‘It Ends With Us’ Lawsuit: Judge Issues Mixed Ruling in Blake Lively’s Subpoena for 2 Years of Justin Baldoni Team’s Phone Records

A federal judge delivered a mixed ruling in the ongoing legal battle between Blake Lively and her “It Ends With Us” co-star and director Justin Baldoni, granting part of her subpoena for phone records, while shutting down certain requests that he deemed “overly intrusive and disproportionate to the needs of the case.”
Lively’s legal team had requested call and text logs between Baldoni, his PR team and other employees of Wayfarer Studios, the production company behind “It Ends With Us,” from Dec. 1, 2022, to the present. But Judge Lewis Liman wrote that even though Lively’s lawyers weren’t asking for the content of the calls or texts, “the phone records themselves would still contain sensitive information regarding which doctors, psychologists, or even acquaintances the Wayfarer Parties spoke to, and when.”
Bryan Freedman, an attorney for Baldoni, praised the ruling in a statement, “The Court put a stop to Ms.
Lively’s legal team had requested call and text logs between Baldoni, his PR team and other employees of Wayfarer Studios, the production company behind “It Ends With Us,” from Dec. 1, 2022, to the present. But Judge Lewis Liman wrote that even though Lively’s lawyers weren’t asking for the content of the calls or texts, “the phone records themselves would still contain sensitive information regarding which doctors, psychologists, or even acquaintances the Wayfarer Parties spoke to, and when.”
Bryan Freedman, an attorney for Baldoni, praised the ruling in a statement, “The Court put a stop to Ms.
- 2/28/2025
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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