Blake Energetic and Justin Baldoni lawsuit takes a troublesome flip
Blake Energetic and Justin Baldoni are reportedly veering in the direction of a tricky trial.
The Jane the Virgin star, 41, by his legal professional Kevin Fritz, wrote to the decide that the Gossip Lady alum, 37, and her husband Ryan Reynolds denied showing earlier than lawyer Bryan Freedman to conduct her testimony.
“Specifically, the Lively Parties’ counsel indicated that they object to Bryan J. Freedman, personally, taking Ms. Lively’s deposition, based upon unspecified statements made by Mr. Freedman. When asked to elaborate on the grounds for their objection, counsel for the Lively Parties declined to do so,” learn the paperwork obtained by Us Weekly, on Thursday, January thirtieth.
As per the submitting, Energetic’s legal professionals firmly denied her cooperation within the matter however Fritz maintained that she shouldn’t have a say within the matter.
“Parties to litigation simply do not have the right to dictate which of their opponents’ attorneys may or may not take their deposition or perform any other aspect of the opposing party’s case,” he wrote.
Baldoni’s lawyer continued that since each the events can not attain a mutual determination, they are going to be requesting the court docket to weigh within the scenario, at their convention set to happen on Monday, February third.
This comes after Energetic and Reynolds informed a federal decide, on the identical day, that they’re searching for to dismiss Baldoni’s defamation lawsuit.
This isn’t the one growth within the ongoing authorized drama between Baldoni and Energetic. On Thursday, Energetic and Reynolds, 48, informed a federal decide that they’re searching for to dismiss Baldoni’s defamation lawsuit, filed that very same day.