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Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively, actors, spent their first day in court for sexual harassment and other statements that surrounded the film and end with us.
In December, Lively filed a legal complaint against Baldoni, accused of sexual harassment, and launched a smear campaign. Baldoni denied his claims and, in response, sued him for various reasons, including defamation.
The film’s co -stars did not have to attend a meeting in front of the Federal Court on Monday.
But the one -and -a -half -hour hearing continued to be fierce, as both parties’ lawyers claimed that the other would make it malicious outside court.
The case is “allegedly resolved here in court,” said Lively’s lawyer, Michael Gottlieb told Jude Lewis Liman. “It should not be solved in the press.”
Mr Gottlieb accused Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, of making “inflammatory extra court remarks” with Lively’s character and motifs “while taking the feeds.
In response, Mr Freedman said that Mr Gottlieb tried to throw a “gag order” that would prevent him from talking to the media. He said Baldoni was the one who had harmed his reputation.
“My client is destroyed financial and emotionally,” Mr Freedman told the court.
According to Colleen Hoover’s most popular novel, it has become a Box hit published in August. Despite his financial success, however, the rumors of the bitter strife between Baldoni and Lively swirled before the film was released.
Both sides of the legal fighting “have a lot of publicity to celebrate,” Judge Liman said on Monday.
He said that if the case eventually carries out a “litigation proceeding”, it would be forced to move the March 2026 trial date so that the jurors would not come up with one of the accused.
The judge also stated that he would accept the New York Bar Association – in the 3.6. Rule -which prevents lawyers from making public statements that can affect the result of the trial.
Monday’s hearing occurred after Baldoni submitted a modified complaint against the Lively, which includes the 168 -page “schedule” of the case. His team has launched a website with new complaints and other publicly available videos and text messages around the case.
Lively’s lawyer brought the website in court on Monday. – Who created the website? Mr Gottlieb asked. – Who funded it?
Mr Gottlieb also addressed the question of Baldoni’s liberation from a romantic scene that ends with us, claiming that Lively’s sexual harassment statements were unfounded.
But Lively answered that the couple’s recording would “rotate the slow dance scene” and confirm his claims.
The Lively team on Monday undertook to submit a modified complaint that would result in more people.
Many other parties are already included in legal drama. Baldoni sues the new York Times to sue for defamation, claiming that his co -star will provide prior access to his civil complaint. The Times was the first story to publish his suit last December. The New York Times denied these statements.
Many public relations companies who worked with Baldoni and Lively during their film are also defendant.
Some of these issues will be dealt with in a separate hearing after Lively and Baldoni, Judge Liman said on Monday.
He also said that Baldoni and Lively’s legal teams should accept the defender, a legal document that the people involved in the matter were accused of abusing or harassing.
Such a order is needed, said Judge Liman, as the “significant number of senior persons” and the “nature of statements” are in the case.
During the trial, Baldoni’s lawyer also called for the judge to follow the pre -trial schedule that both parties suggested, saying his client wants the case to progress as quickly as possible.
Judge Liman agreed to ask Baldoni’s lawyer by changing some small schedules.
“The time will come when the jury talks about this issue,” Judge Liman told the court.
