{"id":160294,"date":"2025-01-28T15:42:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T15:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/?p=1828791"},"modified":"2025-01-28T15:42:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T15:42:42","slug":"its-gonna-be-amber-heard-all-over-again-a-court-date-has-been-set-for-blake-lively-and-justin-baldoni-and-were-already-dreading-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/its-gonna-be-amber-heard-all-over-again-a-court-date-has-been-set-for-blake-lively-and-justin-baldoni-and-were-already-dreading-it\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s gonna be Amber Heard all over again\u2019: A court date has been set for Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, and we\u2019re already dreading it"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Justin Baldoni<\/a><\/strong>\/Blake Lively<\/a><\/strong> saga has a new chapter, but it’s one we’ve all read before, and it wasn’t particularly enjoyable. The two actors have been granted their day in court if they can’t settle their respective lawsuits against one another before then.<\/p>\n

Trial is set for March 2026<\/h2>\n
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According to WDSU<\/a>, New York federal judge, Lewis J. Liman, has set a combined court date for both lawsuits for Mar. 9, 2026 \u2014 an entire year from now. Before that, however, Lively and Baldoni are expected to attend a pre-trial conference as soon as Feb. 3 of this year. According to the outlet, lawyers are to come \u201cprepared to address complaints about pre-trial publicity and attorney conduct.\u201d<\/p>\n

The latter warning comes in response to a letter from Lively’s attorney, Michael Gottlieb, to Liman citing \u201cgrowing concerns\u201d over \u201cextrajudicial misconduct\u201d from Baldoni’s attorney Bryan Freedman, per the Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Freedman has appeared in several television and web shows to discuss the case, making comments which Gottlieb describes as \u201cinflammatory.\u201d Lively’s representative argues that the opposing attorney is trying to \u201cinfluence proceedings and the public perception.\u201d His letter also mentions that Freedman has been preparing a website<\/a> to share \u201cstrategically selected documents and communications\u201d between the two actors in order to \u201ctorpedo \u2026 Lively’s career for good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among other things, both sides have accused each other of orchestrating smear campaigns to turn public opinion against the other. In Baldoni’s case, he tapped publicist Melissa Nathan and her PR firm, The Agency PR, ahead of It Ends With Us<\/em>‘ release. Nathan, many have pointed out, previously worked with another man accused of sexual misconduct and who ultimately won over the people’s sympathy through cutesy TikTok videos and a very public trial \u2014 Johnny Depp.<\/p>\n

Why a \u201cBaldoni v. Lively\u201d trial cannot be a repeat of \u201cDepp v. Heard\u201d<\/h2>\n
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With the news of the trial, concerns have risen that we’re in for another media circus that, much like what happened in 2022, could become more about public perception and affection than the hard facts.<\/p>\n

Over on X, people shared their reactions. \u201cIt’s gonna be Amber Heard all over again. I’m gonna be sick,\u201d said one user. \u201cPlease don\u2019t make this another Amber Heard and Johnny Depp,\u201d said another. That trial also concerned accusations of defamation from both sides. Primarily, Depp accused Heard of defaming him in an op-ed where she spoke about his physical and sexual abuse. <\/p>\n

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its gonna be amber heard all over again. im gonna be sick https:\/\/t.co\/tk6nGVXFpT<\/a><\/p>\n

— lana (@cantbekdot) January 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n