Blake Lively Wins Legal Ruling to Seal Deposition Against Justin Baldoni

Blake Lively has secured multiple legal victories in her ongoing sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against Justin Baldoni related to their film It Ends With Us. Manhattan federal Judge Lewis Liman ordered that Lively's nearly 300-page deposition transcript be removed from the public court docket, criticizing Baldoni’s legal team for filing excessive irrelevant material seemingly to provoke public speculation and media attention. Lively’s lawyers accused Baldoni’s side of leaking details from the deposition to the media to create a skewed narrative and a media circus, claims the judge implicitly supported by his rulings. Baldoni denied the allegations and previously filed a $400 million countersuit against Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds, which was dismissed in June 2025. Both Lively and Baldoni are expected to testify at the trial scheduled for March 2026 in New York. The court’s actions reflect an effort to balance transparency with protecting sensitive information amid the highly publicized dispute.