A New York judge granted Blake LivelyMotion of the motion for a protective order before its deposition commands.
According to the decision obtained by Deadline On Monday, July 14, the actress, 37, could choose the location of her deposition scheduled for Thursday, July 17.
The decision said: “Live [Justin Baldoni’s legal team] To have a dedicated computer and the possibility of printing and copying documents in the space chosen by Lively. »»
In addition, the Baldoni team must inform Lively’s the team of which will attend exactly the deposit by noon on Tuesday July 15.
Blake Lively will testify in her and the next trial of Justin Baldoni. “The ultimate moment for the story of an applicant is told is the trial,” said his lawyer, Mike Gottlieb, to people on Thursday, May 8. “We expect this to be the case here [with Lively]. We therefore expect it to witness […]
US Weekly contacted Baldoni, 41, and the Lively teams to comment.
Before the decision, the Baldoni legal team sent a letter to the judge, calling for the request of Lively an attempt to use his “celebrity status” to dictate and control the deposition “at a place of his choice”.
“Lively is an applicant who has launched serious allegations of misconduct against the Wayfarer parties”, the letter obtained by Weekly entertainment Following. “Like all the accused, the Wayfarer parties have the right to deposit alive to develop crucial evidence to their defense. They also have the right to choose the location of the deposit, which they did. ”
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Taylor Hill / FilmMagicLively’s lawyer, however, alleged that the Baldoni legal team had not responded to confidentiality and security problems before the testimony. The Lively team cited the previous comments made by the Baldoni lawyer, Bryan Freedmanin the press.
During a case, Freedman suggested that Lively could be deposited in a large place in New York like Madison Square Garden.
“Since Ms. Lively is open to testify, let’s be counting,” he said People in May. “Keep the deposit at MSG, sell tickets or broadcast it and make each dollar donation to organizations helping victims of domestic violence.”
Living and baldoni legal drama started in December 2024, when the actress accused her It ends with us Costar and director of sexual harassment, creating a hostile work environment and deliberately creating a defamation campaign against her.
Baldoni firmly denied allegations and contradicts, her husband Ryan Reynolds And his publicist Leslie Sloane Three months later. In June, a judge rejected his trial Against Lively, Reynolds and Sloane, who have all denied allegations.
The Lively trial against Baldoni is expected to be tried in March 2026. Until then, her team says that the actress is ready for the next stages of the legal process.
“Ms. Lively is impatiently awaiting her testimony next week, and this should follow the same rules as all the other witnesses in this case,” said Lively representatives People Friday July 11. “Justin Baldoni’s lawyer tried to make this question a public show every round, even offering to sell tickets to a television testimony at Madison Square Garden. It is a serious case of sexual harassment and reprisals and he deserves to be treated as such.”
