we turn now to Blake Lively versus Justin baldon the it ends with us co-star's legal battle has entered the courtroom and Ariel rashev has the details good morning Ariel good morning to you Rebecca a lot of eyes on this one is it is an increasingly ugly PR battle with both sides digging in the case taking on a life of its own in the court of public opinion and now the high drama bleeding into the federal courtroom where the judge warned both sides that all the public mudslinging could jeopardize the trial this morning 3 months after
the bitter PR war between it ends with us Stars Blake Lively and Justin baldon began the case has finally reached Court their attorneys facing off for the first time in front of a federal judge who warned both sides to re in the public ranker to avoid influencing a potential jury it actually gets worse yeah no way the Blockbuster Feud taking over Tik Tok it looks like we're going to have to rename this movie to it never ends Bon's team launching a new website over the weekend releasing a timeline claiming Lively and her husband actor Ryan
Reynolds drafted a statement intended to make baldoni take accountability for the troubled production and negative press Lively received surrounding the launch of the movie on his new website baloni also releasing what he claims are previously unseen texts between himself Lively and Reynolds during the making of the film according to those texts on February 8th 2023 beloni reached out to Ryan Reynolds saying he would like them to be friends Reynolds allegedly responding you've been a wonderful collaborator with be and that meant a great deal to both of us being a stand-up person is everything and you've
been just that since day one thank you I happen to Adore You Justin in June of 23 shortly before production shut down for the writer strike bdon says he sent Lively a text saying I appreciate all you've done to help us catch up and the extra work and energy you've put in it has not gone unnoticed Lively responded thanks so much for this text I appreciate your empathy and I give it in return Lively's Camp not responding to balon's website directly but her attorney saying after court we are confident that once all the evidence is
submitted in this matter Miss Lively will prevail and Lively's team clarified that they were not seeking a gag order in this case but they wanted the judge to set some ground rules for conduct inside and outside of the courtroom the trial is set to begin in March of 2026 but the judge is threatening to move that up if the public spectacle continues guys all right Ariel thank you so much
