Judge threatens to move Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively lawsuit forward if lawyers can't stop public comments
A New York judge has threatened to move up Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni ’s March 2026 trial date if their lawyers continue their war of words in the press. On Monday (February 3), Lively’s attorney, Michael Gottlieb, and Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, faced off in court for the first official hearing.