Overview

• Lively offered to dismiss her intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress counts to avoid producing her medical and mental health records.
• Baldoni’s lawyers demand dismissal with prejudice to block refiling or, if denied, a court order compelling Lively to authorize HIPAA releases for her treatment records.
• Attorneys for Lively say the record request is a publicity tactic and stress she still alleges emotional distress within her broader sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit.
• The skirmish arises from Lively’s December suit accusing Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios of misconduct and his $400 million defamation countersuit.
• With trial set for March 9, 2026, this clash over evidence disclosure underscores the power struggles and PR maneuvers in high-profile Hollywood litigation.