Overview

• Blake Lively will serve subpoenas on Scooter Braun and HYBE America on June 12 to obtain documents related to crisis PR manager Melissa Nathan’s work for her.
• U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman tossed Baldoni’s $400 million countersuit two days earlier, a ruling Lively’s attorneys called a complete vindication.
• Lively’s lawyers said they plan to pursue attorneys’ fees, treble damages and punitive damages from Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios parties next.
• Justin Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman condemned the countersuit dismissal as unfair and affirmed his client’s intent to present his case at trial.
• The trial over Lively’s December 2024 sexual harassment suit against Baldoni is set to begin in March 2026.