Justin Baldoni's Lawyers Want Judge to Deny Any Gag Order, Argue Blake Lively Started 'Media Feeding Frenzy'
Justin Baldoni’s lawyers wantBlake Lively’s prospectiverequest for a gag order to be denied, arguing she first brought their legal battle to the public forum. After Baldoni’s attorney Bryan Freedmanleaked a 10-minute videofrom theIt Ends With Usset andannounced plans for a website to disclose more, lawyers for Lively, 37, motioned for a conference before Judge Lewis J. Liman to address “the appropriate conduct of counsel.” They wrote in the letter that “federal litigation must be conducted in court and according to the relevant rules of professional conduct” and claimed Freedman’s interviews and statements risked “tainting the jury pool....