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Blake Lively Seeks Protective Order For Celeb Friends -- Ahead Of MORE Accusations Against Justin Baldoni! 

Blake Lively Seeks Protective Order For Celeb Friends -- Ahead Of MORE Accusations Against Justin Baldoni!

Blake Lively isn’t done fighting!

In Monday’s court hearing, the Gossip Girl star’s lawyer Michael Gottlieb revealed the actress plans to file even more allegations against Justin Baldoni in her sexual harassment case. But she’s trying to protect her so-called dragons, too!

According to DailyMail.com, Gottlieb — who also represents Ryan Reynolds — said they plan to add “both claims and parties” to a revised complaint which will be filed by Valentine’s Day, February 14. (There go Justin’s romantic date night plans, we guess.) The lawyer is also going to seek a protective order for future filings to protect Blake and Ryan’s celeb pals. Oh, wow!

Related: Isabela Ferrer Spoke Highly Of Justin Baldoni’s Directing

The lawyer didn’t name Taylor Swift, but she’s been dragged into this mess plenty already. So it seems likely she’s one of the high-profile figures Blake is trying to shield from negative press. On the importance of this, the attorney explained:

“We do believe there will be provisions in a protective order that will be appropriate in this case given the nature of the allegations and the high profile nature of some of the individuals who will be involved. There is a significant number of high profile individuals on both sides. In particular addressing the interests and needs of third parties is going to be very important in this case.”

Gottlieb said he’d plan to “seek protections we believe will be very important particularly in a case where there’s been a significant amount of leaking materials.” Is he hinting Justin’s team is doing some leaking? Hmm. He continued:

“We do intend to propose a protective order in this case.”

Judge Lewis Liman agreed with the idea, noting that even before the other parties were named, “you already got a lot of high profile people” involved in the legal matter. LOLz! True! Innerestingly, Justin’s lawyer Bryan Freedman said he would be prepared to agree to such an order. Finally, they agree on something. LOLz!

Gottlieb also talked about the discovery process, sharing that there will be a significant amount about how the It Ends With Us director and other defendants used the media to “shape and push forward” their alleged smear campaign against his client. He even mentioned finding materials on “individuals who may have been paid for taking certain positions in public.” Damn! So far everyone has denied this, including the journo who posted that infamous interview with Blake. Hmm.

Thoughts?? Who do YOU think Blake and Ryan are trying to protect? Share your guesses (below).

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Feb 03, 2025 15:04pm PDT