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Blake Lively & Publicist Accused By Justin Baldoni & PR Team Of “Ploy To Obtain Subpoena Power”; Jonesworks Lawyer Slams “Empty Gusto” Of ‘It Ends With Us’ Director


The legal war between It Ends With Us stars Blake Lively & Justin Baldoni just either went up a level or hit a new low depending on your perspective

“We are just starting to scratch the surface of a much broader and more insidious scheme,” the ever-quotable attorney said today as new paperwork against Baldoni’s former PR firm Jonesworks and its founder Stephanie Jones hit the court dockets. “Reversing course, dropping previously touted claims, presenting zero new evidence, and putting out the world’s longest and most confusing statement – what a desperate ploy by a team who tonight all but admits they’re in trouble,” Tahler told Deadline Thursday. As Lively and her Deadpool superstar spouse Reynolds walked the red carpet at the 2025 TIME100 gala Thursday at The Jazz at Lincoln Center, Freedman added: “We are not surprised at all that Ms. Jones would instruct her legal team to go on record and mischaracterize the circumstances surrounding the sham ‘subpoena’ and Vanzan lawsuit, so impressively uncovered by the passionate group of online sleuths.

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