Baldoni Seeks Delay in Lively Lawsuit

0:00It's March 26th. Welcome in. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News, where pop culture meets AI. I'm Cory with the story. Justin Baldoni and his co-defendants in the Blake Lively lawsuit are asking a judge to push back key pre-trial deadlines. They claim her legal team hit them with a huge document dump, including nearly 1,000 potential exhibits and more than 40 witnesses, just. Just before trial, in a letter filed on March 25th in New York Federal Court, Baldoni's attorneys requested a Zoom conference in one week extensions for. Pre-trial filings and motions. They also want the final pre-trial conference delay by a week, calling the submissions overly broad and full of inadmissible material. The case stems from Lively's December 2024 suit against Baldoni, her itons with us director and co-star, alleging sexual harassment and retaliation. Be seeking more than $160 million in damages, claims he denies. Lively's team did not join the delay request.

1:02Baldoni later filed a $400 million counter-suit for extortion and defamation, but a judge dismissed it. Both actors are set to testify if the trial starts as planned on May 18th. Meanwhile, the defense argues it's too soon to lock in trial details like a verdict sheet, while motions, including one to dismiss, remain undecided. Following the case's scope up in the air.