Blake Lively has taken a significant step in her ongoing legal battle with Justin
Baldoni by issuing subpoenas to several major companies, including cell carriers AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon. The 37-year-old actress, known for her role in It Ends With Us, is actively seeking more proof, or “receipts,” to support her claims that
Baldoni orchestrated a smear campaign against her. In addition to the subpoenas
sent to the cell carriers, Lively’s legal team has also targeted two internet service providers—Cloudflare and AOL—as well as crisis consultant Jed Wallace. Wallace has been accused of launching a “digital army” to tarnish Lively’s reputation on Baldoni’s behalf, though he has denied these allegations and recently filed a defamation lawsuit against Lively, demanding $7 million in damages.
Lively’s attorneys, Esra Hudson and Michael Gottlieb, released a statement confirming that the actress has begun a process of discovery to unearth the people, tactics, and methods behind the campaign they allege was designed to damage Lively’s reputation. The legal team added that they intend to uncover all the “receipts” that have been hidden, asserting that these pieces of evidence are not found on Baldoni’s lawyer’s website, thelawsuitinfo.com, which presents Baldoni’s side of the story.
The subpoenas are part of Lively’s efforts to gather additional evidence related to the smear campaign, which she believes has been orchestrated by Baldoni. The actress has claimed that Baldoni, who directed and starred alongside her in It Ends With Us, used various tactics to discredit her, culminating in a smear campaign that hurt her career and personal life. A spokesperson for Lively emphasized their intention to investigate Wallace’s business model and the nature of his work, especially in relation to the claims of sexual harassment and retaliation that Lively has made against Baldoni. The spokesperson remarked, “We look forward to investigating more about Jed Wallace’s entire business model and what else he was doing to distract from the very real sexual harassment and retaliation claims made by Ms. Lively.”
Lively’s team has already obtained messages that allegedly show Baldoni’s team boasting about how easily the public could be manipulated to turn against her. This information adds to the mounting evidence that Lively’s reputation was deliberately harmed in a calculated effort to undermine her credibility. These messages and the ongoing legal actions are part of a broader struggle that began in December 2024 when Lively first accused Baldoni of sexual harassment and launching a smear campaign against her.
In the aftermath of Lively’s accusations, the New York Times published text messages that Lively cited as evidence of the harassment. Baldoni responded to these claims by asserting that the messages released by the Times were incomplete and publicly released what he claimed were the full text exchanges. In early January, Baldoni filed a lawsuit against the Times, disputing the published text messages. This legal dispute escalated further when Baldoni filed another lawsuit against Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, adding more fuel to the fire.
In addition to these legal maneuvers, Baldoni’s legal team created a website to present what they described as the definitive “receipts” for the ongoing court battle. Lively, however, disputes the claims on the site, continuing to assert that the actions taken by Baldoni and his associates were part of an intentional campaign to ruin her reputation.
Lively’s legal team also alleges that Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios hired crisis PR chief Melissa Nathan specifically to discredit any allegations Lively might make regarding Baldoni’s behavior on the set of It Ends With Us. This claim further intensifies the ongoing legal drama and highlights the level of scrutiny both sides are facing in the public eye.
The legal battle between Lively and Baldoni is continuing to unfold, with both parties taking aggressive steps to prove their version of events. As Lively seeks more evidence and legal support to back her claims, the dispute remains a high-profile case, attracting attention not only for its personal implications but also for its broader impact on the entertainment industry and the way issues of harassment and reputation management are handled in the public sphere.
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