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Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni Lawyers Due in Court Ahead of 'It Ends ...
The hearing will address damages and evidence before a May trial limited to Lively's retaliation claims against Wayfarer Studios, after her harassment claims were dismissed.
- On Tuesday, lawyers for Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni appeared before U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman in Manhattan federal court to resolve final pretrial issues ahead of their May 18 civil trial, though neither actor attended the roughly three-hour hearing.
- The dispute originated from the 2024 film It Ends With Us, based on Colleen Hoover's novel, after Lively sued Baldoni in December 2024 alleging sexual harassment and retaliation on set, which Baldoni and his production company Wayfarer Studios denied.
- Judge Liman dismissed 10 of Lively's 13 claims this month, allowing three to proceed: breach of contract, retaliation, and aiding and abetting in retaliation. Lively's lawyers argued she lost up to $35 million in sequel opportunities; Baldoni's counsel disputed her $39 million to $143 million damages estimate.
- Both legal teams estimate they will need roughly three weeks to present their cases at trial, while Judge Liman requested verification of expert witness availability for a pretrial hearing next week before finalizing trial logistics.
- Lively plans to call Tulane University computer science professor Aron Culotta, who studied online harassment, and University of Southern California marketing professor Dina Mayzlin, while Baldoni will call former Meta marketing executive Nicole Alexander; Baldoni's team sought to exclude testimony from author Colleen Hoover and others involved with the film.
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Justin Baldoni's and Blake Lively's legal teams hash out details ahead of trial
As a courtroom showdown between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively approaches next month, lawyers for the former co-stars continued to hash out key pretrial issues Tuesday before a federal judge
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