Blake Lively Issues New Subpoenas in Legal Dispute with Justin Baldoni

Blake Lively is currently wrapped up in a nasty court battle with her It Ends With Us costar and director Justin Baldoni.

New legal documents obtained by DailyMail.com reveal that the actress, 37, has filed motions to compel subpoenas from multiple executives at Baldoni’s, 41, production company Wayfarer.

According to the paperwork, Blake initially served third-party subpoenas in March, and is now asking the court to enforce them.

The eight executives listed are Ashmi Elizabeth Dang, Ahmed Musiol, Mitz Toskovic, Tera Hanks, AJ Marbory, Jennifer Benson, Shekinah Reese, and Jarriesse Blackmon.

Lively and Baldoni butted heads while filming the romantic drama last year, and things turned litigious in December when the Gossip Girl alum sued the actor for alleged sexual harassing and engineering a retaliatory smear campaign against her.

Earlier this week Lively suffered a setback in the case when a New York judge denied her attorneys’ application for a protective order seeking to block her text messages with Taylor Swift from being entered as evidence.

Blake Lively is currently wrapped up in a nasty court battle with her It Ends With Us costar and director Justin Baldoni. New legal documents obtained by DailyMail.com reveal that she has filed motions to compel subpoenas from multiple executives at Baldoni’s production company Wayfarer; pictured in April

According to the paperwork, Blake initially served third-party subpoenas in March, and is now asking the court to enforce them; Baldoni pictured in August 2024

Baldoni’s team has subpoenaed Lively for text messages, emails and any other messages between herself and the singer.

The Jane The Virgin actor’s lawyers will now be allowed to pore through the text trail, with all communications related to It Ends With Us set for scrutiny.

In one embarrassing text exchange, Lively appeared to refer to herself as the Game of Thrones character Khaleesi, and to Swift as one of her ‘dragons.’

Elsewhere in Baldoni’s filing is the claim that Swift was present at a meeting convened by Lively at her New York penthouse to discuss It Ends With Us script changes.

Sources close to Swift insisted the singer had no knowledge of the meeting and simply arrived to find it underway.

The situation reportedly left Swift — who is godmother to Lively’s three daughters — feeling ‘exploited’ by her friend of ten years.

Six months ago Blake outlined work opportunities that she allegedly missed out on due to Baldoni in her explosive lawsuit against him.

One of the missed work gigs listed was hosting the season 50 premiere of Saturday Night Live in September, which aired the month after the film was released.

According to legal paperwork, Blake initially served third-party subpoenas to Wayfarer executives in March, and is now asking the court to enforce them

‘The effects on Ms. Lively’s professional life were immediate and substantial,’ said the suit.

‘Given the ongoing nature of the campaign and the associated negative public sentiment, Ms. Lively did not believe she could proceed with public appearances or events without being forced to openly discuss what happened on set,’ the filing stated.

Baldoni hit back in January with a $400 million countersuit accusing Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds of defamation.

All parties have denied the allegations.

Last week, the defamation element of Baldoni’s lawsuit was thrown out by a judge, although he is still suing for civil extortion and invasion of privacy among other claims.

But contained in Baldoni’s filing were screenshots of alleged text messages, in which Lively regularly mentioned Swift by name.