Will Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni trial being televised? A legal expert weighs in as court date is set
Will Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni trial being televised? A legal expert weighs in as court date is set
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A legal expert has weighed in on the possibility of the Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni trial being televised. Lively, 37, filed a complaint with California's Civil Rights Department, accusing her It Ends With Us co-star and director, Baldoni, 41, of sexual harassment and a subsequent smear campaign against her.
![[The chances of the trial, set for March 9, 2026, being televised are slim, according to attorney Gregory Doll, who is not involved in the case; Lively and Baldoni pictured in a still from It Ends with Us]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/28/01/94580043-14331801-The_chances_of_the_trial_set_for_March_9_2026_being_televised_ar-m-31_1738027259492.jpg)
The complaint has since escalated into a complex legal battle, after Baldoni has sued The New York Times in a $250 million defamation case, for publishing Lively's allegations. Lively then filed a lawsuit against Baldoni, two colleagues at his Wayfarer production company, and his publicists. Baldoni then sued Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and their publicist, Leslie Sloane, alleging a smear campaign orchestrated by Lively to seize control of the film.
![['By filing in federal court, they foreclosed the possibility that there will be any cameras in the proceedings,' Doll told People; Lively seen in 2024]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/28/01/94580087-14331801-image-a-28_1738027206660.jpg)
A pretrial court date has been set for February 12. Both cases in Lively v. Wayfarer Studios et al. will proceed to trial on March 9, 2026, as per People. The chances of the trial being televised are slim, according to attorney Gregory Doll, who is not involved in the case.
![[Doll believes the two stars will most likely settle, stating that 'ninety-two percent of all civil cases settle'; Baldoni pictured in 2024]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/28/01/94580145-14331801-image-a-29_1738027213184.jpg)
A legal expert has weighed in on the possibility of the Blake Lively, 37, vs. Justin Baldoni, 41, trial being televised; (L) Lively seen in 2024, (R) Baldoni pictured in 2024. The legal dispute is being heard in the Southern District of New York, a federal court.
![[He noted that Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's infamous 2022 defamation trial was a 'rare exception'; Depp pictured in 2022 during his defamation trial in Virginia]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/28/01/94581175-14331801-image-a-32_1738027602768.jpg)
'By filing in federal court, they foreclosed the possibility that there will be any cameras in the proceedings,' Doll, a partner at Doll Amir & Eley in Los Angeles, told People, pointing out points out strict rules that mostly prohibit recording devices in the courtroom.
![[A pretrial court date has been set for February 12. Both cases in Lively v. Wayfarer Studios et al. will proceed to trial on March 9, 2026, as per People; Lively seen in 2024]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/28/01/94570941-14331801-A_pretrial_court_date_has_been_set_for_February_12_Both_cases_in-a-8_1738029324382.jpg)
