Justin Baldoni has filed an objection to Blake Energetic’s request to hide the identities of her well-known family and friends members, like Taylor Swift and Ryan Reynolds, of their ongoing authorized battle.
In Baldoni’s Monday, January 12, submitting, obtained by Us Weekly, his legal professionals claimed that “not considered one of [Lively’s] requests meets the [court’s] excessive customary for sealing at this stage.” The movement additional alleged that Energetic, 38, is trying to seal the information in an effort to save the general public picture of her A-list associates, whom Baldoni, 41, claimed have been“recruited as advocates on her behalf in opposition to the Wayfarer Events in her try and take over the movie [It Ends With Us].”
Baldoni’s submitting claimed that Energetic’s husband, Reynolds, 49, was concerned within the making of It Ends With Us, together with rewriting a scene, making him a possible witness within the case. In the meantime, Energetic claimed in her request to seal Reynolds’ and others’ identities that the Deadpool star is an “harmless third get together” in her authorized battle with Baldoni.
Baldoni additionally claimed that the identities of potential witnesses, together with Swift, 36, Hugh Jackman, Emily Blunt and America Ferrera, have already been made public.
Baldoni and his authorized group requested that the majority of Energetic’s sealing requests be denied.
TMZ was the primary to report the information.
Us reached out to reps for Energetic for remark.
Swift was first named within the authorized proceedings in January 2025, when Baldoni filed a countersuit in opposition to Energetic’s preliminary sexual harassment declare. His submitting included textual content messages referencing a second the place he allegedly felt “pressured” by Energetic’s associates, whom she known as her “dragons,” to approve revisions to a scene Energetic wrote.
“The message couldn’t have been clearer,” Baldoni’s lawyer wrote on the time. “Baldoni was not simply coping with Energetic. He was additionally going through Energetic’s ‘dragons,’ two of essentially the most influential and rich celebrities on the planet, who weren’t afraid to make issues very troublesome for him.”
Baldoni later claimed in his December 2025 deposition that Energetic used the “Taylor Swift playbook” of their ongoing authorized battle.
Blake Energetic is requesting a “protecting order” in opposition to Justin Baldoni’s authorized group over their “persevering with calls for” for her communications with Taylor Swift, Us Weekly can affirm. Energetic, 37, submitted a letter to evaluate Lewis J. Liman on Friday, June 13, and seen by Us, claiming that Baldoni’s Wayfarer Events has “pursued” her communications with Swift, […]
“She had the nuclear bomb,” Baldoni claimed on the time, in line with courtroom docs obtained by Us. “If she doesn’t promote the film she will be able to leak that I’m a foul individual or that she felt unsafe with me and all of the stuff she has on me. Then she’s the sufferer. It’s the Taylor Swift playbook. So she will be able to ask for no matter she desires as a result of she is aware of I do know.”
Baldoni continued, “I believe if you find yourself someone small within the business like myself, and also you’re coping with a titan like Ms. Energetic and a few of the strongest individuals on the planet, that are her greatest associates, and also you’re within the scenario that I used to be in, I believe it’s very affordable, particularly at this level, to be involved about what’s potential and what’s not. I used to be spinning at this level.”
Baldoni’s lawsuit, through which he accused Energetic of defamation and extortion, was dismissed in June 2025. In the meantime, Energetic’s sexual harassment lawsuit, through which she additionally accuses Baldoni of retaliation, breach of contract, infliction of emotional misery, invasion of privateness and misplaced wages, is ready to go to trial on Might 18, 2026
