming that the locale gave Team Lively an unfair advantage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough Lively\u2019s foot-stomping and use of her celebrity status may have enabled her to seize control of the film, which is the crux of this dispute, her counsel\u2019s tantrum has no place in this Court,\u201d they said at the time, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/07\/31\/celebrity-news\/justin-baldoni-unexpectedly-sits-in-on-blake-livelys-deposition-as-it-ends-with-us-battle-heats-up-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Page Six<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2165917396-3-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Blake Lively attends the \" it=\"\" ends=\"\" with=\"\" us=\"\" uk=\"\" gala=\"\" screening=\"\" at=\"\" odeon=\"\" luxe=\"\" leicester=\"\" square=\"\" on=\"\" august=\"\" in=\"\" london=\"\" england.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-531447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2165917396-3-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2165917396-3-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2165917396-3-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2165917396-3-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2165917396-3-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2165917396-3-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2165917396-3-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2165917396-3-scaled.jpg 1706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2165917396-3-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Blake Lively attends the \" it=\"\" ends=\"\" with=\"\" us=\"\" uk=\"\" gala=\"\" screening=\"\" at=\"\" odeon=\"\" luxe=\"\" leicester=\"\" square=\"\" on=\"\" august=\"\" in=\"\" london=\"\" england.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-531447 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2165917396-3-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2165917396-3-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2165917396-3-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2165917396-3-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2165917396-3-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2165917396-3-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2165917396-3-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2165917396-3-scaled.jpg 1706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2165917396-3-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blake Lively attends the \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d UK Gala Screening at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on August 08, 2024 in London, England.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Jeff Spicer\/Getty Images for Sony Pictures)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lively\u2019s legal team dismissed the objections, insisting that the location request was an effort to ensure their client\u2019s comfort and had nothing to do with gaining a legal advantage.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-blake-will-testify-in-open-court-her-lawyers-insist\">Blake will testify in open court, her lawyers insist<\/h2>\n<p>Lawyers for Blake have long maintained that their client will happily testify in open court and has every intention of doing so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ultimate moment for a plaintiff\u2019s story to be told is at trial,\u201d attorney Mike Gottlieb told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/blake-lively-lawyer-denies-claim-threatened-taylor-swift-11734946\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">People<\/a><\/em> in May. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect that to be the case here [with Lively]. So we would, of course, expect her to be a witness at her trial. Of course she\u2019s going to testify.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2211796889-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"US actress Blake Lively attends the New York special screening of \" another=\"\" simple=\"\" favor=\"\" at=\"\" the=\"\" jazz=\"\" lincoln=\"\" center=\"\" in=\"\" new=\"\" york=\"\" on=\"\" april=\"\" class=\"wp-image-531446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2211796889-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2211796889-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2211796889-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2211796889-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2211796889-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2211796889-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2211796889-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2211796889-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"US actress Blake Lively attends the New York special screening of \" another=\"\" simple=\"\" favor=\"\" at=\"\" the=\"\" jazz=\"\" lincoln=\"\" center=\"\" in=\"\" new=\"\" york=\"\" on=\"\" april=\"\" class=\"wp-image-531446 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2211796889-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2211796889-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2211796889-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2211796889-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2211796889-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2211796889-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2211796889-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2211796889-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">US actress Blake Lively attends the New York special screening of \u201cAnother Simple Favor\u201d at the Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York on April 27, 2025.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This led to a shocking remark by Baldoni attorney Bryan Freedman, which may have influenced the judge\u2019s decision to allow Blake to be disposed in her lawyer\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>\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 organizations helping victims of domestic abuse,\u201d Freedman said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLively will make arrangements for opposing counsel to have a dedicated computer and the ability to print and copy documents in the space chosen by Lively,\u201d the judge said in response to concerns from Baldoni\u2019s team.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Justin\u2019s appearance at today\u2019s deposition was part of his effort to ensure that the proceedings complied with all regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Or perhaps he intended to unsettle Blake and throw her off her game.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, it\u2019s the latest reminder of just how heated this battle has become.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/07\/justin-baldoni-makes-surprise-appearance-at-blake-lively-deposition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Blake Lively is in New York today for a deposition as part of her ongoing legal battle against Justin Baldoni. According to TMZ, the actress was met with an unexpected \u2014 and probably unwelcome \u2014 surprise as Baldoni himself reportedly made an appearance in her lawyer\u2019s office. Baldoni\u2019s presence likely created [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":184138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-184137","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184137","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=184137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}