Overview

• Blake Lively’s lawyers have issued subpoenas to Perez Hilton, Candace Owens and YouTuber Andy Signore seeking evidence of an alleged smear campaign by Justin Baldoni.
• Judge Lewis J. Liman dismissed Baldoni’s $400 million defamation countersuit in early June, ruling that claims against Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds and The New York Times could not proceed.
• Last month, Lively also subpoenaed Scooter Braun and HYBE America for communications related to crisis PR consultant Melissa Nathan’s work for Baldoni.
• Both parties remain entrenched in extensive pretrial discovery as they prepare for a sexual harassment trial set to begin in May 2026.
• Hollywood figures are increasingly drawn into the dispute as Lively’s team targets content creators to trace alleged efforts to damage her reputation.