Blake Vigorous needs stronger protecting order, however Justin Baldoni’s legal professionals query her push for privateness

The It Ends With Us authorized battle between Blake Vigorous and Justin Baldoni continues to escalate, with Baldoni’s staff pushing again in opposition to Vigorous’s request for a stronger protecting order.

Vigorous’s legal professionals final week cited threats and harassment in opposition to her household in a request to maintain delicate discovery supplies non-public, Folks reported. However on Tuesday, Baldoni’s attorneys argued in a letter to U.S. District Choose Lewis J. Liman that Vigorous is attempting to “forestall the general public” from accessing extra proof.

The submitting comes days after Vigorous amended her lawsuit to allege that Baldoni made two feminine forged members “uncomfortable” on set. The replace additionally provides new defamation claims and names disaster PR advisor Jed Wallace as a defendant; Wallace has since sued Vigorous for $7 million in Texas.

In the meantime, Vigorous’s longtime publicist, Leslie Sloane, is combating to be faraway from Baldoni’s $400 million countersuit, arguing she was “dragged” into the case as a distraction.

Earlier this month, Vigorous’s staff subpoenaed Baldoni’s cellphone and web information, aiming to “expose the folks, techniques and strategies” behind an alleged smear marketing campaign. Baldoni’s legal professionals have requested Choose Liman to quash the subpoenas “as promptly as potential.”

Liman beforehand warned each side to cease litigating the case within the media, cautioning that he might transfer up the trial, at the moment set for March 2026.

On Feb. 1, Baldoni launched a brand new web site containing an amended grievance in addition to a timeline of alleged textual content messages between him and Vigorous and her husband, Ryan Reynolds.

In December, Vigorous filed a sexual harassment grievance, accusing Baldoni and others of a smear marketing campaign after she raised considerations about Baldoni’s alleged habits.

Baldoni denied the claims and countersued the New York Occasions for libel after it reported on Vigorous’s allegations. He later filed a $400 million lawsuit in opposition to Vigorous, Reynolds and their publicists in January, alleging defamation and extortion. That very same month, Vigorous initiated a federal lawsuit in opposition to Baldoni, reiterating her claims of harassment and retaliation.

As each events proceed to current their instances, the leisure trade is watching carefully and anticipating additional developments within the high-profile saga.