Blake Lively will testify at trial with Justin Baldoni, her lawyer says
In the latest development in the legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, Lively바카라 게임 웹사이트s lawyers Esra Hudson and Mike Gottlieb have confirmed that the actress intends to take the stand when the case heads to trial next year.
바카라 게임 웹사이트This is a case about what happened to Blake Lively when she raised claims of sexual harassment on set and the retaliation that followed. Of course she will testify,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Hudson and Gottlieb said in a statement to CNN on Thursday.
Lively accused Baldoni of sexual harassment and retaliation in a complaint first filed with the California Civil Rights Department in December, preceding a lawsuit that followed about a week later. She also claimed that Baldoni, along with his PR representatives, orchestrated a 바카라 게임 웹사이트social manipulation campaign바카라 게임 웹사이트 to hurt her reputation in the media while they were promoting 바카라 게임 웹사이트It Ends with Us,바카라 게임 웹사이트 their 2024 film at the center of the dispute.
First reported by , Gottlieb said on Thursday that Lively plans to testify because 바카라 게임 웹사이트the ultimate moment for a plaintiff바카라 게임 웹사이트s story to be told is at trial.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트We expect that to be the case here (with Lively),바카라 게임 웹사이트 he added. 바카라 게임 웹사이트So we would, of course, expect her to be a witness at her trial.바카라 게임 웹사이트
When reached for comment on Thursday, Baldoni바카라 게임 웹사이트s lawyer Bryan Freedman said, 바카라 게임 웹사이트Although obviously uncomfortable for the Lively parties, the truth is not a distraction. The truth has been clearly shown through unedited receipts, documents and real life footage.바카라 게임 웹사이트
In an amended complaint filed in February, Lively alleged other women also raised claims about Baldoni바카라 게임 웹사이트s behavior on set.
Freedman previously denied the allegations in a statement to CNN, saying, 바카라 게임 웹사이트These claims are completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt and rehash a narrative in the media.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Gottlieb stopped short of confirming whether Lively바카라 게임 웹사이트s husband Ryan Reynolds will testify at trial, saying that it바카라 게임 웹사이트s his belief that Baldoni바카라 게임 웹사이트s allegations against Reynolds are 바카라 게임 웹사이트frivolous.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Along with Lively, Reynolds is named as a defendant in the $400 million defamation lawsuit Baldoni filed in January.
Baldoni has accused Reynolds of assisting Lively in 바카라 게임 웹사이트hijacking바카라 게임 웹사이트 his film and taking down his career. He claimed that Reynolds, who had no formal role on 바카라 게임 웹사이트It Ends With Us,바카라 게임 웹사이트 re-wrote a scene and made 바카라 게임 웹사이트unauthorized changes to the script in secret.바카라 게임 웹사이트 Baldoni also accused Reynolds of reprimanding him at the couple바카라 게임 웹사이트s home in New York and alleged Reynolds made fun of him in 바카라 게임 웹사이트Deadpool & Wolverine,바카라 게임 웹사이트 mirroring the character Nicepool after Baldoni in an effort to mock him.
In March, Gottlieb filed a request for Reynolds to be dropped as a defendant from Baldoni바카라 게임 웹사이트s suit, claiming that his argument against Reynolds has no legal bounds and amounts to 바카라 게임 웹사이트hurt feelings.바카라 게임 웹사이트
If Reynolds is dropped as a defendant, then he 바카라 게임 웹사이트may or may not be a fact witness바카라 게임 웹사이트 at trial, Gottlieb added.
There are other individuals who will be testifying at trial to support Lively바카라 게임 웹사이트s claims, said Gottlieb, adding that these individuals 바카라 게임 웹사이트were witnesses to or experienced misconduct that is relevant to Ms. Lively바카라 게임 웹사이트s claims바카라 게임 웹사이트 and that he expects these witnesses to testify about 바카라 게임 웹사이트what took place on set.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Baldoni also accused Lively in his defamation suit of working to 바카라 게임 웹사이트destroy바카라 게임 웹사이트 him professionally by collaborating with The New York Times on an article about the complaint she filed with the California Civil Rights Department in December.
Baldoni, who directed and starred alongside Lively in 바카라 게임 웹사이트It Ends with Us,바카라 게임 웹사이트 also filed a libel suit against The New York Times in January, in which he claimed that the newspaper published an article 바카라 게임 웹사이트rife with inaccuracies, misrepresentations, and omissions.바카라 게임 웹사이트
A spokesperson for The New York Times told CNN at the time that the publication plans to 바카라 게임 웹사이트vigorously defend against the lawsuit.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Both Baldoni and Lively바카라 게임 웹사이트s attorneys have previously said that they do not intend to settle. The trial is currently set for March 2026.