Blake Lively and Justin Baldwin’s legal drama is never-ending, and as time goes by without either of the actors backing down or accepting mediation, we are getting closer and closer to their March 2026 trial.
It's bound to be the biggest celebrity trial since Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, who both took the stand in their defamation trial. They have powerful lawyers ready to fight, but unlike the Depp-Heard trial, the Lively-Baldoni case will not be televised. But just as they did, Lively will take the stand.
Lively’s lawyer is Mike Gottlieb, who told PEOPLE in a recent interview, “The ultimate moment for a plaintiff's story to be told is at trial. We expect that to be the case here. So we would, of course, expect her to be a witness at her trial.”
Baldoni's lawyer responds
After news broke about her testimony, Baldoni's attorney, Bryan Freedman, told TMZ, "If Blake Lively is really serious about testifying for the world to see, let's live stream it in Madison Square Garden and give the money to the domestic violence survivors."
Who else is testifying?
She won’t be the only one, Gottlieb said, there are “individuals that were witnesses to or experienced misconduct that is relevant to Ms. Lively's claims.” “We expect their testimony, particularly about what took place on set, will come out through live witness testimony," he continued.
We don't know who the witnesses are, but it’ll be interesting to see if Isabela Ferrer is brought into the mix.
In lively’s suit, she claimed after the simulated sex scene between Ferrer and Alex Neustaedter, she “was informed that when this scene was shot, after Mr. Baldoni called ‘cut,’ he walked over to the actors and said, ‘I know I’m not supposed to say this, but that was hot,’ and, ‘did you two practice this before?’”
Which is, obviously, not good if true. However, Baldoni used Ferrer’s alleged texts thanking him and praising her experience on set in his lawsuit, saying it was “not until Ferrer spent substantial time with Lively during film promotions that Ferrer felt compelled to shun Baldoni in repudiation of her warm words.”
There were also reports that Taylor Swift, 35, and Hugh Jackman, 56, were expected to be served legal documents in April to testify.
That’s just on the Lively side. Baldoni’s team will likely have its own set of witnesses. Adam Mondschein, who played Doctor Dunbar in the film, recently disputed her description of the birth scene, particularly her claim about being “nearly nude” during filming, which she included in her lawsuit.
Storyboard artist Talia Spencer, who worked on the film, also told 60 Minutes Australia that she felt “maybe Blake [Lively] smelled his kindness—mistook it for weakness—and tried to take advantage and take power.”We will have to wait and see who else ends up dragged into the trial to act as a witness.