Blake Lively Hires Ex-CIA Agent and Moves To Block Her Texts To Celeb Friends From Legal Battle
Blake Lively is beefing up her legal team and showing no signs of backing down in her lawsuit battle with co-star and director of “It Ends with Us”, Justin Baldoni. She’s added former CIA deputy chief of staff, Nick Shapiro, who’s become a powerhouse PR and crisis management expert. Plus, Lively and Ryan Reynolds, through their attorneys, are contending that Baldoni should not be granted access to the couple’s private text conversations with other celebrities. During a recent hearing, Lively’s attorney argued to restrict Baldoni’s access to the texts due to the “significant chance of irreparable harm if marginal conversations with high profile individuals with no relevance to the case were to fall into wrong hands.”
Baldoni’s complaint specifically mentions Taylor Swift, among others. The cases are set to proceed to trial as scheduled in March 2026 as mediation efforts were deemed “inappropriate” and “premature” by both parties.