Do you have solemnly to tell the truth, all the truth and nothing but the truth?
The lawyer for Blake Lively revealed that the 37-year-old Hollywood starlet will testify in next year’s trial against her co-star “IT ends with us” Justin Baldoni.
“Yes,” confirmed that Lively’s lawyer Mike Gottlieb confirmed people in his first interview on the case on Thursday. “The ultimate moment for the story of an applicant to be told is the trial. We expect this to be the case here.”
“So we expect that she is witness to her trial,” he added. “Of course, she will testify.”
Questions concerning Si Lively would testify during the next trial against Baldoni, 41, began last month after the actress’s speech at the Gala Time100.
“I have so much to say about the last two years of my life,” she said at the time, “but tonight is not the forum.”
In addition, the lawyer of Lively revealed that the former “Gossip Girl” would not be the only one to take the position when the legal battle against Baldoni was tried in March 2026.
“There are individuals who have witnessed or known to fault which are relevant to Ms. Lively’s claims,” said Gottlieb. “We expect their testimony, especially on what happened on the set, will be released by live testimonies.”
The first step in the long legal process will begin with the discovery, in which the two parties will question all the persons involved in the controversial issue.
“In Discovery, they will have the opportunity to ask questions to Ms. Lively,” noted Gottlieb. “Likewise, we will have the opportunity to take the depots of the defendants.”
In addition to witness to witnesses, the Lively legal team plans to present “evidence” to support its case, including the declarations and documents of Sony Pictures and producers “IT ends with us”.
Gottlieb also said that “there was a lot of distractions”, attracting the attention of the “core of the case” and the initial allegations of Lively against its former director.
“There has been a lot of distractions put in place to divert attention from the reprisals campaign that was launched against it,” he said.
“And we expect and hope that in discovery, we will have the opportunity to really focus on what we think is the fundamental part of the case,” added the lawyer for Lively, “is that this reprisal campaign was launched against Ms. Lively so that she had raised concerns about sexual harassment.”
The question of whether the husband of Lively, Ryan Reynolds and other celebrities on list A like Taylor Swift and Hugh Jackman will be called to testify is always uncertain.
Reynolds, 48, is currently appointed defendant in the combination of $ 400 million in Baldoni against Lively. The director’s legal team “IT ends with us” also suggested that Swift, 35, and Jackman, 56, could be assigned.
“We do not quite know what claims or defenses in the case of these celebrities have a relevance for the whole,” said Gottlieb. “This is a case on what happened to Blake Lively when she raised allegations of sexual harassment on the set.”
“This is not a case on how the songs were chosen for the film. This is not a case on the characters of Marvel fictitious in the films” Deadpool “,” he continued. “You have to ask the question, so why are these people assimilated?” Do they have real relevance for the case to accomplish? ”
“You can’t just go around people because they are famous and you think it will generate a lot of titles,” concluded the lawyer for Lively. “And the federal courts do not tolerate this type of behavior.”
Baldoni’s lawyer has since retaliated on Gottlieb’s comments.
“Although obviously uncomfortable for the animated parties, the truth is not a distraction,” said the director of the director on Thursday, Bryan Freedman. “The truth was clearly shown through non -edict receipts, documents and real images. More to come. “
“Blake was the one who brought his high-level friends into this problem without concern for their own personal or public backlash,” he added. “As the truth shows, she used her dragons to manipulate Justin at each turn.”
The legal quarrel of Lively and Baldoni began in December, when the star of “A simple favor” filed a complaint against Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and others.
She allegedly alleged that Baldoni had sexually harassed her on the set, then launched a “coordinated effort to destroy her reputation”.
Baldoni denied allegations and most recent in Lively and Reynolds for $ 400 million for alleged defamation and extortion – accusations they also denied.
A trial date has since been scheduled for March 2026.
