Break Live Her ongoing conflict made a surprising legal move Justin Bardoni. The actress is trying to retract her claims of intentional and negligent infringement of emotional distress against the director “it’ll end with us” and “it’s over with us.”
The decision comes after Bardoni’s legal team requested access to Lively’s medical and mental health records to demonstrate her allegations of distress.
Lively’s team describes withdrawal as a procedural step, but Baldoni’s lawyers argue that it is an attempt to avoid disclosure of confidential information.
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Blake Lively moves to stop claiming emotional distress
On Monday, June 2nd, court documents revealed that Lively requested that the allegations be retracted that caused her emotional distress during filming “it’s over with us.”
The decision to remove the claim came after Bardoni’s team requested a lively signature on the release form to access her mental health and medical records.
The actor’s team noted that medical records are important to Lively’s allegations.
“Instead of complying with medical RFPs, Lively’s lawyers have recently advised us in writing that Lively has withdrawn her. [infliction of emotional distress] Bardoni’s team wrote in court documents addressed to Judge Lewis J. Liman of the Southern District Court of New York. Page 6.
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They pointed out that Lively’s lack of compliance would like to maintain the right to refill claims of emotional distress at a later date after the discovery window has been closed.
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Blake Lively’s team responds to Justin Bardoni’s lawyer
In response to the application, 37-year-old lawyers, Esra Hudson and Mike Gottlieb, Daily Mail That withdrawal of the claim was a procedural step to focus on more substantive claims.
“Again, this is a daily part of the litigation process that is used as a press stunt. We do what trial lawyers do. We streamline that and focus and prepare the case for trial.
Hudson and Gottlieb also said Blake Lively “still energised emotional distress” as part of a large additional compensatory damages to all of her claims, including sexual harassment and retaliation.
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The origins of the legitimate battle between Blake Lively and Justin Bardoni
The legal battle between Bardoni and Lively began in December 2024 when “Gossip Girl” filed a sexual harassment complaint against the 41-year-old, claiming a retaliatory smear campaign after she spoke of fraud.
In the submission, the mother of four claimed that Bardoni’s behavior during and after filming had emotionally influenced her.
According to Lively, the emotional impact was so extreme that it also affected her husband Ryan Reynolds and her family, including her children.
Among the many allegations, the Hollywood icon claimed that Bardoni was not invited to a make-up trailer while breastfeeding, spoke about her previous porn addiction, alluding to past nonconsensual sexual encounters and to leak details of her own “indifferent life.”
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Justin Bardoni denies Lively’s allegations
Bardoni strongly denied the allegations of lively sexual harassment in which Blake called it “false, malicious, and honourable.”
The filmmaker responded to the lawsuit by filing a $400 million countersuit for honor and fearful tor.
In his submission, Bardoni accused Lively and her husband of launching a coordinated campaign to destroy his reputation and career.
He argued that Lively’s accusations are not only unfounded, but also used as leverage to control the film’s narrative and outcome.
Bardoni also claimed that after refusing to comply with certain requests, the couple retaliated by personally and publicly damaging falsehood.
His legal team argued that the countersuit was meant to take the vitality, and that Reynolds was meant to hold them accountable for their “smear campaign,” and that he always favored the professional environment for on and offset.
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Bardoni involves Taylor Swift in a legal dispute
The director didn’t stop there. He dragged Grammy Award winner Taylor Swift into a feud.
He summoned the singer and also sent a legal letter claiming that Blake threatened to leak ten years’ worth of text messages if Lively didn’t publicly back her up.
However, Lively’s team refused the claim and asked to withdraw the subpoena, which the court granted.
“There’s been radio silence between Taylor and Blake since the summons were dropped,” the source said. US every week.
They also revealed that previous close friendships had been “stop” under the weight of “legal tensions,” and that emotional fallouts created sufficient distance “not picking up where they left off.”
