by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Aug 4 – 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 was being pushed to July 31.
It occurred, then on August 4 Lively's lawyers moved to strike the (sealed) transcript from the docket: "Ms. Lively respectfully moves to strike the Wayfarer Defendants’1 letter attaching the entire uncertified rough draft transcript of Ms. Lively’s confidential July 31, 2025, deposition testimony (ECF No. 538, Ex. A), and to deny the letter-motion to seal as moot (ECF No. 537). In rushing to file on the public docket the entirety of the 292-page transcript on the day they received it, with no plausible legal reason to do so, the Wayfarer Defendants and their counsel have proved Ms. Lively’s point." 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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