In a long-winded saga that is yet to see an end, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds’ lawyers have now pushed for a strict confidentiality order in the ongoing case against Justin Baldoni, arguing private text messages — including those with other celebrities — could otherwise be leaked to the public.
The legal teams had a dial-in hearing with Judge Lewis Liman on Thursday, where Lively’s attorney Meryl Conant Governski petitioned to allow only Baldoni’s lawyers access to the couple’s communications.
As reported by Page Six, Governski flagged a “significant chance of irreparable harm” from private communications in the public eye.
“There is a significant chance of irreparable harm if marginal conversations with high profile individuals with no relevance to the case were to fall into wrong hands,” she claimed.
“There are 100 million reasons for these parties to leak information because the PR value is greater than complying with the court’s orders.”
You’ll recall a few other familiar names — including Lively’s close friend Taylor Swift — have reportedly been pulled into the ongoing legal battle. To clarify, the Red singer isn’t being sued by Baldoni, but she’s seemingly mentioned on pages 21 to 25 of the lawsuit.
At the 90-minute hearing, Governski requested for an “Attorney’s Eyes Only” category to protect security measures Lively and Reynolds have taken to this point, adding this would also guard sensitive information such as Lively’s medical records.
Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman agreed that Lively’s medical records should not be disclosed and said the team has “no intention” of violating that order. However the proposed plan would unfairly treat “celebrity people” and powerful people in the industry different from others, he said.
Per Page Six, Freedman claimed his team has “gone to great lengths to not mention third parties by name,” adding, “I think the model order protects everyone.”
He’s instead asked the court for a standard protective order, stating the additional layer of confidentiality would prove burdensome, clarifying evidence in the trial isn’t exactly top-secret corporate secrets.
“This is not the formula for Coke and Pepsi,” he said, per Variety.
Judge Liman said a decision on this latest development would be coming “soon”.
Meanwhile, in a statement to PEOPLE, a spokesperson for Lively said the dispute is “about whether a narrow category of already non-public information should be accessible only to attorneys rather than the parties”.
A trial date has been set for March 2026. (Image source: Getty Images)
The judge previously shut down parts of Lively’s subpoena for Baldoni’s phone records in court documents released in late February, the publication noted, with the request determined to be “overly intrusive and disproportionate to the needs of the case”.
In his ruling, Judge Liman said: “Lively has identified no means to segregate those numbers that may have some relevance to her case from those numbers that would have no relevance and would reveal sensitive personal information.”
The trial is currently slated for March 2026. Presently, proceedings between the It Ends With Us co-stars have them at odds over the rules that will govern the discovery process ahead of their day in court.
Most recently, Lively hired PR crisis manager and ex-CIA chief of staff Nick Shapiro to advise on the legal communications strategy for the ongoing sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against Baldoni, which kicked off in December last year.
We’re still a year away from the trial to commence and it’s already looking like it’s going to be a spicy one.
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