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EXCLUSIVE: Read Word-for-Word — Newly Filed Court Papers Expose the Blake Lively–Justin Baldoni Hollywood PR War

Plus, who’s leaking, who’s lawyering, and why the judge now has to referee fame itself.

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Michael East
Jan 16, 2026
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This fight has done that rare celebrity-litigation magic trick. It’s drifting from alleged on-set conduct into the meta-war about what the public gets to read, what gets kept quiet, and who gets to narrate the whole thing in real time.

Below, we’re publishing and breaking down the key documents at the center of this phase. Because once a case becomes a headline machine, the real battle often isn’t “who’s right?” it’s what gets sealed, what gets leaked, and which reputations get shredded in the margins.

The Background: What This Case Is (And Why It Got This Ugly)

The core dispute stems from It Ends With Us. Blake Lively sued Justin Baldoni and parties tied to Wayfarer Studios, alleging sexual harassment and retaliation connected to the production; Baldoni has denied wrongdoing.

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