Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s epic legal battle has a date now. Both lawsuits will reportedly be heard in March 2026. Lively began the controversy with a s*xual harassment claim against Baldoni and also sued him for orchestrating a smear campaign during the production and release of It Ends With Us.
Baldoni, in response, filed a $400 million lawsuit against Lively, husband Ryan Reynolds, and their publicist Leslie Sloan, and also filed a separate lawsuit against The New York Times for publishing an article about the alleged smear campaign. Now, rumors are making the rounds that Lively’s lawyer Meryl Conant Governski has quit the case.
Breaking down rumors of Blake Lively’s lawyer Meryl Governski quitting the case
Blake Lively was a subject of intense trolling and bad PR during the promotional tour for the romance drama It Ends With Us. Fans slammed the actress for not shedding light on the themes of domestic violence in the film and using the press tours to promote her own line of products and her husband’s film Deadpool and Wolverine.
However, late last year, Lively took the world by storm after filing a complaint against director and co-star Justin Baldoni, accusing him of s*xual harassment and for orchestrating a smear campaign. Baldoni filed a counter lawsuit against Lively and Ryan Reynolds, asking for $400 million in damages to his career and image.
Several insider information has come out since then and the trial is reportedly set for a year later in March 2026. While both parties are not holding back on some key elements of the case, a new rumor has been floating around the Internet. An X user claimed that Lively’s lawyer Meryl Conant Governski has quit the job amidst all the drama.
While no official reports have been released regarding Meryl Governski’s job status, the X user claimed that a source from Paramount gave them the information. So, did Governski leave his position? As of now, there is only one rumor about it circulating the Internet without anyone else corroborating the claim. An official statement will clarify things.
Blake Lively scored a small win against Justin Baldoni in a pre-trial hearing
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni will be fighting in court in what will definitely be a media frenzy next year. The two stars have been under scrutiny, from Lively’s past behavior as an actress to Justin Baldoni’s Bah’ai faith being under microscopic levels of analysis. Lively’s image has been divisive since her interview went viral during the promo tours.
However, Lively’s legal team reportedly scored a small win in court during the pre-trial hearing to discuss the information being released to the public. According to The Independent, attorney Meryl Conant Governski requested the court to preserve sensitive information for attorney-eyes only and not release it to the public.
There is an insatiable appetite for any information about this case, no matter how benign it is. The defendants have bragged in text messages about being able to publish information without fingerprints.
Governski reportedly requested information such as the client’s mental health and medical information, as well as information about third parties be restricted from the public. The judge reportedly ruled in favor of Blake Lively.
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