Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds to request dismissal of $400 million defamation lawsuit filed by Justin Baldoni

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds indicated they program to petition a justice disregard the $400 cardinal suit brought against them by Justin Baldoni.

Lively and Reynolds filed a letter, obtained by Fox News Digital, specifying the couple's aboriginal ineligible plans Thursday.

The determination comes aft Judge Lewis Liman ordered the parties indispensable "indicate successful 1 condemnation the Defendant’s intent to marque a question to dismiss." The national justice volition present acceptable a deadline for Lively and Reynolds' ineligible squad to record the question to dismiss.

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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds program to record a question to disregard Justin Baldoni's suit against the couple. (John Nacion/Variety via Getty Images; Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images)

Lively and Baldoni's case volition caput to tribunal Monday, arsenic the actress' ineligible squad is prepared to sermon a imaginable gag order. Lively's squad slammed Baldoni's lawyer, Bryan Freedman, for making aggregate statements to the media that could yet taint the assemblage should the actress' intersexual harassment complaints against Baldoni marque it to a courtroom.

"As Ms. Lively’s counsel person attempted, repeatedly, to caution Mr. Freedman, national litigation indispensable beryllium conducted successful tribunal and according to the applicable rules of nonrecreational conduct," the letter, obtained by Fox News Digital, stated. "His behaviour threatens to, and will, materially prejudice some the Lively Case and the Wayfarer Case by tainting the assemblage pool, due to the fact that his statements are deliberately aimed astatine undermining the ‘character, credibility, [and] reputation’ of galore applicable parties."

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"[Bryan Freedman's] behaviour threatens to, and will, materially prejudice some the Lively Case and the Wayfarer Case by tainting the assemblage pool, due to the fact that his statements are deliberately aimed astatine undermining the ‘character, credibility, [and] reputation’ of galore applicable parties."

Blake Lively sued Justin Baldoni and others for intersexual harassment pursuing the filming of "It Ends With Us." (Gareth Cattermole)

Baldoni's ineligible squad indicated they program to behaviour Lively's deposition arsenic soon arsenic possible, but the histrion allegedly has refused to let Freedman to lead, according to a missive filed Thursday.

"We are unaware of immoderate concern that would warrant the deposed enactment to person a prime successful which lawyer takes her deposition," Kevin Fritz, different Baldoni lawyer, wrote. "Parties to litigation simply bash not person the close to dictate which of their opponents’ attorneys whitethorn oregon whitethorn not instrumentality their deposition oregon execute immoderate different facet of the opposing party’s case."

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Blake Lively claimed Justin Baldoni and others sexually harassed the histrion connected the acceptable of "It Ends With Us." (Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

Baldoni and Lively became embroiled successful a ineligible back-and-forth aft filming the Colleen Hoover-adapted film, "It Ends With Us." The "Gossip Girl" histrion claimed she experienced intersexual harassment connected acceptable and sued Baldoni successful December.

Lively elaborate allegations of intersexual harassment, retaliation, intentional affliction of affectional distress, negligence and much made by Baldoni and movie shaper Jamey Heath successful a ailment archetypal filed with the California Civil Rights section and aboriginal successful national court. Some of the issues allegedly addressed astatine an "all-hands" gathering earlier filming resumed included nary much showing nude videos oregon images of women to Lively, nary much notation of Baldoni’s erstwhile "pornography addiction," nary much discussions astir idiosyncratic experiences with sex, nary much descriptions of their ain genitalia, nary much adding enactment scenes extracurricular what was successful the archetypal script, nary much discussions astir Lively’s value oregon deceased begetter and more.

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Justin Baldoni sued Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds for $400 million. (David Buchan)

However, Baldoni insisted Lively "falsely" accused him successful an effort to repair her estimation aft the fallout astir the movie's property circuit aft the histrion took power of the movie successful his ain suit filed successful January.

Baldoni's ineligible team claimed Lively had nary grounds of a deliberate smear run and alternatively worked to repair her estimation by accusing the histrion and others of intersexual harassment.

Both Baldoni and Lively person denied the allegations against them.

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