Blake Lively will be unable to entry Wayfarer’s investigation paperwork in her ongoing authorized battle in opposition to Justin Baldoni.
Based on court docket paperwork obtained by Us Weekly on Monday, June 12, Decide Lewis J. Liman denied Full of life’s movement to view Wayfarer’s investigation paperwork. The studio, which was cofounded by Baldoni, carried out an in-house investigation into Full of life’s allegations. Baldoni, 41, and Wayfarer opposed Full of life’s movement.
The choose dominated that the paperwork are protected beneath “attorney-client communications or lawyer work product.” Nonetheless, Wayfarer and Baldoni are unable to make use of any of the protected data of their protection.
“Wayfarer was legally obligated to analyze the issues raised by Blake Full of life and others concerning the on-set conduct of Justin Baldoni and Jamey Heath way back to Could 2023,” Full of life’s attorneys Esra Hudson and Mike Gottlieb stated in an announcement to Us. “Amongst different claims, Ms. Full of life sued Wayfarer particularly for its failure to conduct such an investigation — an impartial explanation for motion beneath California regulation and the Sixth Reason behind Motion in her Amended Grievance.”
Blake Full of life is condemning Wayfarer Studios for what her attorneys are calling a “disingenuous charade” of an investigation into her sexual harassment claims in opposition to It Ends With Us costar and director Justin Baldoni. Full of life’s authorized group filed a movement to compel Baldoni’s movie studio to share paperwork regarding its “so-called ‘investigation” across the actress’ preliminary […]
The assertion continued: “Immediately, the Courtroom dominated that whereas Wayfarer shouldn’t be required to provide paperwork associated to the ‘investigation’ it solely not too long ago launched after it wrongfully sued Ms. Full of life for $400 million—however that it can also now not depend on that belated effort as a authorized protection. As a result of Wayfarer did not provoke any investigation on the time the issues had been raised, it has now successfully argued itself out of any protection to Ms. Full of life’s ‘failure to analyze’ declare.”
Us has reached out to Baldoni for remark.
Full of life, 37, and Baldoni’s authorized forwards and backwards started in December 2024. The actress accused her former It Ends With Us costar and director of sexual harassment, making a hostile work atmosphere on the movie’s set and orchestrating an alleged smear marketing campaign in opposition to her.
Baldoni denied the allegations and countersued Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds and publicist Leslie Sloane for $400 million. The actor accused them of civil extortion, defamation and extra. The group denied the allegations.
Earlier this month, Baldoni’s lawsuit in opposition to Full of life, Reynolds and Sloane was dismissed by the judge. Full of life took to social media to address her legal victory.
“Final week, I stood proudly alongside 19 organizations united in defending girls’s rights to talk up for his or her security,” she wrote through her Instagram Story on June 9. “Like so many others, I’ve felt the ache of a retaliatory lawsuit, together with the manufactured disgrace that tries to interrupt us.”
Whereas the lawsuit was dismissed, the choose did enable Baldoni and his authorized group to amend their claims for breach of implied covenant and tortious interference with contract. They got a deadline of June 23.
“Ms. Full of life and her group’s predictable declaration of victory is fake, so allow us to be clear concerning the newest ruling,” Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman instructed Us in an announcement on June 10. “Whereas the Courtroom dismissed the defamation-related claims, the Courtroom has invited us to amend 4 out of the seven claims in opposition to Ms. Full of life, which is able to showcase extra proof and refined allegations. This case is about false accusations of sexual harassment and retaliation and a nonexistent smear marketing campaign, which Ms. Full of life’s personal group conveniently describes as ‘untraceable’ as a result of they can not show what by no means occurred.”
