Blake Lively's Secret Lawsuit Against Justin Baldoni Exposed

Blake Lively quietly filed a secret lawsuit months before publicly accusing co-star Justin Baldoni of misconduct, enabling her legal team to subpoena potentially incriminating text messages from his former publicist without Baldoni's knowledge. The lawsuit, filed by a company owned by Lively and naming only unidentified defendants, was dropped after obtaining the subpoenaed information, which was then used in subsequent public legal actions against Baldoni. Legal experts and Baldoni's attorney have criticized this move as a 'sham' and an abuse of process intended to bypass standard notification procedures, though Lively's lawyers maintain it was a common and appropriate legal tactic. The controversy has heightened tensions in Hollywood, raising ethical questions about legal maneuvering in high-profile disputes.