{"id":184980,"date":"2025-08-05T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/05\/the-blake-lively-and-justin-baldoni-saga-just-got-even-messier-as-her-lawyers-seek-sanctions-against-his-attorney-over-pre-trial-press-tour\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T10:00:00","slug":"the-blake-lively-and-justin-baldoni-saga-just-got-even-messier-as-her-lawyers-seek-sanctions-against-his-attorney-over-pre-trial-press-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/05\/the-blake-lively-and-justin-baldoni-saga-just-got-even-messier-as-her-lawyers-seek-sanctions-against-his-attorney-over-pre-trial-press-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni saga just got even messier as her lawyers seek sanctions against his attorney over pre-trial \u2018press tour\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/tag\/blake-lively\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blake Lively<\/a> is going after <a href=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/tag\/justin-baldoni\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justin Baldoni<\/a>\u2018s lawyer \u2013 and honestly, can you blame her?<\/p>\n<p>In a shocking move, the actress\u2019s legal team filed a motion on Monday (August 4, 2025) calling out Justin\u2019s attorney <strong>Bryan Freedman<\/strong> for what they\u2019re claiming are \u201cimproper out-of-court statements\u201d apparently meant to sway potential jurors, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/blake-lively-sanctions-baldoni-attorney-press-tour-1236478225\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Variety<\/em><\/a>. Like, seriously?<\/p>\n<p>The drama erupted just days after Blake\u2019s deposition with Justin\u2019s team. Get this \u2013 mere hours after her testimony, Justin\u2019s lawyers had the audacity to file a motion about some discovery dispute and included her sealed 292-page deposition transcript as an exhibit. The nerve!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1450\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/lacma-gala-2024-11042024-5-1160x1450.jpg\" alt=\"13th Annual LACMA Art + Film Gala 2024\" class=\"wp-image-105760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/lacma-gala-2024-11042024-5-1160x1450.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/lacma-gala-2024-11042024-5-800x1000.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/lacma-gala-2024-11042024-5-860x1075.jpg 860w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/lacma-gala-2024-11042024-5.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">MIRACLE MILE, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA \u2013 NOVEMBER 02: Blake Lively arrives at the 13th Annual LACMA Art + Film Gala 2024 presented by Gucci held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on November 2, 2024 in Miracle Mile, Los Angeles, California, United States. (Photo by Xavier Collin\/Image Press Agency)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Blake wants that transcript thrown out since depositions are supposed to be confidential (duh!). Her team is fuming, saying Justin\u2019s lawyers are playing PR games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Wayfarer Defendants and their counsel hope to make Ms. Lively defend the continued sealing of the transcript so they can advance a false narrative that Ms. Lively is afraid of her deposition testimony becoming public, which is entirely untrue and deeply harmful,\u201d Blake\u2019s team wrote in the motion.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1315\" alt=\"Blake Lively And Justin Baldoni Film Kissing Scene For 'It Ends With Us'\" class=\"wp-image-101895 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blake-lively-08092024-1160x1315.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blake-lively-08092024-1160x1315.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blake-lively-08092024-800x907.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blake-lively-08092024-860x975.jpg 860w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blake-lively-08092024.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1315\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blake-lively-08092024-1160x1315.jpg\" alt=\"Blake Lively And Justin Baldoni Film Kissing Scene For 'It Ends With Us'\" class=\"wp-image-101895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blake-lively-08092024-1160x1315.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blake-lively-08092024-800x907.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blake-lively-08092024-860x975.jpg 860w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blake-lively-08092024.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>They\u2019re calling Freedman\u2019s moves a straight-up \u201cpublic relations stunt\u201d and want him publicly reprimanded plus attorney fees. Period.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/07\/12\/blake-lively-accuses-justin-baldoni-of-attempting-to-make-legal-battle-into-public-spectacle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blake recently called out Justin<\/a> for trying to turn their legal battle into a \u201cpublic spectacle.\u201d And honestly? She\u2019s not wrong.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-zolo-cta cta-eqzg809e zolo-block parent-cta-eqzg809e\">\n<div class=\"zolo-call-out style-1 \">\n<div class=\"zolo-call-out__content\">\n<h2 class=\"zolo-call-out__title\">Join the SL Community<\/h2>\n<p class=\"zolo-call-out__text\">Have an opinion on what you just read? 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In a shocking move, the actress\u2019s legal team filed a motion on Monday (August 4, 2025) calling out Justin\u2019s attorney Bryan Freedman for what they\u2019re claiming are \u201cimproper out-of-court statements\u201d apparently meant to sway potential jurors, according to Variety. Like, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":184981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-184980","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\/184980","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=184980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}