by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, July 18 – In the Blake Lively v. Justin Baldoni lawsuits, a hearing was held on February 3 before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Lewis J. Liman. Inner City Press was there with live coverage, thread
On February 10, Lively's lawyer asked for delay: "Plaintiff Blake Lively respectfully moves for an extension of time to file her amended complaint to March 5, 2025. Full filing on Patreon here
On February 11 Baldoni's lawyer consented to delay but noted "unnecessary and baseless attacks on non-party Jed Wallace and the litigation pending against Ms. Lively" - filing on Patreon here
On February 25 Baldoni disagreed on the proposed protective order, on Patreon here
On February 28 Baldoni filed to expand the quashing of Lively's subpoena to include Warfarer employees - filing on Patreon here
On July 16, the eve of Lively's deposition, an emergency hearing which Inner City Press live tweeted here.
At 8:30 pm Lively's lawyers wrote in that her deposition is being pushed to July 31.
On July 18 Lively's lawyers filed to "request that the Court compel1 Defendant The Agency Group PR LLC , Defendant Melissa Nathan’s self-proclaimed “reputation management” company, to de-designate as confidential and Attorneys’ Eyes Only TAG’s June 25, 2025 Second Supplemental Responses... The Interrogatory Responses identify individuals and media outlets with whom TAG communicated about Ms. Lively. The Court should not permit TAG to manipulate the discovery process to perpetuate the same harms that got it sued in the first place... it further exacerbates public backlash against Ms. Lively." Filing on Patreon here
Back on February 6, a new book "Hollywood Hearsay," ranging from the CRD complaint in California o Jed Wallace's new case in Texas, comparing SDNY defamation cases, from Sarah Palin through Devin Nunes v Rachel Maddow. Book here, Audiobook here
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