- Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively's lawsuit is set to continue, with a trial scheduled for March 2026.
- U.S. District Court Judge Lewis J. Liman has set the trial date unless a settlement is reached.
- Freedman has vowed to fight against the "It Ends With Us" actors, calling it a human right.
U.S. District Court Judge Lewis J. Liman for the Southern District of New York has set the trial date for March 9, 2026, unless the two parties reach a settlement beforehand. A pretrial hearing will take place on February 3, when the court will rule on Lively's recent request for a gag order.
Bryan Freedman, representing Justin Baldoni’s legal team, has responded to Lively’s accusations that Justin attempted to taint the jury pool with a leaked piece of information. Freedman criticized the actress and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, for allegedly providing false information.
As per US Weekly, Freedman said, "We will not be selective, we will not cherry pick and we will not doctor text messages. Both Ms. Lively and Mr. Reynolds do not yet understand that there isn’t one rule for them and one rule for everybody else."
He added, "If they want to unethically gag the truth by threatening to wield their power in Hollywood, we will fight it every step of the way. We are not scared of them, we will not be silenced by them. Defending ourselves is not retaliation; it is a human right."
The legal sparring between the “It Ends With Us” actors escalated earlier this month when Baldoni’s camp publicly announced plans to launch a website promoting his case against Lively. They also released an unedited video filmed on location for their movie, featuring romantic scenes between the two actors.
Blake Lively’s lawyers have strongly condemned the release of the video, calling it an unconscionable attempt to sway public opinion before the trial.
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