More than three months after Justin Baldoni‘s $400 million defamation suit against Blake Lively, the New York Times, Ryan Reynolds and others was tossed out, the Gray Lady wants the It Ends With Us director to cough up some cash. Around $150,000 in attorney’s fees, damages and more, actually. “The District Court’s opinion makes clear that Wayfarer and its affiliates …
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A process server was arrested after allegedly attempting to serve Taylor Swift deposition papers on behalf of Justin Baldoni’s lawyers amid the ongoing legal feud between Baldoni and Blake Lively. Star was first to report the news, stating that Justin Lee Fisher, 48, was caught on Sept. 15 at Kelce’s gated property in Leawood, Kansas. According to the outlet, incident …
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A federal judge has denied Justin Baldoni’s last-minute bid to depose Taylor Swift as he prepares for an upcoming trial over Blake Lively’s claims she was sexually harassed and retaliated against during the filming of It Ends With Us. In an order handed down Friday, U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman ruled that Baldoni and his co-defendants at Wayfarer Studios simply …
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To paraphrase Taylor Swift‘s ‘Blank Space,” the superstar had a day that was a bit of a nightmare dressed like a legal dream with Justin Baldoni. Now, just more than 24 hours after the It Ends With Us director-star again sought to drag Swift into his seemingly never-ending docket drama with Blake Lively, the federal judge overseeing the case has …
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UPDATE (Sept. 12): In an order Friday evening, Judge Lewis J. Liman denied Justin Baldoni’s request to depose Taylor Swift after the current discovery deadline, stating that Baldoni’s team “failed to demonstrate appropriate diligence” after only recently reaching out to Swift’s camp about scheduling the deposition. This means Baldoni has lost his shot at deposing Swift, foreclosing what could have …
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Justin Baldoni‘s latest attempt to pull Taylor Swift into his defense against sexual harassment and retaliation allegations from It End With Us co-star Blake Lively looks to be going off the rails faster than the Grammy winner’s upcoming The Life of a Showgirl album is expected to rocket to the top of the charts. Not yet approved by a judge …
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Taylor Swift has agreed to sit for a deposition in the ongoing legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, according to a court filing from Baldoni’s camp. Swift is likely to be asked about any discussions she had with Lively about conditions on the set of “It Ends With Us.” Baldoni’s team previously got court permission to obtain messages …
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Blake Lively is seeking millions from Justin Baldoni over his “baseless” lawsuit against her, and one of the declarations her team has provided is likely of interest. Bryan Bedder / Getty Images for Vital Voices Global Partnership, Sean Zanni / WireImage The general gist of the legal drama thus far is that in December 2024, Blake filed a California Civil …
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Blake Lively wants Justin Baldoni to pay millions of dollars for filing a frivolous defamation suit against her, in a test of a California law aimed at protecting sexual harassment victims who speak out. Lively has accused Baldoni, her director and co-star, of sexually harassing her on the set of “It Ends With Us” and of retaliating against her for …
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New details have emerged of Justin Baldoni‘s hiring of social media guru Jed Wallace – namely, that he was paid $90,000 for his services, a cache of newly unsealed documents show. The court papers also reveal Baldoni’s ‘crisis management’ team – hired over the spat with his co-star Blake Lively on the movie It Ends With Us – cost an estimated …
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