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Justin Baldoni Creates Website To Address Blake Lively Dispute

Justin Baldoni continues his legal dispute with Blake Lively, now bringing their conflict into the public sphere by revealing previously undisclosed text messages.

Shortly after Baldoni’s representatives announced the creation of a website to support his claims against Lively, who is 37, the “It Ends with Us” actor-director published a website linked to a newly updated lawsuit, submitted to the court on January 31, which provides details of their behind-the-scenes disputes.

By Saturday afternoon, February 1, the website, named “Lawsuit Info,” featured a single page with links to two documents central to the ongoing legal conflict between the co-stars.

The document labeled “Amended Complaint” provides a link to the revised complaint, which Baldoni, aged 41, and five other plaintiffs, including his Wayfarer Studios, filed against Lively on January 16 in response to her initial lawsuit.

In December 2024, Lively initiated legal action against Wayfarer Studios and Baldoni—along with “It Ends with Us'” main producer Jamey Heath, Baldoni’s publicist Jennifer Abel, crisis publicist Melissa Nathan, and others—accusing them of sexual harassment and retaliation for her complaints about alleged misconduct.

Baldoni has refuted the allegations of sexual harassment and has filed a counterclaim against Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and their publicist Leslie Sloane, as well as Sloane’s PR firm, Vision PR, Inc., citing defamation and extortion.

Another link on the site, titled “Timeline of Relevant Events,” accompanies the amended complaint. It provides a detailed timeline from the initial email exchange in January 2019 with the author of “It Ends with Us,” leading up to and following the movie’s production.

Spanning 168 pages, this timeline details text messages, emails, and other communications, some previously undisclosed, in chronological order to present Baldoni’s perspective of the events.

The document aims to offer a concise overview of significant events, meant to be read alongside the linked amended complaint.

Among the texts now made public is one from Lively discussing rewrites to a scene in April 2023, where she described her playful and bold style of banter as her “love language.”

Another text from February 2023 shows Reynolds expressing excitement about the collaboration between Baldoni and Lively, praising the creative synergy.

The documents also reveal alleged communications between Baldoni and journalists from The New York Times, his public relations team, and a drafted statement by Lively and Reynolds that Baldoni reportedly refused to endorse in August 2024 amid growing media scrutiny.

This development in Baldoni’s legal strategies precedes a pre-trial conference set for Monday, February 3, with both parties’ cases scheduled for trial on March 9, 2026, as per Judge Lewis J. Liman’s recent court order.

Following the release of a 10-minute video from the movie set by Baldoni’s attorney, Bryan Freedman, which aimed to counteract some of Lively’s accusations, and his announcement of plans to upload supporting evidence on a website, Lively’s team urged Judge Liman to review the proper behavior expected of legal counsel.

In their communication with Judge Liman, they emphasized that “federal litigation must take place in court and adhere to applicable professional conduct rules,” accusing Freedman of potentially prejudicing the jury.

Kevin Fritz, another lawyer for Baldoni, countered with a letter dated January 23, describing the action as an “intimidation tactic” and urged Judge Liman to dismiss any potential gag order that might be proposed by Lively’s team.

He maintained that Lively was responsible for starting a “media feeding frenzy” by purportedly providing The New York Times with her original complaint filed with the California Civil Rights Department.