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Blake Lively’s Private Messages Will Stay Private Amid Justin Baldoni Lawsuit — Mostly

Blake Lively has won a partial "attorneys' eyes only" ruling in her litigation against Justin Baldoni.

Earlier this month, attorneys representing Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, asked for information on their celebrity friends that might come to light during discovery be withheld from the public as litigation commences with Baldoni over It Ends With Us. Sensitive information they wanted protected included “speaking about children, profound mental health issues or locations of private residences or homes.” They also expressed concern about correspondence with their famous friends about Lively’s allegations against Baldoni becoming public. Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, agreed with Judge Limon’s decision, saying that “private mental health records and personal security measures” never interested him anyway but that the request was still “exceedingly overbroad.”

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