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- Blake Lively asked for the withdrawal of two of his assertions without prejudice, relating to the infliction of emotional distress, against It ends with us Director-Costar Justin Baldoni
- After asking for relevant animated medical information, the Baldoni legal team submitted a letter to the court affirming that they are entitled to a dismissal of these complaints with prejudice so that they are not withdrawn
- “We do what the lawyers for the trial do: prepare our case for the trial by rationalizing and concentrating it,” said Lively lawyers about this decision
Blake Lively abandons some of his claims against Justin Baldoni, according to new legal documents.
In the last stole of his current court, he fights with her It ends with us Director-Costar on their behind-the-scenes conflict, Lively, 37, asked on Tuesday June 2 to withdraw and reject his allegations of intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent infliction of emotional distress.
Kevin Fritz, Baldoni lawyer, 41, submitted a letter addressed to judge Lewis J. Liman in the American district court Southern District in New York asking for “a prescription forcing Blake Lively to identify his medical and mental health care providers” by signing a hipaa release for access to therapy notes and relevant medical information.
The document adds that “instead of complying”, Lively asked to withdraw the allegations of emotional distress without prejudice. That, according to that, means that Lively refuses to “disclose the information and documents necessary to refute that it has undergone emotional distress” and seeks to “maintain the right of the passage [infliction of emotional distress claims] At an unknown time in this court or in another court after the discovery window is closed … Ms. Lively cannot have it in both directions. »»
The lawyers of Lively, Esra Hudson and Mike Gottlieb, replied in a press release shared with people: “Again, it is a common part of the litigation process which is used as a press stuntman. We do what they do with the lawyers: desperately preparing another tired cycle of the cover of Tabloid.
THE Gossip Girl The actress “continues to allege emotional distress, as part of many other complaints in her trial, such as sexual harassment and reprisals, and additional compensatory damages on all her complaints”.
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The Costares’ conflict started last December when he filed Lively filed a sexual harassment complaint against Baldoni, alleging a fault on the set of the Colleen Hoover adaptation and a campaign to defam reprisals, which he denied. THE Jane the Virgin The former faced Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds and their publicists in January, alleging extortion, defamation and more. Both cases in Lively c. Wayfarer Studios et al. are planned for the trial in March 2026.
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In the original file, Lively allegedly allegedly alleged It ends with us“The emotional impact” on her “was extreme, not only affecting her, but her family, including her husband and four children”.
In a declaration given to The New York Times In December, Lively said: “I hope my legal action helps to withdraw the curtain on these tactical sinister reprisals to harm people who talk about misconduct and help protect others who can be targeted.”
