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Blake Vigorous and Ryan Reynold made one other try to reduce Justin Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman’s involvement within the trials. Final week, the couple’s legal professionals proclaimed that they needed Freedman to be disciplined by the court docket for making “extrajudicial statements” to the media to assist and uplift his shopper.
They alleged that the lawyer sharing data, textual content chains, and photographs as proof to the press as a substitute of the court docket was finished to set a story in opposition to Vigorous among the many public.
Now Vigorous and Reynolds’s attorneys need to struggle in opposition to Freedman taking a deposition — formal and out-of-court interview beneath oath — from Vigorous in her sexual harassment lawsuit in opposition to Baldoni.
Just a few hours earlier than this block transfer was introduced, the Gossip Woman alum and Deadpool actor filed a discover that they intend to get Baldoni’s $400 million defamation and extortion swimsuit in opposition to them dismissed.
Earlier, the couple had filed a gag order in opposition to Freedman, claiming that federal litigation have to be carried out in court docket and never among the many media. The assertion claimed Freedman’s unsolicited strikes might danger “tainting the jury pool.”
Nevertheless, Baldoni’s Kevin Fritz opposed the gag order formally requested by Vigorous’s crew, calling it an “intimidation tactic.” He additional requested the choose to disclaim the gag order request. Fritz has additionally responded to the Inexperienced Lantern actress’s authorized crew’s try to dam Freedman’s deposition.
They argued that Vigorous would not have the suitable to decide on which opposing lawyer might take her deposition. “Events to litigation merely shouldn’t have the suitable to dictate which of their opponents’ attorneys could or could not take their deposition,” Fritz mentioned in a press release launch.
The It Ends With Us actor/director’s authorized crew requested the court docket to handle this quandary at court docket on February 3. Baldoni additionally filed a whopping $400 million defamation and extortion lawsuit in opposition to Vigorous and Reynolds, who, in retaliation, have requested its dismissal. Keep tuned for extra updates on the case!