A lawyer for Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds wants to hide their texts with celebrities from Justin Baldoni amid their bombshell Hollywood court battle — claiming Baldoni’s camp could leak them to the tabloid press.
“There is a significant chance of irreparable harm if marginal conversations with high profile individuals with no relevance to the case were to fall into wrong hands,” Sigrid McCawley claimed at a hearing in Manhattan federal court Thursday.
“There are 100 million reasons for these parties to leak information because the PR value is greater than complying with the court’s orders,” the attorney added.
The lawyer urged Judge Lewis Liman to create an extra layer of security, known as an “Attorney’s Eyes Only” category, for such texts, as well as information on the parties’ mental health, and security measures they’ve taken amid the feud.
She noted that Baldoni’s co-defendants “include people whose businesses whose entire living is based on providing information to the press and content creators.”
But Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman fired back that Lively and Reynolds’ proposal was “unnecessary,” and called it “offensive that anyone would suggest that we would disregard a protective order.”
The attorney added that Lively and Reynolds’ plan would unjustly treat “celebrity people,” and “people who are powerful in the industry,” differently from other people.
The hearing is ongoing and Judge Liman has yet to rule.
Lively, 37, sued Baldoni, 41, in December for $250 million, claiming he sexually harassed her while filming “It Ends with Us” and launched a smear campaign when she spoke out about her alleged mistreatment.
Baldoni — who co-starred in and directed the romantic drama — has denied her accusations, and he and his publicists countersued Lively and Reynolds for $400 million, alleging she defamed and extorted them.
A trial in the case is scheduled for March 2026.
