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Blake Lively Vs. Justin Baldoni: Judge Threatens Moving Up March 2026 Trial If Lawyers Can’t Stop Matter Being “Litigated In The Press”


The 1st actual hearing in the legal drama that has captivated Hollywood & more in recent weeks saw fireworks in a NYC courtroom today

Depositions, discovery and dismissal of defendants were all in pole position today as the complexity of the case(s) that has captivated Hollywood even since Lively filed a complaint on December 20 with California’s Civil Right department. With an increasingly full agenda, today’s hearing remarkably marks the end of the first phase of the six-week long multi-lawsuit conflict between Lively and Baldoni with things now actually in front of a judge. In the end, despite the attention the manicured timeline posted online by Baldoni’s team, the real meat and bone was in an amended complaint which has added the New York Times as a defendant to the $400 million case.

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