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  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Blake Lively's deposition has been pushed back by two weeks

    The former Gossip Girl star is suing her It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment and retaliation and after she was granted a protective order on Monday (14.07.25) which agreed to her request for the legal meeting to take place in an undisclosed location, it has now been rescheduled


    According to court documents seen by People magazine on Wednesday (16.07.25), legal counsel for both sides met and mutually agreed to move the deposition from Thursday (17.07.25) to 31 July.

    Meanwhile, Blake's lawsuit against Texas-based publicist and social media expert Jed Wallace has been dismissed on jurisdictional grounds.

    The 37-year-old star had filed a civil rights complaint against the Street Relations, Inc. founder and alleged he had been hired by Justin's PR team to assist in a smear campaign against her.

    Blake accused Jed of having "weaponised a digital army around the country from New York to Los Angeles to create, seed and promote content that appeared to be authentic on social media platforms and internet chat forums."

    However, Judge Lewis J. Liman granted the PR expert's motion to dismiss without prejudice, meaning Blake has until 31 July to file an amended complaint or sue Jed in a different jurisdiction.

    Her representative said: "Ms. Lively respects the Court's decision, which has nothing to do with the merits of her allegations about Mr. Wallace's role in the smear campaign and relates solely to the procedural question of whether he is subject to jurisdiction in New York or elsewhere.

    "We currently are evaluating our numerous options for holding Mr. Wallace accountable for the pivotal role he served in the retaliatory effort that Justin Baldoni and the Wayfarer Parties paid him at least tens of thousands of dollars a month to perform."

    Justin has denied Blake's allegations and his counterclaims against the Another Simple Favor star and her husband Ryan Reynolds - which included extortion and defamation - were dismissed last month. His legal team opted not to file an amended complaint.

    A trial is scheduled to take place in New York in March 2026, with both stars set to testify.

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