| Baldoni Lawsuit
Dismissed With Narrow Leave to
Amend against Blake Lively
Parties in SDNY
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
June 9 – In the Blake
Lively v. Justin Baldoni
lawsuits, a hearing was held
on February 3 before U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Lewis J. Liman. Inner
City Press was there with live
coverage, thread
On February 10,
Lively's lawyer asked for
delay: "Plaintiff Blake Lively
respectfully moves for an
extension of time to file her
amended complaint to March 5,
2025. Full filing on
Patreon here
On February 11
Baldoni's lawyer consented to
delay but noted "attacks on
non-party Jed Wallace" -
filing on Patreon here
On February 25
Baldoni disagreed on the
proposed protective order, on
Patreon here
On March 6, Judge
Liman held a hearing on the
protective order, which Inner
City Press live tweeted here
On June 9, Judge
Liman dismissed Baldoni's
lawsuit with a narrow leave to
amend: "the Court will grant
leave to amend the claims for
tortious interference with
contract and breach of implied
contract. The Wayfarer Parties
fail to plead the specific
details of any contract
between Baldoni and WME, but
suggest in their briefing that
this defect is “easily
curable” and that they will
plead an oral or implied
contract of which Reynolds was
aware. Dkt. No. 160 at 23
& n.10. Given the
allegations that Reynolds told
WME to “drop” Baldoni, it
cannot be said that repleading
this claim on such terms would
be futile. Similarly, the
Wayfarer Parties assert that
they are able to allege the
details of Lively’s contract
with Wayfarer, including that
her right to consult and
approve on the film be
exercised in a reasonable
manner. Dkt. No. 162 at 32.
Without seeing the contract,
the Court cannot say that the
amending the breach of implied
covenant claim will be
futile."
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6, a new book "Hollywood
Hearsay," ranging from the CRD
complaint in California o Jed
Wallace's new case in Texas,
comparing SDNY defamation
cases, from Sarah Palin
through Devin Nunes v Rachel
Maddow. Book here,
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