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Blake Lively Seeks Order to Shield July Deposition From Public View

Her team argues that a private setting is necessary to prevent media-driven harassment before the March 2026 trial.

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FILE - Blake Lively appears at the SNL50: The Anniversary Special at Rockefeller Plaza in New York on Feb. 16, 2025, left, and Justin Baldoni appears at a special screening of "The Boys in the Boat" in New York on Dec. 13, 2023. (Photos by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
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Overview

  • Lively’s attorneys filed a motion on July 11 requesting a protective order to hold her July 17 deposition at a redacted location with all attendees identified in advance.
  • Justin Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, had proposed livestreaming the deposition at Madison Square Garden and selling tickets for charity to domestic violence survivors.
  • Reports indicate Lively has asked for a six-week postponement to review approximately 50,000 hours of raw footage from It Ends With Us before testifying.
  • Legal teams have issued subpoenas to podcasters including Candace Owens, Perez Hilton and Andy Signore and sought documents from music executive Scooter Braun and HYBE America.
  • The deposition falls ahead of a March 2026 federal trial in New York, where Lively’s sexual harassment and retaliation suit proceeds after Baldoni’s defamation and extortion counterclaims were dismissed.