Judge Partly Denies Blake Lively’s ‘Overly Intrusive’ Subpoena for Justin Baldoni Phone Records

Blake Lively and her legal team will not get everything they requested in a subpoena seeking to obtain the phone records of Justin Baldoni and his camp, as a judge referred to the “It Ends With Us” actress’ effort as “overly intrusive and disproportionate to the needs of the case.”
On Friday, in a six-page response, U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman partly rejected Lively’s request, calling it “overly broad and invasive” as it could ultimately breach the privacy of Baldoni associates and other uninvolved individuals if the records included calls or text messages that were personal or sensitive in nature.
“This request implicates legitimate privacy interests,” Liman wrote. “Even though Lively has narrowed her request to exclude the content of calls or messages, the phone records themselves would still contain sensitive information regarding doctors, psychologists or even acquaintances the Wayfarer parties spoke to, and when.”
It continued: “Lively...
On Friday, in a six-page response, U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman partly rejected Lively’s request, calling it “overly broad and invasive” as it could ultimately breach the privacy of Baldoni associates and other uninvolved individuals if the records included calls or text messages that were personal or sensitive in nature.
“This request implicates legitimate privacy interests,” Liman wrote. “Even though Lively has narrowed her request to exclude the content of calls or messages, the phone records themselves would still contain sensitive information regarding doctors, psychologists or even acquaintances the Wayfarer parties spoke to, and when.”
It continued: “Lively...
- 2/28/2025
- by Raquel 'Rocky' Harris
- The Wrap
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