A number of Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s It Ends With Us costars have been deposed as part of the pair’s ongoing litigation over production of their 2024 film It Ends with Us.
Actresses Jenny Slate, 41, and Isabela Ferrer, 20, being questioned over the summer, and a source confirmed to People that author Colleen Hoover, 45 – whose novel inspired the film directed by Baldoni, 41 – ‘recently sat for a deposition.’
Lively, 38, has also already been formally questioned under oath outside of court as part of the lawsuit’s discovery process, sources told the outlet.
Lively’s longtime publicist Leslie Sloane, talent agent Warren Zavala, and makeup artist Vivian Baker, who worked with her on set, were all deposed as well.
Two prominent names mentioned in connection with the case – Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds, and former best friend, Taylor Swift – were not among those deposed.
Daily Mail has reached out to reps for Lively, Reynolds, Baldoni, Slate and Ferrer for further comment on the story.
A number of Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni ‘s It Ends With Us costars have been deposed as part of the pair’s contentious legal dispute. Lively, 38, pictured in June in NYC
Baldoni, along with his co-defendants — producer Jamey Heath, publicist Jennifer Abel, and executives Melissa Nathan, Steve Sarowitz, and Jed Wallace — also participated in depositions.
Baldoni’s former agent, Danny Greenberg, Greenberg a former WME agent who worked with Baldoni, recently made headlines for his testimony, during which he criticized Lively’s alleged ‘extortion-like behavior’ during production,’ according to a deposition Daily Mail obtained.
Greenberg said he assisted Baldoni, who directed the motion picture, in composing emails to Sony to flag behavior on Lively’s part that he described as ‘continued extortion and effort to gain control of the film’ in the deposition.
Greenberg subsequently qualified his use of the word, saying it was in reference to the conduct and growing tension between the companies Wayfair and Sony, as opposed to actual criminal extortion.
‘My use of the word extortion there was referencing just cumulative behavior that both the studio and [Wayfarer Studios] and Justin was having to manage,’ Greenberg said.
Lively claimed Baldoni had sexually harassed her while making It Ends with Us, which was a surprise hit when it arrived in theaters in August of 2024.
The motion picture, based off the 2016 novel by Colleen Hoover, earned $148 million in domestic box office, and $350 million globally – but whatever goodwill the film garnered has since been overshadowed by the allegations made by its stars.
Actresses Jenny Slate and Isabela Ferrer, who played the respective roles of Allysa and the young Lily Bloom, have been deposed in the ongoing case
Lively and Reynolds attended the 2025 Time100 Gala on April 24 in NYC
The A-list duo was seen in Greenwich Village on April 29 in New York City
Lively pictured on June 9 in NYC, hours after a judge threw out Baldoni’s case against her
In December of 2024, Lively named Baldoni in a lawsuit accusing him of sexual harassment, retaliatory conduct, and intentional infliction of emotional stress.
In her lawsuit, the Gossip Girl alum accused Baldoni of sexually harassing her in multiple ways – including body shaming her – and orchestrating a smear campaign against her to damage her reputation.
In her lawsuit, Lively named a number of Baldoni’s collaborators, including his company Wayfarer Studios, the studio’s CEO and financial backer, and PR personnel Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel.
Baldoni had initially asked for $250 million in damages from The New York Times, then added it into the $400 million lawsuit he filed this past January.
In the suit, Baldoni named Lively, her spouse Ryan Reynolds and her publicist Leslie Sloane, citing the aforementioned report in legal documents. It was thrown out of court this past June.
All parties have denied all of the allegations against them.
